Power Plants Near 50436 — Forest City, IA

66 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50436 (Forest City, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.2692, -93.6356 · County: Winnebago

Wind 79%Natural Gas 16%Oil 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
0.4 mi	Forest City Light Plant Forest City, IA	Oil	22 MW	City Of Forest City- (Ia)
0.6 mi	Forest City Solar Forest City, IA	Solar	3 MW	Butter Solar, Llc
7.5 mi	Winnebago Wind Power Project Forest City, IA	Wind	20 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
8.3 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc Britt, IA	Wind	200 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc
9.0 mi	Lake Mills Gas Recovery Lake Mills, IA	Biomass	4 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
10.6 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc Britt, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc
11.5 mi	Lake Mills Lake Mills, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Lake Mills
12.3 mi	Poet Biorefining-Hanlontown, Llc Hanlontown, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Biorefining-Hanlontown, Llc
12.9 mi	Crystal Lake 3 Llc Britt, IA	Wind	66 MW	Crystal Lake 3 Llc
13.5 mi	Old Gold Energy Center, Llc Joice, IA	Wind	80 MW	Old Gold Energy Center, Llc
15.0 mi	Hancock County Wind Energy Center Garner, IA	Wind	98 MW	Fpl Energy Hancock County Wind, Llc
17.0 mi	Top Of Iowa Windfarm Iii Kensett, IA	Wind	30 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
17.0 mi	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm Union, IA	Wind	42 MW	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm
17.3 mi	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc Garner, IA	Wind	42 MW	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc
17.8 mi	Roeder Family Wind Farm Llc Manly, IA	Wind	2 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
18.1 mi	Northern Iowa Windpower Ii Kensett, IA	Wind	80 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
21.1 mi	Emery Station Clear Lake, IA	Natural Gas	603 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
21.7 mi	Lime Creek Mason City, IA	Oil	90 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
22.1 mi	Golden Plains Buffalo Center, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
22.3 mi	Windwalkers Llc Kensett, IA	Wind	2 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
22.5 mi	Plum Creek Wind Algona, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
26.2 mi	Ledyard Windpower, Llc Lakota, IA	Wind	207 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
26.9 mi	Lakota Wind Wind Farm Lakota, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
27.2 mi	Reg Juhl Glenville Wind, Llc Albert Lea, MN	Wind	3 MW	Reg Juhl Glenville Wind, Llc
28.1 mi	Freeborn Wind Farm Glenville, MN	Wind	218 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
28.5 mi	Ced Mason City Wind Mason City, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
28.7 mi	Barton Windpower Llc Kensett, IA	Wind	160 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
29.3 mi	Bancroft Bancroft, IA	Oil	4 MW	Bancroft Municipal Utilities
29.8 mi	Phoenix Investors, Llc Belmond, IA	Oil	5 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
30.2 mi	Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project Algona, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
31.3 mi	Kossuth Lu Verne, IA	Wind	152 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
31.8 mi	Kossuth County Wind Lu Verne, IA	Wind	70 MW	Kossuth County Wind, Llc
32.4 mi	Goose Lake Mn Dpc-Gm Albert Lea, MN	Solar	2 MW	Engie Generation North America Llc
32.8 mi	Bent Tree Wind Farm Phase 1 Hartland, MN	Wind	201 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
33.1 mi	Wells Ic Wells, MN	Natural Gas	9 MW	City Of Wells - (Mn)
33.3 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
34.6 mi	Blue Earth Blue Earth, MN	Oil	11 MW	Blue Earth Light & Water
35.9 mi	Whispering Willow North Latimer, IA	Wind	201 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
36.6 mi	Big Blue Blue Earth, MN	Wind	36 MW	Big Blue Wind Farm Llc (Mn)
37.3 mi	Blue Breezes Llc Blue Earth, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
37.4 mi	Blue Breezes Ii Llc Blue Earth, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
37.9 mi	Rockford Rockford, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Rockford- (Ia)
39.8 mi	Uss Solar Way Llc Csg Hartland, MN	Solar	1 MW	Standard Solar
41.1 mi	Cf Novel Solar Csg Gardens Two, Llc Minnesota Lake, MN	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
41.1 mi	Uss All In Solar Llc Csg Hartland, MN	Solar	1 MW	Standard Solar
41.5 mi	Turtle Creek Wind Farm Llc St. Ansgar, IA	Wind	199 MW	Turtle Creek Wind Farm Llc
41.5 mi	Osage (Ia) Osage, IA	Wind	19 MW	City Of Osage - (Ia)
42.5 mi	Maple City Osage Township, IA	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
43.7 mi	Franklin County Solar Hampton, IA	Solar	7 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.6 mi	Bolduan Csg New Richland, MN	Solar	1 MW	Terraform Arcadia
44.8 mi	Buffalo Center Wind Llc Little Cedar, IA	Wind	2 MW	Buffalo Center Wind Llc
45.1 mi	Hampton Substation Energy Storage Hampton, IA	Battery Storage	2 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
45.9 mi	Fairmont Wind Fairmont, MN	Wind	5 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
45.9 mi	Altair Community Solar Garden New Richmond, MN	Solar	1 MW	National Grid Renewables
46.1 mi	West Bend West Bent, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of West Bend
46.1 mi	Palo Alto Wind Farm Emmetsburg, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
47.1 mi	Schull Csg Mapleton, MN	Solar	1 MW	Schull Csg Llc
48.2 mi	Franklin County Wind Farm Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	99 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.3 mi	Mapleton Community Solar Mapleton, MN	Solar	3 MW	Mapleton Community Solar
48.5 mi	Novel - Oya Of Mapleton Csg Mapleton, MN	Solar	4 MW	Nrg Mn Community Llc
48.7 mi	Century Blairsburg, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.2 mi	Whispering Willow Wind Farm - East Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
49.3 mi	Fox Garden Waseca, MN	Solar	1 MW	Fox Garden Llc
49.5 mi	Fairmont (Mn) Fairmont, MN	Natural Gas	39 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
49.7 mi	Merl Parr Charles City, IA	Natural Gas	36 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.8 mi	Adams Wind Farm Adams, MN	Wind	23 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.

Power generation near this area

There are 66 power plants within 50 miles of Forest City, Iowa (ZIP 50436), with a combined 4,270 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 37 of the 66 nearby plants. The closest plant is Forest City Light Plant at 0.4 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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