Power Plants Near 50420 — Alexander, IA

56 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50420 (Alexander, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.8114, -93.4450 · County: Franklin

Wind 75%Natural Gas 16%Oil 6%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.9 mi	Whispering Willow North Latimer, IA	Wind	201 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
8.2 mi	Phoenix Investors, Llc Belmond, IA	Oil	5 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
13.6 mi	Franklin County Solar Hampton, IA	Solar	7 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
13.8 mi	Hampton Substation Energy Storage Hampton, IA	Battery Storage	2 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
15.2 mi	Franklin County Wind Farm Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	99 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
16.4 mi	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc Garner, IA	Wind	42 MW	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc
17.3 mi	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm Union, IA	Wind	42 MW	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm
17.4 mi	Whispering Willow Wind Farm - East Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
19.1 mi	Hancock County Wind Energy Center Garner, IA	Wind	98 MW	Fpl Energy Hancock County Wind, Llc
19.7 mi	Century Blairsburg, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
21.0 mi	Emery Station Clear Lake, IA	Natural Gas	603 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
22.0 mi	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc Alden, IA	Wind	3 MW	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc
28.7 mi	Ced Mason City Wind Mason City, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
30.1 mi	Rockford Rockford, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Rockford- (Ia)
30.1 mi	Webster City Webster City, IA	Oil	21 MW	City Of Webster City - (Ia)
32.5 mi	Lime Creek Mason City, IA	Oil	90 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
32.7 mi	Forest City Light Plant Forest City, IA	Oil	22 MW	City Of Forest City- (Ia)
33.3 mi	Poet Biorefining-Hanlontown, Llc Hanlontown, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Biorefining-Hanlontown, Llc
33.4 mi	Forest City Solar Forest City, IA	Solar	3 MW	Butter Solar, Llc
33.9 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc Britt, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc
34.5 mi	Roeder Family Wind Farm Llc Manly, IA	Wind	2 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
35.2 mi	Poet Biorefining - Jewell Jewell, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Jewell
36.6 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc Britt, IA	Wind	200 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc
36.8 mi	Kossuth Lu Verne, IA	Wind	152 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
36.9 mi	Kossuth County Wind Lu Verne, IA	Wind	70 MW	Kossuth County Wind, Llc
37.4 mi	Holliday Creek Solar Fort Dodge, IA	Solar	100 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.9 mi	Wellsburg Wind Project Wellsburg, IA	Wind	141 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
38.4 mi	Top Of Iowa Windfarm Iii Kensett, IA	Wind	30 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
38.4 mi	Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project Algona, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
38.5 mi	Winnebago Wind Power Project Forest City, IA	Wind	20 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
38.7 mi	Northern Iowa Windpower Ii Kensett, IA	Wind	80 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
39.5 mi	Old Gold Energy Center, Llc Joice, IA	Wind	80 MW	Old Gold Energy Center, Llc
39.8 mi	Plum Creek Wind Algona, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
40.1 mi	Lake Mills Gas Recovery Lake Mills, IA	Biomass	4 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
40.7 mi	Garden Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Garden Wind Llc
41.2 mi	Windwalkers Llc Kensett, IA	Wind	2 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
41.5 mi	Crystal Lake 3 Llc Britt, IA	Wind	66 MW	Crystal Lake 3 Llc
41.6 mi	Merl Parr Charles City, IA	Natural Gas	36 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.7 mi	Ivester Wind Farm Wellsburg, IA	Wind	91 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.1 mi	Lake Mills Lake Mills, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Lake Mills
42.4 mi	Story City Wind Project Story City, IA	Wind	2 MW	Hamilton Wind Energy Llc
43.7 mi	Charles City Wind Farm Charles City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.9 mi	Story City Story City, IA	Oil	14 MW	City Of Story City - (Ia)
44.0 mi	Barton Windpower Llc Kensett, IA	Wind	160 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
44.1 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
45.5 mi	Osage (Ia) Osage, IA	Wind	19 MW	City Of Osage - (Ia)
46.2 mi	Grundy Center City Light Plant Grundy Center, IA	Oil	9 MW	Grundy Center Mun Light & Power
46.2 mi	Maple City Osage Township, IA	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
46.8 mi	Great Pathfinder Wind Stratford, IA	Wind	224 MW	Great Pathfinder Wind
48.1 mi	Dike City Power Plant Dike, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dike
49.5 mi	Lundgren Wind Project Otho, IA	Wind	251 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.6 mi	Dayton (Ia) Dayton, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dayton - (Ia)
49.6 mi	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc
49.7 mi	Waverly Municipal Electric North Plant Waverly, IA	Oil	25 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
49.7 mi	South Plant (Ia) Waverly, IA	Oil	12 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
49.7 mi	Waverly Community Wind Project Waverly, IA	Wind	3 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility

Power generation near this area

There are 56 power plants within 50 miles of Alexander, Iowa (ZIP 50420), with a combined 4,022 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 33 of the 56 nearby plants. The closest plant is Whispering Willow North at 2.9 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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