Power Plants Near 50262 — Van Wert, IA

33 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50262 (Van Wert, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.8645, -93.8073 · County: Decatur

Wind 60%Natural Gas 30%Oil 7%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
18.0 mi	Lamoni Municipal Utilities Lamoni, IA	Oil	11 MW	City Of Lamoni - (Ia)
27.5 mi	Hy-Vee Customer Hosted 2.25mw Solar Chariton, IA	Solar	2 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
28.4 mi	Macksburg Wind Project Macksburg, IA	Wind	120 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
30.2 mi	Creston Solar (50 Mw) Creston, IA	Solar	50 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
32.9 mi	Creston School Customer Hosted Solar Creston, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
33.0 mi	Summit Lake Creston, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
34.4 mi	Winterset Winterset, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Winterset - (Ia)
35.5 mi	Birch Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Birch Power Llc
35.6 mi	August Wind Farm Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	August Wind Energy, Llc
36.5 mi	Indianola Indianola, IA	Oil	41 MW	Indianola Municipal Utilities
38.4 mi	Southern Hills Wind Farm Creston, IA	Wind	254 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.3 mi	Lenox Lenox, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of Lenox - (Ia)
39.4 mi	Orient Wind Farm Orient, IA	Wind	501 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.2 mi	Cumberland Rose Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Cumberland Rose Wind Energy, Llc
41.4 mi	Bulldog Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Bulldog Wind Energy, Llc
44.1 mi	Arbor Hill Wind Farm Greenfield, IA	Wind	310 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.2 mi	Prescott Wind Farm Prescott, IA	Wind	39 MW	Prescott Wind Energy Llc
45.3 mi	Adams Wind Lenox, IA	Wind	154 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.6 mi	Greenfield Light Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	—	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
45.6 mi	Downtown Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
45.9 mi	Greenfield Wind Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Greenfield Wind Power, Llc
45.9 mi	Sky Volt Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Sky Volt, Llc
46.0 mi	North Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
47.9 mi	Arbor Hill Solar Greenfield, IA	Solar	25 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.2 mi	Corning Corning, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Corning - (Ia)
49.2 mi	Meadow Ridge Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Meadow Ridge Wind Energy, Llc
49.3 mi	Wolverine Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wolverine Wind Energy, Llc
49.5 mi	Centerville Centerville, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
49.6 mi	Unionville City Of Unionville, MO	Oil	9 MW	City Of Unionville - (Mo)
49.8 mi	Unionville Unionville, MO	Oil	53 MW	Associated Electric Coop, Inc
49.8 mi	Knoxville Industrial Knoxville, IA	Oil	16 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.8 mi	Knoxville Battery Energy Storage Knoxville, IA	Other Fossil	1 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
50.0 mi	Greater Des Moines Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	576 MW	Midamerican Energy Co

Power generation near this area

There are 33 power plants within 50 miles of Van Wert, Iowa (ZIP 50262), with a combined 2,337 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 14 of the 33 nearby plants. The closest plant is Lamoni Municipal Utilities at 18.0 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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