Power Plants Near 50428 — Clear Lake, IA

57 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50428 (Clear Lake, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.1406, -93.3850 · County: Cerro Gordo

Wind 80%Natural Gas 15%Oil 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.7 mi	Emery Station Clear Lake, IA	Natural Gas	603 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
6.5 mi	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm Union, IA	Wind	42 MW	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm
8.0 mi	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc Garner, IA	Wind	42 MW	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc
10.5 mi	Poet Biorefining-Hanlontown, Llc Hanlontown, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Biorefining-Hanlontown, Llc
11.7 mi	Lime Creek Mason City, IA	Oil	90 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
12.0 mi	Roeder Family Wind Farm Llc Manly, IA	Wind	2 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
13.8 mi	Hancock County Wind Energy Center Garner, IA	Wind	98 MW	Fpl Energy Hancock County Wind, Llc
14.4 mi	Ced Mason City Wind Mason City, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
15.2 mi	Forest City Light Plant Forest City, IA	Oil	22 MW	City Of Forest City- (Ia)
15.4 mi	Forest City Solar Forest City, IA	Solar	3 MW	Butter Solar, Llc
15.5 mi	Top Of Iowa Windfarm Iii Kensett, IA	Wind	30 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
15.8 mi	Northern Iowa Windpower Ii Kensett, IA	Wind	80 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
16.8 mi	Old Gold Energy Center, Llc Joice, IA	Wind	80 MW	Old Gold Energy Center, Llc
18.8 mi	Windwalkers Llc Kensett, IA	Wind	2 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
19.1 mi	Lake Mills Gas Recovery Lake Mills, IA	Biomass	4 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
20.5 mi	Lake Mills Lake Mills, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Lake Mills
22.8 mi	Winnebago Wind Power Project Forest City, IA	Wind	20 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
22.8 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc Britt, IA	Wind	200 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc
22.9 mi	Barton Windpower Llc Kensett, IA	Wind	160 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
23.0 mi	Rockford Rockford, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Rockford- (Ia)
23.0 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc Britt, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc
23.6 mi	Phoenix Investors, Llc Belmond, IA	Oil	5 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
25.3 mi	Whispering Willow North Latimer, IA	Wind	201 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
27.6 mi	Freeborn Wind Farm Glenville, MN	Wind	218 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
28.0 mi	Crystal Lake 3 Llc Britt, IA	Wind	66 MW	Crystal Lake 3 Llc
30.4 mi	Franklin County Solar Hampton, IA	Solar	7 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
30.5 mi	Osage (Ia) Osage, IA	Wind	19 MW	City Of Osage - (Ia)
30.8 mi	Reg Juhl Glenville Wind, Llc Albert Lea, MN	Wind	3 MW	Reg Juhl Glenville Wind, Llc
31.4 mi	Maple City Osage Township, IA	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
32.3 mi	Hampton Substation Energy Storage Hampton, IA	Battery Storage	2 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
33.9 mi	Turtle Creek Wind Farm Llc St. Ansgar, IA	Wind	199 MW	Turtle Creek Wind Farm Llc
34.2 mi	Plum Creek Wind Algona, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
35.4 mi	Merl Parr Charles City, IA	Natural Gas	36 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
35.7 mi	Buffalo Center Wind Llc Little Cedar, IA	Wind	2 MW	Buffalo Center Wind Llc
36.4 mi	Whispering Willow Wind Farm - East Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
36.7 mi	Goose Lake Mn Dpc-Gm Albert Lea, MN	Solar	2 MW	Engie Generation North America Llc
37.0 mi	Franklin County Wind Farm Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	99 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
37.6 mi	Golden Plains Buffalo Center, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
38.8 mi	Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project Algona, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
38.9 mi	Kossuth Lu Verne, IA	Wind	152 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
39.3 mi	Kossuth County Wind Lu Verne, IA	Wind	70 MW	Kossuth County Wind, Llc
39.8 mi	Charles City Wind Farm Charles City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.5 mi	Bent Tree Wind Farm Phase 1 Hartland, MN	Wind	201 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
41.5 mi	Ledyard Windpower, Llc Lakota, IA	Wind	207 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
41.8 mi	Century Blairsburg, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.9 mi	Lakota Wind Wind Farm Lakota, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
43.2 mi	Bancroft Bancroft, IA	Oil	4 MW	Bancroft Municipal Utilities
43.3 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
43.8 mi	Adams Wind Farm Adams, MN	Wind	23 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
44.4 mi	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc Alden, IA	Wind	3 MW	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc
45.1 mi	Wells Ic Wells, MN	Natural Gas	9 MW	City Of Wells - (Mn)
45.5 mi	Pioneer Prairie Wind Farm Mcintire, IA	Wind	300 MW	Pioneer Prairie Wind Farm I, Llc
45.7 mi	Louise Solar Taopi, MN	Solar	50 MW	National Grid Renewables
47.4 mi	Uss Solar Way Llc Csg Hartland, MN	Solar	1 MW	Standard Solar
48.1 mi	Uss All In Solar Llc Csg Hartland, MN	Solar	1 MW	Standard Solar
49.2 mi	Crane Creek Wind Energy Center Riceville, IA	Wind	99 MW	Wisconsin Public Service Corp
49.7 mi	Blue Earth Blue Earth, MN	Oil	11 MW	Blue Earth Light & Water

Power generation near this area

There are 57 power plants within 50 miles of Clear Lake, Iowa (ZIP 50428), with a combined 4,360 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 36 of the 57 nearby plants. The closest plant is Emery Station at 5.7 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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