Power Plants Near 50482 — Ventura, IA

58 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50482 (Ventura, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.1262, -93.4706 · County: Cerro Gordo

Wind 79%Natural Gas 15%Oil 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.6 mi	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm Union, IA	Wind	42 MW	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm
5.5 mi	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc Garner, IA	Wind	42 MW	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc
9.3 mi	Emery Station Clear Lake, IA	Natural Gas	603 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
9.5 mi	Hancock County Wind Energy Center Garner, IA	Wind	98 MW	Fpl Energy Hancock County Wind, Llc
12.1 mi	Poet Biorefining-Hanlontown, Llc Hanlontown, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Biorefining-Hanlontown, Llc
12.6 mi	Forest City Light Plant Forest City, IA	Oil	22 MW	City Of Forest City- (Ia)
13.1 mi	Forest City Solar Forest City, IA	Solar	3 MW	Butter Solar, Llc
15.1 mi	Roeder Family Wind Farm Llc Manly, IA	Wind	2 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
15.8 mi	Lime Creek Mason City, IA	Oil	90 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
17.8 mi	Top Of Iowa Windfarm Iii Kensett, IA	Wind	30 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
18.0 mi	Old Gold Energy Center, Llc Joice, IA	Wind	80 MW	Old Gold Energy Center, Llc
18.4 mi	Northern Iowa Windpower Ii Kensett, IA	Wind	80 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
18.5 mi	Lake Mills Gas Recovery Lake Mills, IA	Biomass	4 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
18.8 mi	Ced Mason City Wind Mason City, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
19.1 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc Britt, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc
19.5 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc Britt, IA	Wind	200 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc
19.9 mi	Winnebago Wind Power Project Forest City, IA	Wind	20 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
20.3 mi	Lake Mills Lake Mills, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Lake Mills
21.0 mi	Phoenix Investors, Llc Belmond, IA	Oil	5 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
21.8 mi	Windwalkers Llc Kensett, IA	Wind	2 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
24.4 mi	Whispering Willow North Latimer, IA	Wind	201 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
24.7 mi	Crystal Lake 3 Llc Britt, IA	Wind	66 MW	Crystal Lake 3 Llc
26.5 mi	Barton Windpower Llc Kensett, IA	Wind	160 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
27.0 mi	Rockford Rockford, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Rockford- (Ia)
29.9 mi	Plum Creek Wind Algona, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
30.3 mi	Freeborn Wind Farm Glenville, MN	Wind	218 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
31.0 mi	Franklin County Solar Hampton, IA	Solar	7 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.6 mi	Reg Juhl Glenville Wind, Llc Albert Lea, MN	Wind	3 MW	Reg Juhl Glenville Wind, Llc
32.6 mi	Hampton Substation Energy Storage Hampton, IA	Battery Storage	2 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
34.4 mi	Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project Algona, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
34.4 mi	Kossuth Lu Verne, IA	Wind	152 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
34.6 mi	Golden Plains Buffalo Center, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
34.8 mi	Kossuth County Wind Lu Verne, IA	Wind	70 MW	Kossuth County Wind, Llc
34.9 mi	Osage (Ia) Osage, IA	Wind	19 MW	City Of Osage - (Ia)
35.8 mi	Maple City Osage Township, IA	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
36.5 mi	Franklin County Wind Farm Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	99 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
36.8 mi	Whispering Willow Wind Farm - East Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
38.0 mi	Turtle Creek Wind Farm Llc St. Ansgar, IA	Wind	199 MW	Turtle Creek Wind Farm Llc
38.3 mi	Ledyard Windpower, Llc Lakota, IA	Wind	207 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
38.4 mi	Lakota Wind Wind Farm Lakota, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
38.4 mi	Goose Lake Mn Dpc-Gm Albert Lea, MN	Solar	2 MW	Engie Generation North America Llc
38.9 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
39.3 mi	Bancroft Bancroft, IA	Oil	4 MW	Bancroft Municipal Utilities
39.5 mi	Merl Parr Charles City, IA	Natural Gas	36 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.7 mi	Century Blairsburg, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.0 mi	Buffalo Center Wind Llc Little Cedar, IA	Wind	2 MW	Buffalo Center Wind Llc
41.4 mi	Bent Tree Wind Farm Phase 1 Hartland, MN	Wind	201 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
43.7 mi	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc Alden, IA	Wind	3 MW	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc
43.8 mi	Charles City Wind Farm Charles City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.6 mi	Wells Ic Wells, MN	Natural Gas	9 MW	City Of Wells - (Mn)
47.5 mi	Blue Earth Blue Earth, MN	Oil	11 MW	Blue Earth Light & Water
47.8 mi	Adams Wind Farm Adams, MN	Wind	23 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
48.4 mi	Uss Solar Way Llc Csg Hartland, MN	Solar	1 MW	Standard Solar
48.5 mi	Webster City Webster City, IA	Oil	21 MW	City Of Webster City - (Ia)
49.3 mi	Uss All In Solar Llc Csg Hartland, MN	Solar	1 MW	Standard Solar
49.4 mi	Big Blue Blue Earth, MN	Wind	36 MW	Big Blue Wind Farm Llc (Mn)
49.7 mi	Pioneer Prairie Wind Farm Mcintire, IA	Wind	300 MW	Pioneer Prairie Wind Farm I, Llc
49.7 mi	Louise Solar Taopi, MN	Solar	50 MW	National Grid Renewables

Power generation near this area

There are 58 power plants within 50 miles of Ventura, Iowa (ZIP 50482), with a combined 4,319 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 36 of the 58 nearby plants. The closest plant is Cerro Gordo Wind Farm 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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