Power Plants Near 50477 — Swaledale, IA

55 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50477 (Swaledale, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.9622, -93.3115 · County: Cerro Gordo

Wind 74%Natural Gas 17%Oil 6%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
9.2 mi	Emery Station Clear Lake, IA	Natural Gas	603 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
9.9 mi	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm Union, IA	Wind	42 MW	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm
10.2 mi	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc Garner, IA	Wind	42 MW	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc
14.0 mi	Whispering Willow North Latimer, IA	Wind	201 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
16.4 mi	Ced Mason City Wind Mason City, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
17.1 mi	Phoenix Investors, Llc Belmond, IA	Oil	5 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
17.3 mi	Hancock County Wind Energy Center Garner, IA	Wind	98 MW	Fpl Energy Hancock County Wind, Llc
17.5 mi	Franklin County Solar Hampton, IA	Solar	7 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
19.4 mi	Rockford Rockford, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Rockford- (Ia)
19.4 mi	Hampton Substation Energy Storage Hampton, IA	Battery Storage	2 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
20.5 mi	Lime Creek Mason City, IA	Oil	90 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
23.2 mi	Poet Biorefining-Hanlontown, Llc Hanlontown, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Biorefining-Hanlontown, Llc
23.2 mi	Roeder Family Wind Farm Llc Manly, IA	Wind	2 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
23.5 mi	Whispering Willow Wind Farm - East Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
24.6 mi	Franklin County Wind Farm Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	99 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
26.4 mi	Forest City Light Plant Forest City, IA	Oil	22 MW	City Of Forest City- (Ia)
27.0 mi	Forest City Solar Forest City, IA	Solar	3 MW	Butter Solar, Llc
27.5 mi	Top Of Iowa Windfarm Iii Kensett, IA	Wind	30 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
27.5 mi	Northern Iowa Windpower Ii Kensett, IA	Wind	80 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
29.5 mi	Windwalkers Llc Kensett, IA	Wind	2 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
29.6 mi	Old Gold Energy Center, Llc Joice, IA	Wind	80 MW	Old Gold Energy Center, Llc
31.4 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc Britt, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc
31.8 mi	Barton Windpower Llc Kensett, IA	Wind	160 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
31.9 mi	Lake Mills Gas Recovery Lake Mills, IA	Biomass	4 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
31.9 mi	Merl Parr Charles City, IA	Natural Gas	36 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.1 mi	Century Blairsburg, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.2 mi	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc Alden, IA	Wind	3 MW	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc
32.7 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc Britt, IA	Wind	200 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc
33.3 mi	Lake Mills Lake Mills, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Lake Mills
33.5 mi	Osage (Ia) Osage, IA	Wind	19 MW	City Of Osage - (Ia)
33.6 mi	Winnebago Wind Power Project Forest City, IA	Wind	20 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
34.2 mi	Maple City Osage Township, IA	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
35.1 mi	Charles City Wind Farm Charles City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
38.0 mi	Crystal Lake 3 Llc Britt, IA	Wind	66 MW	Crystal Lake 3 Llc
38.6 mi	Freeborn Wind Farm Glenville, MN	Wind	218 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
40.1 mi	Turtle Creek Wind Farm Llc St. Ansgar, IA	Wind	199 MW	Turtle Creek Wind Farm Llc
40.4 mi	Buffalo Center Wind Llc Little Cedar, IA	Wind	2 MW	Buffalo Center Wind Llc
40.5 mi	Plum Creek Wind Algona, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
41.4 mi	Kossuth Lu Verne, IA	Wind	152 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
41.6 mi	Kossuth County Wind Lu Verne, IA	Wind	70 MW	Kossuth County Wind, Llc
42.2 mi	Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project Algona, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
42.5 mi	Webster City Webster City, IA	Oil	21 MW	City Of Webster City - (Ia)
42.8 mi	Reg Juhl Glenville Wind, Llc Albert Lea, MN	Wind	3 MW	Reg Juhl Glenville Wind, Llc
43.2 mi	Wellsburg Wind Project Wellsburg, IA	Wind	141 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.5 mi	Waverly Municipal Electric North Plant Waverly, IA	Oil	25 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
45.5 mi	South Plant (Ia) Waverly, IA	Oil	12 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
45.5 mi	Waverly Community Wind Project Waverly, IA	Wind	3 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
47.3 mi	Ivester Wind Farm Wellsburg, IA	Wind	91 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
47.3 mi	Poet Biorefining - Jewell Jewell, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Jewell
47.5 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
48.0 mi	Golden Plains Buffalo Center, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.5 mi	Holliday Creek Solar Fort Dodge, IA	Solar	100 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.7 mi	Goose Lake Mn Dpc-Gm Albert Lea, MN	Solar	2 MW	Engie Generation North America Llc
49.0 mi	Dike City Power Plant Dike, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dike
49.6 mi	Grundy Center City Light Plant Grundy Center, IA	Oil	9 MW	Grundy Center Mun Light & Power

Power generation near this area

There are 55 power plants within 50 miles of Swaledale, Iowa (ZIP 50477), with a combined 3,852 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 33 of the 55 nearby plants. The closest plant is Emery Station at 9.2 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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