Power Plants Near 50515 — Ayrshire, IA

53 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50515 (Ayrshire, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.0370, -94.8478 · County: Palo Alto

Wind 91%Natural Gas 4%Solar 2%Oil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.9 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
11.0 mi	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg Emmetsburg, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg
13.0 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
14.9 mi	Graettinger Graettinger, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Graettinger - (Ia)
16.7 mi	Spencer Gas Turbine Spencer, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Spencer - (Ia)
19.1 mi	Palo Alto Wind Farm Emmetsburg, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
21.0 mi	West Bend West Bent, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of West Bend
22.3 mi	Earl F Wisdom Spencer, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
23.1 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
24.1 mi	Iowa Lakes Community College Wind Farm Estherville, IA	Wind	2 MW	Iowa Lakes Community College
25.1 mi	Milford Milford, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Milford - (Ia)
25.3 mi	Estherville Estherville, IA	Natural Gas	16 MW	City Of Estherville - (Ia)
27.9 mi	Upland Prairie Spencer, IA	Wind	299 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
29.0 mi	Iowa Lakes Superior Wind Farm Superior, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
30.8 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
31.2 mi	Storm Lake Ii Alta, IA	Wind	80 MW	Allete Clean Energy
31.7 mi	Pomeroy Wind Farm Fonda, IA	Wind	286 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.1 mi	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	100 MW	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc
33.3 mi	Flying Cloud Power Partners Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	44 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
33.8 mi	Pocahontas Prairie Wind Farm Pomeroy, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
34.1 mi	Alta Municipal Utilities Alta, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Alta - (Ia)
35.7 mi	Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project Algona, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
35.9 mi	Lake Park Lake Park, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Lake Park - (Ia)
36.2 mi	Kossuth County Wind Lu Verne, IA	Wind	70 MW	Kossuth County Wind, Llc
36.4 mi	Bancroft Bancroft, IA	Oil	4 MW	Bancroft Municipal Utilities
36.4 mi	Kossuth Lu Verne, IA	Wind	152 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
37.1 mi	Storm Lake 1 Alta, IA	Wind	114 MW	Allete Clean Energy
39.4 mi	Primghar Primghar, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Primghar - (Ia)
39.5 mi	Osceola Windpower Llc Harris, IA	Wind	98 MW	Osceola Windpower Llc
39.5 mi	Osceola Windpower Ii Harris, IA	Wind	50 MW	Osceola Windpower Ii
40.7 mi	Plum Creek Wind Algona, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
40.8 mi	O'brien Wind Primghar, IA	Wind	250 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.9 mi	Highland Wind Project (Ia) Primghar, IA	Wind	502 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.3 mi	Intrepid Schaller, IA	Wind	176 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.3 mi	Fairmont Wind Fairmont, MN	Wind	5 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
42.6 mi	Lakota Wind Wind Farm Lakota, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
43.2 mi	Sac County Wind, Llc Sac City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Sac County Wind
44.5 mi	Fox Lake Sherburn, MN	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
44.8 mi	Elm Creek Wind Ii Llc Trimont, MN	Wind	149 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
46.1 mi	Ledyard Windpower, Llc Lakota, IA	Wind	207 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
46.4 mi	South Fork Wind Farm Round Lake, MN	Wind	14 MW	South Fork Wind, Llc
46.5 mi	Welcome Wind Turbine Welcome, MN	Wind	2 MW	Federated Rural Electric Assn
46.7 mi	Lakefield Wind Project Llc Lakefield, MN	Wind	206 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
46.8 mi	Allendorf Allendorf, IA	Wind	6 MW	E&e Enterprises Llc
46.9 mi	Lakefield Utilities Lakefield, MN	Oil	3 MW	City Of Lakefield - (Mn)
47.0 mi	Fairmont (Mn) Fairmont, MN	Natural Gas	39 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
48.3 mi	Glaciers Edge Wind Project Cleghorn, IA	Wind	212 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
48.5 mi	Cisco Brewster, MN	Wind	8 MW	Allete Clean Energy
49.3 mi	Ewington Energy Systems, Llc Worthington, MN	Wind	23 MW	Ewington Energy Systems, Llc
49.7 mi	Holliday Creek Solar Fort Dodge, IA	Solar	100 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.8 mi	Elm Creek Wind Llc Trimont, MN	Wind	99 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
49.9 mi	Dl Windy Acres Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
49.9 mi	Golden Plains Buffalo Center, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co

Power generation near this area

There are 53 power plants within 50 miles of Ayrshire, Iowa (ZIP 50515), with a combined 4,264 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 35 of the 53 nearby plants. The closest plant is Crosswind Energy Project at 3.9 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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