Power Plants Near 50252 — Swan, IA

55 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50252 (Swan, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.4636, -93.3010 · County: Marion

Natural Gas 47%Wind 31%Coal 16%Oil 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
9.8 mi	Metro Methane Recovery Facility Mitchellville, IA	Biomass	11 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
13.2 mi	Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	180 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
13.4 mi	Greater Des Moines Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	576 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
15.3 mi	Des Moines Wastewater Reclamation Fac Des Moines, IA	Biomass	3 MW	Des Moines Metro Wrf
15.4 mi	Indianola Indianola, IA	Oil	41 MW	Indianola Municipal Utilities
16.1 mi	Knoxville Industrial Knoxville, IA	Oil	16 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
16.1 mi	Knoxville Battery Energy Storage Knoxville, IA	Other Fossil	1 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
17.1 mi	Anderson Erickson Des Moines, IA	Oil	2 MW	Anderson Erickson Dairy
17.8 mi	Red Rock Hydro Plant Pella, IA	Hydroelectric	55 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
18.4 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Des Moines Des Moines, IA	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
18.7 mi	River Hills Des Moines, IA	Natural Gas	128 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
19.2 mi	Pella Peaking Pella, IA	Oil	28 MW	City Of Pella - (Ia)
20.5 mi	Pella Pella, IA	Coal	—	City Of Pella - (Ia)
24.2 mi	Sycamore (Ia) Johnston, IA	Natural Gas	158 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
29.6 mi	Hy-Vee Customer Hosted 2.25mw Solar Chariton, IA	Solar	2 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
31.0 mi	Prairie Wind Farm Montezuma, IA	Wind	168 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
33.3 mi	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc
34.7 mi	Laurel Wind Farm Laurel, IA	Wind	123 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
34.8 mi	Grinnell Grinnell, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
34.9 mi	Grinnell Customer Hosted Solar Grinnell, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
36.3 mi	Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	Solar	4 MW	Azimuth 180 Solar Electric, Llc
37.8 mi	Venus Wind 3 Llc Grinnell, IA	Wind	3 MW	Venus Wind 3 Llc
37.9 mi	Winterset Winterset, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Winterset - (Ia)
38.9 mi	State Center State Center, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of State Center - (Ia)
39.3 mi	Optimum Wind 6 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 6 Llc
39.5 mi	Alliant Sbd 8603 Donnelley Nevada, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
39.6 mi	Optimum Wind 7 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 7 Llc
39.6 mi	Optimum Wind 5 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 5 Llc
39.8 mi	Optimum Wind 4 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 4 Llc
39.9 mi	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc
39.9 mi	Optimum Wind 3 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 3 Llc
40.1 mi	Isu Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Ames, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
40.5 mi	Ames Diesel Generating Station Ames, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
40.7 mi	Ia - City Of Ames - Airport Road Ames, IA	Solar	2 MW	Forefront Power, Llc
40.7 mi	Cargill Corn Milling Division Eddyville, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Cargill Inc North America Sweetners
41.1 mi	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc Ames, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc
41.1 mi	Montezuma Montezuma, IA	Oil	10 MW	City Of Montezuma - (Ia)
41.6 mi	Ames Gt Ames, IA	Oil	79 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
42.0 mi	Ames Electric Services Power Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	109 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
42.7 mi	Iowa State University Ames, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Iowa State University
42.7 mi	Ncah Central Utility Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	15 MW	National Centers For Animal Health
43.3 mi	North English Montezuma, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.3 mi	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc
45.2 mi	Macksburg Wind Project Macksburg, IA	Wind	120 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.7 mi	Marshalltown Generating Station Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	709 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
45.9 mi	Alliant Sbd 9107 Jbs Usa Marshalltown, IA	Oil	11 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
46.3 mi	Ottumwa Ottumwa, IA	Coal	726 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
46.3 mi	Sutherland Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
46.3 mi	Marshalltown Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	189 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
46.8 mi	English Farms Montezuma, IA	Wind	172 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
47.7 mi	Brooklyn Brooklyn, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Brooklyn - (Ia)
48.4 mi	Brooklyn City North Plant Brooklyn, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Brooklyn - (Ia)
49.8 mi	Perry Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Perry, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
49.8 mi	Arbor Hill Solar Greenfield, IA	Solar	25 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.9 mi	Arbor Hill Wind Farm Greenfield, IA	Wind	310 MW	Midamerican Energy Co

Power generation near this area

There are 55 power plants within 50 miles of Swan, Iowa (ZIP 50252), with a combined 4,608 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 16 of the 55 nearby plants. The closest plant is Metro Methane Recovery Facility at 9.8 miles.

Nameplate capacity is the maximum output a plant can produce under ideal conditions — actual generation depends on fuel availability, demand, and maintenance schedules. Capacity factor (shown on individual plant pages) measures how much of that theoretical maximum a plant actually delivers over a year. Nuclear plants typically run above 90%; solar and wind range from 20–45% depending on location and weather.

All data comes from federal EIA and EPA releases. For a printable version of this proximity search, use the report link below. To explore all plants in Iowa, visit the Iowa state page.

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