Power Plants Near 50327 — Pleasant Hill, IA

62 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50327 (Pleasant Hill, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.5839, -93.5199 · County: Polk

Natural Gas 51%Wind 41%Oil 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.9 mi	Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	180 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
2.0 mi	Greater Des Moines Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	576 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
2.1 mi	Des Moines Wastewater Reclamation Fac Des Moines, IA	Biomass	3 MW	Des Moines Metro Wrf
3.2 mi	Anderson Erickson Des Moines, IA	Oil	2 MW	Anderson Erickson Dairy
4.4 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Des Moines Des Moines, IA	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
5.2 mi	River Hills Des Moines, IA	Natural Gas	128 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
8.6 mi	Metro Methane Recovery Facility Mitchellville, IA	Biomass	11 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
10.1 mi	Sycamore (Ia) Johnston, IA	Natural Gas	158 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
15.7 mi	Indianola Indianola, IA	Oil	41 MW	Indianola Municipal Utilities
21.2 mi	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc
28.2 mi	Isu Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Ames, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
28.8 mi	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc Ames, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc
29.2 mi	Optimum Wind 6 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 6 Llc
29.4 mi	Ia - City Of Ames - Airport Road Ames, IA	Solar	2 MW	Forefront Power, Llc
29.7 mi	Optimum Wind 5 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 5 Llc
29.8 mi	Ames Diesel Generating Station Ames, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
29.9 mi	Optimum Wind 4 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 4 Llc
30.1 mi	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc
30.1 mi	Optimum Wind 3 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 3 Llc
30.1 mi	Knoxville Industrial Knoxville, IA	Oil	16 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
30.1 mi	Knoxville Battery Energy Storage Knoxville, IA	Other Fossil	1 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
30.7 mi	Winterset Winterset, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Winterset - (Ia)
30.7 mi	Alliant Sbd 8603 Donnelley Nevada, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
30.8 mi	Ames Gt Ames, IA	Oil	79 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
30.9 mi	Ames Electric Services Power Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	109 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
31.1 mi	Optimum Wind 7 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 7 Llc
31.3 mi	Iowa State University Ames, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Iowa State University
31.6 mi	Red Rock Hydro Plant Pella, IA	Hydroelectric	55 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
32.1 mi	Ncah Central Utility Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	15 MW	National Centers For Animal Health
32.4 mi	Pella Peaking Pella, IA	Oil	28 MW	City Of Pella - (Ia)
33.9 mi	Pella Pella, IA	Coal	—	City Of Pella - (Ia)
35.1 mi	State Center State Center, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of State Center - (Ia)
35.8 mi	Perry Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Perry, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
36.6 mi	Laurel Wind Farm Laurel, IA	Wind	123 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.4 mi	Fareway Customer Hosted 1 Mw Solar Boone, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
38.2 mi	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc
39.1 mi	Hy-Vee Customer Hosted 2.25mw Solar Chariton, IA	Solar	2 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
39.3 mi	Arbor Hill Solar Greenfield, IA	Solar	25 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.8 mi	Macksburg Wind Project Macksburg, IA	Wind	120 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.3 mi	Arbor Hill Wind Farm Greenfield, IA	Wind	310 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.4 mi	Ogden Ogden, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Ogden - (Ia)
41.5 mi	Grinnell Grinnell, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
41.6 mi	Stuart (Ia) Stuart, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
41.8 mi	Grinnell Customer Hosted Solar Grinnell, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
41.8 mi	Story City Story City, IA	Oil	14 MW	City Of Story City - (Ia)
42.2 mi	Gilliam South Stuart, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
43.0 mi	Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	Solar	4 MW	Azimuth 180 Solar Electric, Llc
43.1 mi	Wind Gem Stuart, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wind Gem, Llc
43.3 mi	Story City Wind Project Story City, IA	Wind	2 MW	Hamilton Wind Energy Llc
43.4 mi	Prairie Wind Farm Montezuma, IA	Wind	168 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.4 mi	Panora Panora, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Panora - (Ia)
44.9 mi	Garden Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Garden Wind Llc
45.1 mi	Venus Wind 3 Llc Grinnell, IA	Wind	3 MW	Venus Wind 3 Llc
45.7 mi	Alliant Sbd 9107 Jbs Usa Marshalltown, IA	Oil	11 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
46.0 mi	Marshalltown Generating Station Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	709 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
46.7 mi	Sutherland Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
46.7 mi	Marshalltown Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	189 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
47.1 mi	Rippey Wind Farm Grand Junction, IA	Wind	50 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
47.3 mi	Great Pathfinder Wind Stratford, IA	Wind	224 MW	Great Pathfinder Wind
49.1 mi	Beaver Creek Wind Ogden, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.6 mi	Wolverine Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wolverine Wind Energy, Llc
49.8 mi	Meadow Ridge Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Meadow Ridge Wind Energy, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 62 power plants within 50 miles of Pleasant Hill, Iowa (ZIP 50327), with a combined 4,117 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 22 of the 62 nearby plants. The closest plant is Pleasant Hill at 1.9 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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