Power Plants Near 50516 — Badger, IA

51 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50516 (Badger, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.6144, -94.1461 · County: Webster

Wind 88%Natural Gas 5%Oil 4%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.9 mi	Holliday Creek Solar Fort Dodge, IA	Solar	100 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
19.4 mi	Lundgren Wind Project Otho, IA	Wind	251 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
19.6 mi	Webster City Webster City, IA	Oil	21 MW	City Of Webster City - (Ia)
21.6 mi	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie
24.0 mi	Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Oil	3 MW	Gowrie Municipal Utilities
24.8 mi	Dayton (Ia) Dayton, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dayton - (Ia)
25.7 mi	Kossuth County Wind Lu Verne, IA	Wind	70 MW	Kossuth County Wind, Llc
26.1 mi	Century Blairsburg, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
26.2 mi	Pocahontas Prairie Wind Farm Pomeroy, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
26.3 mi	Kossuth Lu Verne, IA	Wind	152 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
27.5 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
28.4 mi	West Bend West Bent, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of West Bend
29.0 mi	Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project Algona, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
30.6 mi	Pomeroy Wind Farm Fonda, IA	Wind	286 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
30.9 mi	Great Pathfinder Wind Stratford, IA	Wind	224 MW	Great Pathfinder Wind
31.6 mi	Phoenix Investors, Llc Belmond, IA	Oil	5 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
31.6 mi	Poet Biorefining - Jewell Jewell, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Jewell
32.1 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
35.1 mi	Beaver Creek Wind Ogden, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
36.2 mi	Junction Hilltop Wind Farm Dana, IA	Wind	8 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
38.4 mi	Hardin Hilltop Wind Llc Jefferson, IA	Wind	15 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
38.6 mi	Plum Creek Wind Algona, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
38.6 mi	Whispering Willow North Latimer, IA	Wind	201 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
39.2 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
39.6 mi	Story City Wind Project Story City, IA	Wind	2 MW	Hamilton Wind Energy Llc
40.0 mi	Hancock County Wind Energy Center Garner, IA	Wind	98 MW	Fpl Energy Hancock County Wind, Llc
40.2 mi	Ogden Ogden, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Ogden - (Ia)
40.4 mi	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc Alden, IA	Wind	3 MW	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc
40.6 mi	Story City Story City, IA	Oil	14 MW	City Of Story City - (Ia)
40.9 mi	Fareway Customer Hosted 1 Mw Solar Boone, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
41.2 mi	Franklin County Wind Farm Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	99 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
41.5 mi	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg Emmetsburg, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg
42.0 mi	Grand Junction Grand Junction, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Grand Junction - (Ia)
42.3 mi	Rippey Wind Farm Grand Junction, IA	Wind	50 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
44.3 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc Britt, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc
45.2 mi	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc Garner, IA	Wind	42 MW	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc
45.3 mi	Sac County Wind, Llc Sac City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Sac County Wind
45.7 mi	Palo Alto Wind Farm Emmetsburg, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.7 mi	Hampton Substation Energy Storage Hampton, IA	Battery Storage	2 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
46.7 mi	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm Union, IA	Wind	42 MW	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm
47.0 mi	Bancroft Bancroft, IA	Oil	4 MW	Bancroft Municipal Utilities
47.7 mi	Garden Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Garden Wind Llc
47.8 mi	Whispering Willow Wind Farm - East Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.1 mi	Iowa State University Ames, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Iowa State University
48.3 mi	Franklin County Solar Hampton, IA	Solar	7 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.8 mi	Ncah Central Utility Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	15 MW	National Centers For Animal Health
48.8 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc Britt, IA	Wind	200 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc
49.1 mi	Ames Electric Services Power Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	109 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
49.4 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
49.5 mi	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc Ames, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc
49.7 mi	Ames Gt Ames, IA	Oil	79 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)

Power generation near this area

There are 51 power plants within 50 miles of Badger, Iowa (ZIP 50516), with a combined 3,767 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 28 of the 51 nearby plants. The closest plant is Holliday Creek Solar 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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