Power Plants Near 50264 — Weldon, IA

34 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50264 (Weldon, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.8739, -93.7387 · County: Decatur

Wind 53%Natural Gas 38%Oil 6%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
20.1 mi	Lamoni Municipal Utilities Lamoni, IA	Oil	11 MW	City Of Lamoni - (Ia)
24.0 mi	Hy-Vee Customer Hosted 2.25mw Solar Chariton, IA	Solar	2 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
30.0 mi	Macksburg Wind Project Macksburg, IA	Wind	120 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
33.2 mi	Creston Solar (50 Mw) Creston, IA	Solar	50 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
34.8 mi	Indianola Indianola, IA	Oil	41 MW	Indianola Municipal Utilities
35.0 mi	Winterset Winterset, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Winterset - (Ia)
35.8 mi	Summit Lake Creston, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
35.9 mi	Creston School Customer Hosted Solar Creston, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
39.2 mi	Birch Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Birch Power Llc
39.3 mi	August Wind Farm Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	August Wind Energy, Llc
41.4 mi	Southern Hills Wind Farm Creston, IA	Wind	254 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.0 mi	Orient Wind Farm Orient, IA	Wind	501 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.9 mi	Lenox Lenox, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of Lenox - (Ia)
43.7 mi	Cumberland Rose Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Cumberland Rose Wind Energy, Llc
43.9 mi	Bulldog Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Bulldog Wind Energy, Llc
45.6 mi	Arbor Hill Wind Farm Greenfield, IA	Wind	310 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.1 mi	Centerville Centerville, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
46.7 mi	Knoxville Industrial Knoxville, IA	Oil	16 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.7 mi	Knoxville Battery Energy Storage Knoxville, IA	Other Fossil	1 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
47.0 mi	Unionville City Of Unionville, MO	Oil	9 MW	City Of Unionville - (Mo)
47.2 mi	Unionville Unionville, MO	Oil	53 MW	Associated Electric Coop, Inc
47.9 mi	Greenfield Light Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	—	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
47.9 mi	Downtown Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
47.9 mi	Ced Centerville Wind Centerville, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
48.2 mi	North Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
48.3 mi	Prescott Wind Farm Prescott, IA	Wind	39 MW	Prescott Wind Energy Llc
48.3 mi	Greenfield Wind Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Greenfield Wind Power, Llc
48.3 mi	Sky Volt Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Sky Volt, Llc
48.4 mi	Greater Des Moines Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	576 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.5 mi	Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	180 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.8 mi	Adams Wind Lenox, IA	Wind	154 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.2 mi	Arbor Hill Solar Greenfield, IA	Solar	25 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.2 mi	Des Moines Wastewater Reclamation Fac Des Moines, IA	Biomass	3 MW	Des Moines Metro Wrf
49.9 mi	River Hills Des Moines, IA	Natural Gas	128 MW	Midamerican Energy Co

Power generation near this area

There are 34 power plants within 50 miles of Weldon, Iowa (ZIP 50264), with a combined 2,645 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 13 of the 34 nearby plants. The closest plant is Lamoni Municipal Utilities at 20.1 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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