Power Plants Near 50478 — Thompson, IA

78 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50478 (Thompson, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.3875, -93.7517 · County: Winnebago

Wind 76%Natural Gas 17%Oil 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.1 mi	Winnebago Wind Power Project Forest City, IA	Wind	20 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
8.1 mi	Crystal Lake 3 Llc Britt, IA	Wind	66 MW	Crystal Lake 3 Llc
8.2 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc Britt, IA	Wind	200 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc
9.7 mi	Lake Mills Gas Recovery Lake Mills, IA	Biomass	4 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
9.9 mi	Forest City Solar Forest City, IA	Solar	3 MW	Butter Solar, Llc
10.4 mi	Forest City Light Plant Forest City, IA	Oil	22 MW	City Of Forest City- (Ia)
11.2 mi	Lake Mills Lake Mills, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Lake Mills
12.7 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc Britt, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc
13.6 mi	Golden Plains Buffalo Center, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
16.8 mi	Old Gold Energy Center, Llc Joice, IA	Wind	80 MW	Old Gold Energy Center, Llc
18.1 mi	Ledyard Windpower, Llc Lakota, IA	Wind	207 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
19.2 mi	Poet Biorefining-Hanlontown, Llc Hanlontown, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Biorefining-Hanlontown, Llc
19.9 mi	Lakota Wind Wind Farm Lakota, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
21.7 mi	Plum Creek Wind Algona, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
21.7 mi	Top Of Iowa Windfarm Iii Kensett, IA	Wind	30 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
22.9 mi	Northern Iowa Windpower Ii Kensett, IA	Wind	80 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
23.9 mi	Hancock County Wind Energy Center Garner, IA	Wind	98 MW	Fpl Energy Hancock County Wind, Llc
24.3 mi	Bancroft Bancroft, IA	Oil	4 MW	Bancroft Municipal Utilities
24.3 mi	Roeder Family Wind Farm Llc Manly, IA	Wind	2 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
24.6 mi	Blue Earth Blue Earth, MN	Oil	11 MW	Blue Earth Light & Water
24.7 mi	Wells Ic Wells, MN	Natural Gas	9 MW	City Of Wells - (Mn)
26.1 mi	Reg Juhl Glenville Wind, Llc Albert Lea, MN	Wind	3 MW	Reg Juhl Glenville Wind, Llc
26.6 mi	Windwalkers Llc Kensett, IA	Wind	2 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
27.0 mi	Big Blue Blue Earth, MN	Wind	36 MW	Big Blue Wind Farm Llc (Mn)
27.1 mi	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm Union, IA	Wind	42 MW	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm
27.3 mi	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc Garner, IA	Wind	42 MW	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc
27.4 mi	Blue Breezes Llc Blue Earth, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
27.5 mi	Blue Breezes Ii Llc Blue Earth, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
27.7 mi	Bent Tree Wind Farm Phase 1 Hartland, MN	Wind	201 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
29.1 mi	Lime Creek Mason City, IA	Oil	90 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
29.5 mi	Freeborn Wind Farm Glenville, MN	Wind	218 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
30.0 mi	Goose Lake Mn Dpc-Gm Albert Lea, MN	Solar	2 MW	Engie Generation North America Llc
30.8 mi	Emery Station Clear Lake, IA	Natural Gas	603 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
31.3 mi	Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project Algona, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
32.0 mi	Cf Novel Solar Csg Gardens Two, Llc Minnesota Lake, MN	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
32.8 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
