Power Plants Near 50277 — Yale, IA

80 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50277 (Yale, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.7753, -94.3503 · County: Guthrie

Wind 67%Natural Gas 27%Oil 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.6 mi	Panora Panora, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Panora - (Ia)
12.7 mi	Perry Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Perry, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
17.0 mi	Rippey Wind Farm Grand Junction, IA	Wind	50 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
17.6 mi	Grand Junction Grand Junction, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Grand Junction - (Ia)
18.3 mi	Coon Rapids Ii Coon Rapids, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Coon Rapids
18.8 mi	Stuart (Ia) Stuart, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
19.3 mi	Gilliam South Stuart, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
21.1 mi	Wind Gem Stuart, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wind Gem, Llc
21.2 mi	Hardin Hilltop Wind Llc Jefferson, IA	Wind	15 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
21.8 mi	Arbor Hill Solar Greenfield, IA	Solar	25 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
22.7 mi	Junction Hilltop Wind Farm Dana, IA	Wind	8 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
23.0 mi	Eclipse Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	207 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
23.7 mi	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc Melville, IA	Wind	104 MW	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc
23.9 mi	Ogden Ogden, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Ogden - (Ia)
24.8 mi	Beaver Creek Wind Ogden, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
25.0 mi	Morning Light Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	111 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
26.0 mi	Arbor Hill Wind Farm Greenfield, IA	Wind	310 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
26.9 mi	Wolverine Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wolverine Wind Energy, Llc
27.1 mi	Meadow Ridge Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Meadow Ridge Wind Energy, Llc
29.2 mi	Adair Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	175 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
29.9 mi	Carroll Area Wind Farm Templeton, IA	Wind	21 MW	Sriv Partnership Llc
30.0 mi	Heartland Divide Ii Audubon, IA	Wind	200 MW	Heartland Divide Ii
31.4 mi	Anita Anita, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Anita - (Ia)
32.2 mi	North Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
32.2 mi	Fontanelle Fontanelle, IA	Wind	2 MW	Forward Fontanelle Power, Llc
32.2 mi	Fareway Customer Hosted 1 Mw Solar Boone, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
33.1 mi	Downtown Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
33.1 mi	Greenfield Light Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	—	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
34.2 mi	Greenfield Wind Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Greenfield Wind Power, Llc
34.2 mi	Sky Volt Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Sky Volt, Llc
34.5 mi	Exira Brayton, IA	Natural Gas	182 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
34.8 mi	Green Energy Machine Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Green Energy Machine, Llc
34.9 mi	Roseman Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Roseman Energy, Llc
34.9 mi	Winterset Winterset, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Winterset - (Ia)
35.2 mi	Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Oil	3 MW	Gowrie Municipal Utilities
35.4 mi	Sycamore (Ia) Johnston, IA	Natural Gas	158 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
36.2 mi	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc Ames, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc
36.4 mi	Manning Manning, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Manning
36.5 mi	Dayton (Ia) Dayton, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dayton - (Ia)
37.8 mi	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie
38.0 mi	Wiota Wiota, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wiota Wind Energy, Llc #1
38.1 mi	Cumberland Rose Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Cumberland Rose Wind Energy, Llc
38.1 mi	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc
38.3 mi	Bulldog Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Bulldog Wind Energy, Llc
38.4 mi	Isu Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Ames, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
38.9 mi	Great Pathfinder Wind Stratford, IA	Wind	224 MW	Great Pathfinder Wind
39.7 mi	Orient Wind Farm Orient, IA	Wind	501 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.7 mi	Lundgren Wind Project Otho, IA	Wind	251 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.8 mi	River Hills Des Moines, IA	Natural Gas	128 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.0 mi	Carroll Wind Farm Carroll, IA	Wind	159 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.5 mi	Iowa State University Ames, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Iowa State University
40.9 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Des Moines Des Moines, IA	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
40.9 mi	Ia - City Of Ames - Airport Road Ames, IA	Solar	2 MW	Forefront Power, Llc
41.1 mi	Macksburg Wind Project Macksburg, IA	Wind	120 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.7 mi	Anderson Erickson Des Moines, IA	Oil	2 MW	Anderson Erickson Dairy
41.9 mi	Ames Electric Services Power Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	109 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
42.0 mi	Atlantic Atlantic, IA	Natural Gas	10 MW	Atlantic Municipal Utilities
43.1 mi	Ames Diesel Generating Station Ames, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
43.1 mi	Ames Gt Ames, IA	Oil	79 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
43.1 mi	Silver Queen Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	—	Silver Queen Wind Farm, Llc
43.2 mi	Des Moines Wastewater Reclamation Fac Des Moines, IA	Biomass	3 MW	Des Moines Metro Wrf
43.8 mi	Ncah Central Utility Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	15 MW	National Centers For Animal Health
45.0 mi	Greater Des Moines Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	576 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.2 mi	Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	180 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.4 mi	Optimum Wind 6 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 6 Llc
45.6 mi	Rolling Hills Wind Farm Massena, IA	Wind	484 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.7 mi	Summit Lake Creston, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
45.9 mi	Optimum Wind 5 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 5 Llc
46.0 mi	Optimum Wind 4 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 4 Llc
46.2 mi	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc
46.2 mi	Optimum Wind 3 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 3 Llc
46.3 mi	Southern Hills Wind Farm Creston, IA	Wind	254 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.5 mi	Victory Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	105 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
47.1 mi	Prescott Wind Farm Prescott, IA	Wind	39 MW	Prescott Wind Energy Llc
47.8 mi	Story City Story City, IA	Oil	14 MW	City Of Story City - (Ia)
48.5 mi	Creston School Customer Hosted Solar Creston, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.7 mi	Creston Solar (50 Mw) Creston, IA	Solar	50 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.8 mi	Story City Wind Project Story City, IA	Wind	2 MW	Hamilton Wind Energy Llc
49.8 mi	Indianola Indianola, IA	Oil	41 MW	Indianola Municipal Utilities
49.8 mi	Alliant Sbd 8603 Donnelley Nevada, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc

Power generation near this area

There are 80 power plants within 50 miles of Yale, Iowa (ZIP 50277), with a combined 5,532 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 40 of the 80 nearby plants. The closest plant is Panora at 5.6 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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