Power Plants Near 50511 — Algona, IA

50 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50511 (Algona, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.0660, -94.2306 · County: Kossuth

Wind 73%Natural Gas 19%Oil 4%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
0.7 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
5.0 mi	Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project Algona, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
7.1 mi	Kossuth Lu Verne, IA	Wind	152 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
7.4 mi	Kossuth County Wind Lu Verne, IA	Wind	70 MW	Kossuth County Wind, Llc
11.1 mi	Plum Creek Wind Algona, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
13.1 mi	West Bend West Bent, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of West Bend
15.7 mi	Bancroft Bancroft, IA	Oil	4 MW	Bancroft Municipal Utilities
18.7 mi	Palo Alto Wind Farm Emmetsburg, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
20.9 mi	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg Emmetsburg, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg
22.4 mi	Lakota Wind Wind Farm Lakota, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
22.5 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc Britt, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc
24.7 mi	Crystal Lake 3 Llc Britt, IA	Wind	66 MW	Crystal Lake 3 Llc
25.9 mi	Ledyard Windpower, Llc Lakota, IA	Wind	207 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
26.0 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc Britt, IA	Wind	200 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc
27.4 mi	Golden Plains Buffalo Center, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
28.8 mi	Graettinger Graettinger, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Graettinger - (Ia)
28.9 mi	Winnebago Wind Power Project Forest City, IA	Wind	20 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
30.3 mi	Hancock County Wind Energy Center Garner, IA	Wind	98 MW	Fpl Energy Hancock County Wind, Llc
31.9 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
32.9 mi	Forest City Light Plant Forest City, IA	Oil	22 MW	City Of Forest City- (Ia)
33.6 mi	Forest City Solar Forest City, IA	Solar	3 MW	Butter Solar, Llc
34.8 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
35.0 mi	Holliday Creek Solar Fort Dodge, IA	Solar	100 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
35.0 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
35.4 mi	Phoenix Investors, Llc Belmond, IA	Oil	5 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
36.8 mi	Iowa Lakes Community College Wind Farm Estherville, IA	Wind	2 MW	Iowa Lakes Community College
36.8 mi	Fairmont Wind Fairmont, MN	Wind	5 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
37.8 mi	Big Blue Blue Earth, MN	Wind	36 MW	Big Blue Wind Farm Llc (Mn)
38.0 mi	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc Garner, IA	Wind	42 MW	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc
38.6 mi	Estherville Estherville, IA	Natural Gas	16 MW	City Of Estherville - (Ia)
39.2 mi	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm Union, IA	Wind	42 MW	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm
40.0 mi	Blue Earth Blue Earth, MN	Oil	11 MW	Blue Earth Light & Water
40.4 mi	Lake Mills Gas Recovery Lake Mills, IA	Biomass	4 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
40.7 mi	Pocahontas Prairie Wind Farm Pomeroy, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.9 mi	Blue Breezes Ii Llc Blue Earth, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
40.9 mi	Blue Breezes Llc Blue Earth, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
42.3 mi	Pomeroy Wind Farm Fonda, IA	Wind	286 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.6 mi	Fairmont (Mn) Fairmont, MN	Natural Gas	39 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
42.7 mi	Lake Mills Lake Mills, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Lake Mills
45.0 mi	Poet Biorefining-Hanlontown, Llc Hanlontown, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Biorefining-Hanlontown, Llc
45.8 mi	Whispering Willow North Latimer, IA	Wind	201 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
45.9 mi	Century Blairsburg, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.9 mi	Iowa Lakes Superior Wind Farm Superior, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
46.2 mi	Webster City Webster City, IA	Oil	21 MW	City Of Webster City - (Ia)
46.2 mi	Welcome Wind Turbine Welcome, MN	Wind	2 MW	Federated Rural Electric Assn
46.4 mi	Spencer Gas Turbine Spencer, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Spencer - (Ia)
46.5 mi	Old Gold Energy Center, Llc Joice, IA	Wind	80 MW	Old Gold Energy Center, Llc
47.4 mi	Emery Station Clear Lake, IA	Natural Gas	603 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.3 mi	Fox Lake Sherburn, MN	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
49.6 mi	Milford Milford, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Milford - (Ia)

Power generation near this area

There are 50 power plants within 50 miles of Algona, Iowa (ZIP 50511), with a combined 3,451 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 28 of the 50 nearby plants. The closest plant is Algona at 0.7 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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