Power Plants Near 50268 — What Cheer, IA

29 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50268 (What Cheer, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.3953, -92.3548 · County: Keokuk

Wind 50%Coal 34%Natural Gas 8%Oil 4%Hydroelectric 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
12.4 mi	English Farms Montezuma, IA	Wind	172 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
15.8 mi	Montezuma Montezuma, IA	Oil	10 MW	City Of Montezuma - (Ia)
18.3 mi	Prairie Wind Farm Montezuma, IA	Wind	168 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
18.7 mi	North English Montezuma, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
21.7 mi	Diamond Trail Wind Farm Ladora, IA	Wind	253 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
23.2 mi	Ottumwa Ottumwa, IA	Coal	726 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
23.3 mi	Cargill Corn Milling Division Eddyville, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Cargill Inc North America Sweetners
23.5 mi	Brooklyn Brooklyn, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Brooklyn - (Ia)
24.2 mi	Brooklyn City North Plant Brooklyn, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Brooklyn - (Ia)
26.4 mi	Ottumwa City Of Ottumwa, IA	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Ottumwa City Of
29.0 mi	Pella Pella, IA	Coal	—	City Of Pella - (Ia)
29.0 mi	Venus Wind 3 Llc Grinnell, IA	Wind	3 MW	Venus Wind 3 Llc
30.2 mi	Pella Peaking Pella, IA	Oil	28 MW	City Of Pella - (Ia)
31.4 mi	Grinnell Customer Hosted Solar Grinnell, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
31.5 mi	Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	Solar	4 MW	Azimuth 180 Solar Electric, Llc
31.6 mi	Alliant Sbd 8601 Quad Graphics Marengo, IA	Oil	4 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
32.0 mi	Grinnell Grinnell, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
32.5 mi	Red Rock Hydro Plant Pella, IA	Hydroelectric	55 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
34.1 mi	Farmers Electric Cooperative - Kalona Kalona, IA	Oil	6 MW	Farmers Electric Coop - (Ia)
36.4 mi	Amana Society Service Company Middle Amana, IA	Oil	22 MW	Amana Society Service Co
37.0 mi	Knoxville Industrial Knoxville, IA	Oil	16 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.0 mi	Knoxville Battery Energy Storage Knoxville, IA	Other Fossil	1 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.8 mi	Johnson County Hills Solar Iowa City, IA	Solar	3 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.4 mi	Oakdale Renewable Energy Plant Coralville, IA	Natural Gas	3 MW	University Of Iowa
44.9 mi	Bloomfield Municipal Utilities Solar Bloomfield, IA	Solar	2 MW	Aep Onsite Partners, Llc
45.0 mi	Laurel Wind Farm Laurel, IA	Wind	123 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.1 mi	Coralville Gt Coralville, IA	Natural Gas	72 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.9 mi	University Of Iowa Main Power Plant Iowa City, IA	Natural Gas	41 MW	University Of Iowa
48.0 mi	Bloomfield Bloomfield, IA	Natural Gas	9 MW	City Of Bloomfield - (Ia)

Power generation near this area

There are 29 power plants within 50 miles of What Cheer, Iowa (ZIP 50268), with a combined 2,106 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 29 nearby plants. The closest plant is English Farms at 12.4 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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