Power Plants Near 50501 — Fort Dodge, IA

52 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50501 (Fort Dodge, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.5088, -94.1807 · County: Webster

Wind 85%Natural Gas 6%Oil 6%Solar 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.7 mi	Holliday Creek Solar Fort Dodge, IA	Solar	100 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
12.0 mi	Lundgren Wind Project Otho, IA	Wind	251 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
14.1 mi	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie
16.6 mi	Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Oil	3 MW	Gowrie Municipal Utilities
18.1 mi	Dayton (Ia) Dayton, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dayton - (Ia)
18.8 mi	Webster City Webster City, IA	Oil	21 MW	City Of Webster City - (Ia)
24.6 mi	Pocahontas Prairie Wind Farm Pomeroy, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
25.6 mi	Great Pathfinder Wind Stratford, IA	Wind	224 MW	Great Pathfinder Wind
27.8 mi	Beaver Creek Wind Ogden, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
28.0 mi	Century Blairsburg, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
28.7 mi	Junction Hilltop Wind Farm Dana, IA	Wind	8 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
29.0 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
29.2 mi	Poet Biorefining - Jewell Jewell, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Jewell
29.3 mi	Pomeroy Wind Farm Fonda, IA	Wind	286 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
30.9 mi	Hardin Hilltop Wind Llc Jefferson, IA	Wind	15 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
33.1 mi	Kossuth County Wind Lu Verne, IA	Wind	70 MW	Kossuth County Wind, Llc
33.3 mi	Ogden Ogden, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Ogden - (Ia)
33.7 mi	Kossuth Lu Verne, IA	Wind	152 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
34.0 mi	West Bend West Bent, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of West Bend
34.5 mi	Grand Junction Grand Junction, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Grand Junction - (Ia)
34.9 mi	Rippey Wind Farm Grand Junction, IA	Wind	50 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
35.0 mi	Fareway Customer Hosted 1 Mw Solar Boone, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
36.2 mi	Story City Wind Project Story City, IA	Wind	2 MW	Hamilton Wind Energy Llc
36.4 mi	Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project Algona, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
37.1 mi	Story City Story City, IA	Oil	14 MW	City Of Story City - (Ia)
37.1 mi	Phoenix Investors, Llc Belmond, IA	Oil	5 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
39.1 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
41.3 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
41.4 mi	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc Alden, IA	Wind	3 MW	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc
41.9 mi	Sac County Wind, Llc Sac City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Sac County Wind
42.9 mi	Whispering Willow North Latimer, IA	Wind	201 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
43.3 mi	Iowa State University Ames, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Iowa State University
43.5 mi	Franklin County Wind Farm Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	99 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
44.1 mi	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc Ames, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc
44.3 mi	Ncah Central Utility Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	15 MW	National Centers For Animal Health
44.4 mi	Ames Electric Services Power Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	109 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
45.1 mi	Carroll Wind Farm Carroll, IA	Wind	159 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.2 mi	Ames Gt Ames, IA	Oil	79 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
45.3 mi	Ia - City Of Ames - Airport Road Ames, IA	Solar	2 MW	Forefront Power, Llc
45.4 mi	Isu Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Ames, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
45.6 mi	Garden Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Garden Wind Llc
46.0 mi	Plum Creek Wind Algona, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
46.1 mi	Perry Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Perry, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
46.2 mi	Ames Diesel Generating Station Ames, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
46.6 mi	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg Emmetsburg, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg
46.8 mi	Hancock County Wind Energy Center Garner, IA	Wind	98 MW	Fpl Energy Hancock County Wind, Llc
48.0 mi	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc
48.0 mi	Optimum Wind 3 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 3 Llc
48.1 mi	Optimum Wind 4 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 4 Llc
48.1 mi	Optimum Wind 5 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 5 Llc
48.3 mi	Optimum Wind 6 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 6 Llc
49.8 mi	Hampton Substation Energy Storage Hampton, IA	Battery Storage	2 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop

Power generation near this area

There are 52 power plants within 50 miles of Fort Dodge, Iowa (ZIP 50501), with a combined 2,939 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 27 of the 52 nearby plants. The closest plant is Holliday Creek Solar at 5.7 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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