Power Plants Near 50514 — Armstrong, IA

71 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50514 (Armstrong, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.4024, -94.4853 · County: Emmet

Wind 77%Natural Gas 19%Oil 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
12.1 mi	Fairmont Wind Fairmont, MN	Wind	5 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
13.9 mi	Palo Alto Wind Farm Emmetsburg, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
15.5 mi	Bancroft Bancroft, IA	Oil	4 MW	Bancroft Municipal Utilities
16.6 mi	Iowa Lakes Community College Wind Farm Estherville, IA	Wind	2 MW	Iowa Lakes Community College
17.0 mi	Lakota Wind Wind Farm Lakota, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
17.4 mi	Graettinger Graettinger, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Graettinger - (Ia)
17.7 mi	Fairmont (Mn) Fairmont, MN	Natural Gas	39 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
18.0 mi	Estherville Estherville, IA	Natural Gas	16 MW	City Of Estherville - (Ia)
19.1 mi	Ledyard Windpower, Llc Lakota, IA	Wind	207 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
20.0 mi	Welcome Wind Turbine Welcome, MN	Wind	2 MW	Federated Rural Electric Assn
20.6 mi	Big Blue Blue Earth, MN	Wind	36 MW	Big Blue Wind Farm Llc (Mn)
21.7 mi	Fox Lake Sherburn, MN	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
22.9 mi	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg Emmetsburg, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg
23.6 mi	Golden Plains Buffalo Center, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
24.0 mi	Blue Breezes Ii Llc Blue Earth, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
24.1 mi	Blue Breezes Llc Blue Earth, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
25.0 mi	Iowa Lakes Superior Wind Farm Superior, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
25.2 mi	Blue Earth Blue Earth, MN	Oil	11 MW	Blue Earth Light & Water
25.9 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
26.7 mi	Plum Creek Wind Algona, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
27.8 mi	Elm Creek Wind Ii Llc Trimont, MN	Wind	149 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
28.1 mi	Oreg 3 Inc Trimont, MN	Other Fossil	5 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
29.5 mi	Truman Truman, MN	Oil	6 MW	City Of Truman
30.6 mi	West Bend West Bent, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of West Bend
30.8 mi	Crystal Lake 3 Llc Britt, IA	Wind	66 MW	Crystal Lake 3 Llc
30.8 mi	Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project Algona, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
32.6 mi	Trimont Area Wind Farm Trimont, MN	Wind	101 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
32.7 mi	Lakefield Junction Trimont, MN	Natural Gas	538 MW	Great River Energy
33.0 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
33.4 mi	Kossuth Lu Verne, IA	Wind	152 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
33.6 mi	Elm Creek Wind Llc Trimont, MN	Wind	99 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
33.7 mi	Milford Milford, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Milford - (Ia)
33.7 mi	Kossuth County Wind Lu Verne, IA	Wind	70 MW	Kossuth County Wind, Llc
35.4 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc Britt, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc
35.6 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc Britt, IA	Wind	200 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc
36.4 mi	Winnebago Wind Power Project Forest City, IA	Wind	20 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
37.6 mi	Spencer Gas Turbine Spencer, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Spencer - (Ia)
38.3 mi	Odell Wind Farm Mountain Lake, MN	Wind	200 MW	Algonquin Power Co
38.5 mi	Lakefield Wind Project Llc Lakefield, MN	Wind	206 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
39.1 mi	Lakefield Utilities Lakefield, MN	Oil	3 MW	City Of Lakefield - (Mn)
40.2 mi	Odin Wind Farm Llc Mountainlake, MN	Wind	20 MW	Aspenall Energies (Delaware), Llc
40.9 mi	Flying Cloud Power Partners Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	44 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
41.0 mi	St James St James, MN	Oil	12 MW	City Of St James - (Mn)
41.7 mi	Lake Park Lake Park, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Lake Park - (Ia)
42.3 mi	Earl F Wisdom Spencer, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
42.3 mi	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	100 MW	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc
42.5 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
43.7 mi	Mountain Lake Mountain Lake, MN	Wind	9 MW	City Of Mountain Lake - (Mn)
43.8 mi	Forest City Light Plant Forest City, IA	Oil	22 MW	City Of Forest City- (Ia)
43.9 mi	Forest City Solar Forest City, IA	Solar	3 MW	Butter Solar, Llc
44.6 mi	Cf Novel Solar Csg Gardens Two, Llc Minnesota Lake, MN	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
44.8 mi	Wells Ic Wells, MN	Natural Gas	9 MW	City Of Wells - (Mn)
44.9 mi	Madelia City Of Madelia, MN	Oil	12 MW	City Of Madelia - (Mn)
44.9 mi	Novel - Oya Of Mapleton Csg Mapleton, MN	Solar	4 MW	Nrg Mn Community Llc
45.0 mi	Mapleton Community Solar Mapleton, MN	Solar	3 MW	Mapleton Community Solar
45.0 mi	Windom Windom, MN	Oil	5 MW	City Of Windom
45.1 mi	Schull Csg Mapleton, MN	Solar	1 MW	Schull Csg Llc
45.5 mi	Upland Prairie Spencer, IA	Wind	299 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
46.4 mi	South Fork Wind Farm Round Lake, MN	Wind	14 MW	South Fork Wind, Llc
46.5 mi	Lake Mills Gas Recovery Lake Mills, IA	Biomass	4 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
46.8 mi	Osceola Windpower Llc Harris, IA	Wind	98 MW	Osceola Windpower Llc
46.8 mi	Osceola Windpower Ii Harris, IA	Wind	50 MW	Osceola Windpower Ii
47.1 mi	Cisco Brewster, MN	Wind	8 MW	Allete Clean Energy
47.3 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
47.5 mi	Dl Windy Acres Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
47.8 mi	B&k Energy Systems Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
47.9 mi	Lake Mills Lake Mills, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Lake Mills
48.1 mi	S&p Windfarm Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
48.9 mi	Poet Biorefining Lake Crystal Lake Crystal, MN	Natural Gas	7 MW	Poet Biorefining Lake Crystal
49.0 mi	Ewington Energy Systems, Llc Worthington, MN	Wind	23 MW	Ewington Energy Systems, Llc
49.4 mi	Hancock County Wind Energy Center Garner, IA	Wind	98 MW	Fpl Energy Hancock County Wind, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 71 power plants within 50 miles of Armstrong, Iowa (ZIP 50514), with a combined 3,939 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 39 of the 71 nearby plants. The closest plant is Fairmont Wind at 12.1 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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