Power Plants Near 50479 — Thornton, IA

53 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50479 (Thornton, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.9684, -93.4088 · County: Cerro Gordo

Wind 76%Natural Gas 16%Oil 4%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.5 mi	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc Garner, IA	Wind	42 MW	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc
6.8 mi	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm Union, IA	Wind	42 MW	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm
10.5 mi	Emery Station Clear Lake, IA	Natural Gas	603 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
12.6 mi	Hancock County Wind Energy Center Garner, IA	Wind	98 MW	Fpl Energy Hancock County Wind, Llc
13.3 mi	Phoenix Investors, Llc Belmond, IA	Oil	5 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
13.4 mi	Whispering Willow North Latimer, IA	Wind	201 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
19.7 mi	Ced Mason City Wind Mason City, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
20.0 mi	Franklin County Solar Hampton, IA	Solar	7 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
21.4 mi	Hampton Substation Energy Storage Hampton, IA	Battery Storage	2 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
21.9 mi	Lime Creek Mason City, IA	Oil	90 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
22.4 mi	Poet Biorefining-Hanlontown, Llc Hanlontown, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Biorefining-Hanlontown, Llc
23.4 mi	Forest City Light Plant Forest City, IA	Oil	22 MW	City Of Forest City- (Ia)
23.6 mi	Roeder Family Wind Farm Llc Manly, IA	Wind	2 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
24.0 mi	Forest City Solar Forest City, IA	Solar	3 MW	Butter Solar, Llc
24.0 mi	Rockford Rockford, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Rockford- (Ia)
25.3 mi	Franklin County Wind Farm Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	99 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
25.5 mi	Whispering Willow Wind Farm - East Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
27.2 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc Britt, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc
27.4 mi	Top Of Iowa Windfarm Iii Kensett, IA	Wind	30 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
27.7 mi	Northern Iowa Windpower Ii Kensett, IA	Wind	80 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
28.7 mi	Old Gold Energy Center, Llc Joice, IA	Wind	80 MW	Old Gold Energy Center, Llc
28.9 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc Britt, IA	Wind	200 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc
29.9 mi	Lake Mills Gas Recovery Lake Mills, IA	Biomass	4 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
30.1 mi	Winnebago Wind Power Project Forest City, IA	Wind	20 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
30.2 mi	Century Blairsburg, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
30.3 mi	Windwalkers Llc Kensett, IA	Wind	2 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
31.6 mi	Lake Mills Lake Mills, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Lake Mills
32.6 mi	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc Alden, IA	Wind	3 MW	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc
33.4 mi	Barton Windpower Llc Kensett, IA	Wind	160 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
34.1 mi	Crystal Lake 3 Llc Britt, IA	Wind	66 MW	Crystal Lake 3 Llc
35.7 mi	Plum Creek Wind Algona, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
36.4 mi	Kossuth Lu Verne, IA	Wind	152 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
36.7 mi	Merl Parr Charles City, IA	Natural Gas	36 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
36.7 mi	Kossuth County Wind Lu Verne, IA	Wind	70 MW	Kossuth County Wind, Llc
37.1 mi	Osage (Ia) Osage, IA	Wind	19 MW	City Of Osage - (Ia)
37.3 mi	Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project Algona, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
37.8 mi	Maple City Osage Township, IA	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
39.2 mi	Freeborn Wind Farm Glenville, MN	Wind	218 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
39.9 mi	Charles City Wind Farm Charles City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.1 mi	Webster City Webster City, IA	Oil	21 MW	City Of Webster City - (Ia)
42.6 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
42.7 mi	Reg Juhl Glenville Wind, Llc Albert Lea, MN	Wind	3 MW	Reg Juhl Glenville Wind, Llc
42.9 mi	Turtle Creek Wind Farm Llc St. Ansgar, IA	Wind	199 MW	Turtle Creek Wind Farm Llc
43.6 mi	Buffalo Center Wind Llc Little Cedar, IA	Wind	2 MW	Buffalo Center Wind Llc
44.2 mi	Golden Plains Buffalo Center, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
44.7 mi	Holliday Creek Solar Fort Dodge, IA	Solar	100 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.8 mi	Wellsburg Wind Project Wellsburg, IA	Wind	141 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.1 mi	Poet Biorefining - Jewell Jewell, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Jewell
46.5 mi	Bancroft Bancroft, IA	Oil	4 MW	Bancroft Municipal Utilities
47.0 mi	Lakota Wind Wind Farm Lakota, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
47.5 mi	Ledyard Windpower, Llc Lakota, IA	Wind	207 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
48.7 mi	Goose Lake Mn Dpc-Gm Albert Lea, MN	Solar	2 MW	Engie Generation North America Llc
49.8 mi	Ivester Wind Farm Wellsburg, IA	Wind	91 MW	Midamerican Energy Co

Power generation near this area

There are 53 power plants within 50 miles of Thornton, Iowa (ZIP 50479), with a combined 4,023 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 34 of the 53 nearby plants. The closest plant is Hawkeye Power Partners Llc at 6.5 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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