Power Plants Near 50273 — Winterset, IA

59 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50273 (Winterset, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.3391, -94.0088 · County: Madison

Wind 62%Natural Gas 33%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
0.2 mi	Winterset Winterset, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Winterset - (Ia)
10.2 mi	Macksburg Wind Project Macksburg, IA	Wind	120 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
13.8 mi	Arbor Hill Wind Farm Greenfield, IA	Wind	310 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
15.8 mi	Arbor Hill Solar Greenfield, IA	Solar	25 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
19.4 mi	Wind Gem Stuart, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wind Gem, Llc
19.6 mi	Stuart (Ia) Stuart, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
19.7 mi	Gilliam South Stuart, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
22.9 mi	Wolverine Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wolverine Wind Energy, Llc
22.9 mi	Meadow Ridge Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Meadow Ridge Wind Energy, Llc
23.2 mi	Indianola Indianola, IA	Oil	41 MW	Indianola Municipal Utilities
23.2 mi	North Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
23.2 mi	Orient Wind Farm Orient, IA	Wind	501 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
23.4 mi	Cumberland Rose Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Cumberland Rose Wind Energy, Llc
23.5 mi	Summit Lake Creston, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
23.6 mi	Downtown Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
23.6 mi	Greenfield Light Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	—	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
23.7 mi	Bulldog Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Bulldog Wind Energy, Llc
24.6 mi	Creston Solar (50 Mw) Creston, IA	Solar	50 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
24.9 mi	Greenfield Wind Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Greenfield Wind Power, Llc
24.9 mi	Sky Volt Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Sky Volt, Llc
26.4 mi	Creston School Customer Hosted Solar Creston, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
26.6 mi	River Hills Des Moines, IA	Natural Gas	128 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
28.4 mi	Des Moines Wastewater Reclamation Fac Des Moines, IA	Biomass	3 MW	Des Moines Metro Wrf
28.5 mi	Southern Hills Wind Farm Creston, IA	Wind	254 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
28.7 mi	Sycamore (Ia) Johnston, IA	Natural Gas	158 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
28.8 mi	Anderson Erickson Des Moines, IA	Oil	2 MW	Anderson Erickson Dairy
29.1 mi	Greater Des Moines Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	576 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
29.1 mi	Fontanelle Fontanelle, IA	Wind	2 MW	Forward Fontanelle Power, Llc
29.3 mi	Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	180 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
29.5 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Des Moines Des Moines, IA	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
30.4 mi	Morning Light Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	111 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
30.8 mi	Panora Panora, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Panora - (Ia)
34.5 mi	Prescott Wind Farm Prescott, IA	Wind	39 MW	Prescott Wind Energy Llc
34.5 mi	Adair Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	175 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
35.3 mi	Perry Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Perry, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
38.1 mi	Eclipse Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	207 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
38.3 mi	Metro Methane Recovery Facility Mitchellville, IA	Biomass	11 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
38.7 mi	Roseman Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Roseman Energy, Llc
38.7 mi	Green Energy Machine Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Green Energy Machine, Llc
39.9 mi	Anita Anita, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Anita - (Ia)
40.9 mi	Rolling Hills Wind Farm Massena, IA	Wind	484 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.0 mi	Hy-Vee Customer Hosted 2.25mw Solar Chariton, IA	Solar	2 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
42.4 mi	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc
42.7 mi	Lenox Lenox, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of Lenox - (Ia)
44.9 mi	Corning Corning, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Corning - (Ia)
45.0 mi	Adams Wind Lenox, IA	Wind	154 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.1 mi	Wiota Wiota, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wiota Wind Energy, Llc #1
46.3 mi	Birch Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Birch Power Llc
46.5 mi	August Wind Farm Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	August Wind Energy, Llc
46.9 mi	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc Ames, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc
47.6 mi	Rippey Wind Farm Grand Junction, IA	Wind	50 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
47.8 mi	Isu Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Ames, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.3 mi	Ogden Ogden, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Ogden - (Ia)
48.4 mi	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning Corning, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning
48.4 mi	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc Melville, IA	Wind	104 MW	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc
48.7 mi	Exira Brayton, IA	Natural Gas	182 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
49.2 mi	Knoxville Industrial Knoxville, IA	Oil	16 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.2 mi	Knoxville Battery Energy Storage Knoxville, IA	Other Fossil	1 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.7 mi	Lamoni Municipal Utilities Lamoni, IA	Oil	11 MW	City Of Lamoni - (Ia)

Power generation near this area

There are 59 power plants within 50 miles of Winterset, Iowa (ZIP 50273), with a combined 4,117 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 27 of the 59 nearby plants. The closest plant is Winterset at 0.2 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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