33.1 mi	Kossuth Lu Verne, IA	Wind	152 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
33.2 mi	Barton Windpower Llc Kensett, IA	Wind	160 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
33.7 mi	Kossuth County Wind Lu Verne, IA	Wind	70 MW	Kossuth County Wind, Llc
34.2 mi	Uss Solar Way Llc Csg Hartland, MN	Solar	1 MW	Standard Solar
35.9 mi	Uss All In Solar Llc Csg Hartland, MN	Solar	1 MW	Standard Solar
37.0 mi	Ced Mason City Wind Mason City, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
37.2 mi	Fairmont Wind Fairmont, MN	Wind	5 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
37.6 mi	Schull Csg Mapleton, MN	Solar	1 MW	Schull Csg Llc
38.2 mi	Bolduan Csg New Richland, MN	Solar	1 MW	Terraform Arcadia
38.7 mi	Phoenix Investors, Llc Belmond, IA	Oil	5 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
38.8 mi	Mapleton Community Solar Mapleton, MN	Solar	3 MW	Mapleton Community Solar
38.9 mi	Novel - Oya Of Mapleton Csg Mapleton, MN	Solar	4 MW	Nrg Mn Community Llc
39.4 mi	Altair Community Solar Garden New Richmond, MN	Solar	1 MW	National Grid Renewables
40.3 mi	Fairmont (Mn) Fairmont, MN	Natural Gas	39 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
42.0 mi	Palo Alto Wind Farm Emmetsburg, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.6 mi	Fox Garden Waseca, MN	Solar	1 MW	Fox Garden Llc
44.2 mi	Novel David Solar Llc Csg Waseca, MN	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
44.2 mi	Buffalo Garden Waseca, MN	Solar	1 MW	Buffalo Garden Llc
44.2 mi	Severson Garden Waseca, MN	Solar	1 MW	Severson Holdco Llc
44.7 mi	Silver Lake Garden Waseca, MN	Solar	1 MW	Excelsior Energy Capital
45.5 mi	Whispering Willow North Latimer, IA	Wind	201 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
45.7 mi	West Bend West Bent, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of West Bend
45.9 mi	Truman Truman, MN	Oil	6 MW	City Of Truman
45.9 mi	Turtle Creek Wind Farm Llc St. Ansgar, IA	Wind	199 MW	Turtle Creek Wind Farm Llc
46.6 mi	Clear Garden Csg Waseca, MN	Solar	1 MW	Clear Garden Llc
46.6 mi	Welcome Wind Turbine Welcome, MN	Wind	2 MW	Federated Rural Electric Assn
46.8 mi	Rockford Rockford, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Rockford- (Ia)
47.5 mi	Novel Kanewischer Solar Csg Waseca, MN	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
47.9 mi	Oak Glen Wind Farm Blooming Prairie, MN	Wind	44 MW	Minnesota Municipal Power Agny
47.9 mi	Osage (Ia) Osage, IA	Wind	19 MW	City Of Osage - (Ia)
48.2 mi	Blooming Prairie Blooming Prairie, MN	Oil	9 MW	City Of Blooming Prairie - (Mn)
48.7 mi	Guse Csg Janesville, MN	Solar	1 MW	Terraform Arcadia
48.8 mi	Maple City Osage Township, IA	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
48.9 mi	Lily Garden Waseca, MN	Solar	1 MW	Lily Garden Llc
49.3 mi	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg Emmetsburg, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg
49.4 mi	Wasecasun Waseca, MN	Solar	5 MW	National Grid Renewables
49.4 mi	Novel Winegar Partnership Solar Csg Waseca, MN	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
49.5 mi	Loon Garden Waseca, MN	Solar	1 MW	Loon Garden Llc
49.5 mi	Everson Garden Waseca, MN	Solar	1 MW	Everson Garden Llc
49.7 mi	Novel Haley Solar Csg Waseca, MN	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
49.8 mi	Buffalo Center Wind Llc Little Cedar, IA	Wind	2 MW	Buffalo Center Wind Llc
49.9 mi	Waseca Solar Waseca, MN	Solar	10 MW	Enel Green Power Na, Inc.

Power generation near this area

There are 78 power plants within 50 miles of Thompson, Iowa (ZIP 50478), with a combined 3,794 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 35 of the 78 nearby plants. The closest plant is Winnebago Wind Power Project at 5.1 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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