Power Plants Near 50438 — Garner, IA

59 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50438 (Garner, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.1144, -93.5944 · County: Hancock

Wind 78%Natural Gas 15%Oil 4%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.6 mi	Hancock County Wind Energy Center Garner, IA	Wind	98 MW	Fpl Energy Hancock County Wind, Llc
7.5 mi	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc Garner, IA	Wind	42 MW	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc
8.0 mi	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm Union, IA	Wind	42 MW	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm
10.5 mi	Forest City Light Plant Forest City, IA	Oil	22 MW	City Of Forest City- (Ia)
11.3 mi	Forest City Solar Forest City, IA	Solar	3 MW	Butter Solar, Llc
13.7 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc Britt, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc
15.1 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc Britt, IA	Wind	200 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc
15.3 mi	Emery Station Clear Lake, IA	Natural Gas	603 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
15.9 mi	Poet Biorefining-Hanlontown, Llc Hanlontown, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Biorefining-Hanlontown, Llc
16.4 mi	Winnebago Wind Power Project Forest City, IA	Wind	20 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
18.9 mi	Lake Mills Gas Recovery Lake Mills, IA	Biomass	4 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
19.1 mi	Phoenix Investors, Llc Belmond, IA	Oil	5 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
20.1 mi	Roeder Family Wind Farm Llc Manly, IA	Wind	2 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
20.3 mi	Crystal Lake 3 Llc Britt, IA	Wind	66 MW	Crystal Lake 3 Llc
20.6 mi	Old Gold Energy Center, Llc Joice, IA	Wind	80 MW	Old Gold Energy Center, Llc
21.2 mi	Lake Mills Lake Mills, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Lake Mills
21.7 mi	Lime Creek Mason City, IA	Oil	90 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
21.8 mi	Top Of Iowa Windfarm Iii Kensett, IA	Wind	30 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
22.6 mi	Northern Iowa Windpower Ii Kensett, IA	Wind	80 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
23.9 mi	Plum Creek Wind Algona, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
25.1 mi	Ced Mason City Wind Mason City, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
25.1 mi	Whispering Willow North Latimer, IA	Wind	201 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
26.5 mi	Windwalkers Llc Kensett, IA	Wind	2 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
28.1 mi	Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project Algona, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
28.2 mi	Kossuth Lu Verne, IA	Wind	152 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
28.6 mi	Kossuth County Wind Lu Verne, IA	Wind	70 MW	Kossuth County Wind, Llc
30.5 mi	Golden Plains Buffalo Center, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
31.8 mi	Barton Windpower Llc Kensett, IA	Wind	160 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
32.7 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
33.0 mi	Rockford Rockford, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Rockford- (Ia)
33.5 mi	Lakota Wind Wind Farm Lakota, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
33.5 mi	Franklin County Solar Hampton, IA	Solar	7 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
33.7 mi	Bancroft Bancroft, IA	Oil	4 MW	Bancroft Municipal Utilities
33.8 mi	Ledyard Windpower, Llc Lakota, IA	Wind	207 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
34.3 mi	Freeborn Wind Farm Glenville, MN	Wind	218 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
34.7 mi	Hampton Substation Energy Storage Hampton, IA	Battery Storage	2 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
35.4 mi	Reg Juhl Glenville Wind, Llc Albert Lea, MN	Wind	3 MW	Reg Juhl Glenville Wind, Llc
37.4 mi	Franklin County Wind Farm Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	99 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
38.1 mi	Century Blairsburg, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
38.8 mi	Whispering Willow Wind Farm - East Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
41.1 mi	Goose Lake Mn Dpc-Gm Albert Lea, MN	Solar	2 MW	Engie Generation North America Llc
41.1 mi	Osage (Ia) Osage, IA	Wind	19 MW	City Of Osage - (Ia)
42.0 mi	Maple City Osage Township, IA	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
42.8 mi	Bent Tree Wind Farm Phase 1 Hartland, MN	Wind	201 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
43.8 mi	Turtle Creek Wind Farm Llc St. Ansgar, IA	Wind	199 MW	Turtle Creek Wind Farm Llc
44.0 mi	Wells Ic Wells, MN	Natural Gas	9 MW	City Of Wells - (Mn)
44.1 mi	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc Alden, IA	Wind	3 MW	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc
44.2 mi	Blue Earth Blue Earth, MN	Oil	11 MW	Blue Earth Light & Water
44.3 mi	West Bend West Bent, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of West Bend
45.7 mi	Big Blue Blue Earth, MN	Wind	36 MW	Big Blue Wind Farm Llc (Mn)
45.7 mi	Merl Parr Charles City, IA	Natural Gas	36 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.7 mi	Holliday Creek Solar Fort Dodge, IA	Solar	100 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.8 mi	Webster City Webster City, IA	Oil	21 MW	City Of Webster City - (Ia)
46.0 mi	Buffalo Center Wind Llc Little Cedar, IA	Wind	2 MW	Buffalo Center Wind Llc
46.8 mi	Blue Breezes Llc Blue Earth, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
46.9 mi	Blue Breezes Ii Llc Blue Earth, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
48.5 mi	Palo Alto Wind Farm Emmetsburg, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.8 mi	Uss Solar Way Llc Csg Hartland, MN	Solar	1 MW	Standard Solar
49.8 mi	Charles City Wind Farm Charles City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co

Power generation near this area

There are 59 power plants within 50 miles of Garner, Iowa (ZIP 50438), with a combined 4,394 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 37 of the 59 nearby plants. The closest plant is Hancock County Wind Energy Center at 4.6 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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