Power Plants Near 50447 — Kanawha, IA

49 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50447 (Kanawha, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.9434, -93.7728 · County: Hancock

Wind 77%Natural Gas 15%Oil 5%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.4 mi	Hancock County Wind Energy Center Garner, IA	Wind	98 MW	Fpl Energy Hancock County Wind, Llc
11.2 mi	Phoenix Investors, Llc Belmond, IA	Oil	5 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
16.6 mi	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc Garner, IA	Wind	42 MW	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc
18.1 mi	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm Union, IA	Wind	42 MW	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm
18.3 mi	Kossuth Lu Verne, IA	Wind	152 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
18.5 mi	Kossuth County Wind Lu Verne, IA	Wind	70 MW	Kossuth County Wind, Llc
18.8 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc Britt, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc
19.6 mi	Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project Algona, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
21.3 mi	Plum Creek Wind Algona, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
21.4 mi	Whispering Willow North Latimer, IA	Wind	201 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
22.9 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc Britt, IA	Wind	200 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc
23.2 mi	Forest City Light Plant Forest City, IA	Oil	22 MW	City Of Forest City- (Ia)
24.1 mi	Forest City Solar Forest City, IA	Solar	3 MW	Butter Solar, Llc
25.2 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
25.7 mi	Winnebago Wind Power Project Forest City, IA	Wind	20 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
26.4 mi	Emery Station Clear Lake, IA	Natural Gas	603 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
26.6 mi	Crystal Lake 3 Llc Britt, IA	Wind	66 MW	Crystal Lake 3 Llc
27.1 mi	Century Blairsburg, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
30.8 mi	Poet Biorefining-Hanlontown, Llc Hanlontown, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Biorefining-Hanlontown, Llc
30.8 mi	Holliday Creek Solar Fort Dodge, IA	Solar	100 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.1 mi	Franklin County Wind Farm Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	99 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
32.5 mi	Lake Mills Gas Recovery Lake Mills, IA	Biomass	4 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
32.6 mi	Franklin County Solar Hampton, IA	Solar	7 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.6 mi	Hampton Substation Energy Storage Hampton, IA	Battery Storage	2 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
32.7 mi	Webster City Webster City, IA	Oil	21 MW	City Of Webster City - (Ia)
32.9 mi	Bancroft Bancroft, IA	Oil	4 MW	Bancroft Municipal Utilities
34.0 mi	West Bend West Bent, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of West Bend
34.7 mi	Roeder Family Wind Farm Llc Manly, IA	Wind	2 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
34.9 mi	Lake Mills Lake Mills, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Lake Mills
35.3 mi	Old Gold Energy Center, Llc Joice, IA	Wind	80 MW	Old Gold Energy Center, Llc
35.6 mi	Lime Creek Mason City, IA	Oil	90 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
35.8 mi	Lakota Wind Wind Farm Lakota, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
35.8 mi	Golden Plains Buffalo Center, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
35.9 mi	Whispering Willow Wind Farm - East Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
36.7 mi	Ced Mason City Wind Mason City, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
36.7 mi	Top Of Iowa Windfarm Iii Kensett, IA	Wind	30 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
37.0 mi	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc Alden, IA	Wind	3 MW	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc
37.5 mi	Northern Iowa Windpower Ii Kensett, IA	Wind	80 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
37.6 mi	Ledyard Windpower, Llc Lakota, IA	Wind	207 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
41.3 mi	Windwalkers Llc Kensett, IA	Wind	2 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
42.4 mi	Rockford Rockford, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Rockford- (Ia)
42.9 mi	Poet Biorefining - Jewell Jewell, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Jewell
43.2 mi	Palo Alto Wind Farm Emmetsburg, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.1 mi	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg Emmetsburg, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg
46.3 mi	Barton Windpower Llc Kensett, IA	Wind	160 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
46.7 mi	Lundgren Wind Project Otho, IA	Wind	251 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
47.5 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
49.1 mi	Freeborn Wind Farm Glenville, MN	Wind	218 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
49.6 mi	Dayton (Ia) Dayton, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dayton - (Ia)

Power generation near this area

There are 49 power plants within 50 miles of Kanawha, Iowa (ZIP 50447), with a combined 4,057 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 29 of the 49 nearby plants. The closest plant is Hancock County Wind Energy Center at 10.4 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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