Power Plants Near 50517 — Bancroft, IA

60 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50517 (Bancroft, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.2935, -94.2108 · County: Kossuth

Wind 64%Natural Gas 32%Oil 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
0.3 mi	Bancroft Bancroft, IA	Oil	4 MW	Bancroft Municipal Utilities
7.0 mi	Lakota Wind Wind Farm Lakota, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
10.8 mi	Ledyard Windpower, Llc Lakota, IA	Wind	207 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
11.4 mi	Plum Creek Wind Algona, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
13.6 mi	Golden Plains Buffalo Center, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
15.3 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
16.5 mi	Crystal Lake 3 Llc Britt, IA	Wind	66 MW	Crystal Lake 3 Llc
18.0 mi	Palo Alto Wind Farm Emmetsburg, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
18.2 mi	Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project Algona, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
19.9 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc Britt, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc
20.7 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc Britt, IA	Wind	200 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc
21.1 mi	Kossuth Lu Verne, IA	Wind	152 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
21.6 mi	Kossuth County Wind Lu Verne, IA	Wind	70 MW	Kossuth County Wind, Llc
22.0 mi	Big Blue Blue Earth, MN	Wind	36 MW	Big Blue Wind Farm Llc (Mn)
22.2 mi	Winnebago Wind Power Project Forest City, IA	Wind	20 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
22.8 mi	Fairmont Wind Fairmont, MN	Wind	5 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
24.4 mi	Blue Earth Blue Earth, MN	Oil	11 MW	Blue Earth Light & Water
25.2 mi	Blue Breezes Ii Llc Blue Earth, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
25.2 mi	Blue Breezes Llc Blue Earth, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
25.8 mi	West Bend West Bent, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of West Bend
25.9 mi	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg Emmetsburg, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg
27.4 mi	Graettinger Graettinger, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Graettinger - (Ia)
28.2 mi	Fairmont (Mn) Fairmont, MN	Natural Gas	39 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
29.0 mi	Forest City Light Plant Forest City, IA	Oil	22 MW	City Of Forest City- (Ia)
29.3 mi	Forest City Solar Forest City, IA	Solar	3 MW	Butter Solar, Llc
31.1 mi	Iowa Lakes Community College Wind Farm Estherville, IA	Wind	2 MW	Iowa Lakes Community College
32.7 mi	Estherville Estherville, IA	Natural Gas	16 MW	City Of Estherville - (Ia)
32.9 mi	Welcome Wind Turbine Welcome, MN	Wind	2 MW	Federated Rural Electric Assn
33.4 mi	Lake Mills Gas Recovery Lake Mills, IA	Biomass	4 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
33.7 mi	Hancock County Wind Energy Center Garner, IA	Wind	98 MW	Fpl Energy Hancock County Wind, Llc
35.1 mi	Lake Mills Lake Mills, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Lake Mills
36.2 mi	Fox Lake Sherburn, MN	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
38.7 mi	Truman Truman, MN	Oil	6 MW	City Of Truman
39.6 mi	Wells Ic Wells, MN	Natural Gas	9 MW	City Of Wells - (Mn)
39.7 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
40.0 mi	Iowa Lakes Superior Wind Farm Superior, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
40.4 mi	Old Gold Energy Center, Llc Joice, IA	Wind	80 MW	Old Gold Energy Center, Llc
40.7 mi	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc Garner, IA	Wind	42 MW	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc
41.1 mi	Poet Biorefining-Hanlontown, Llc Hanlontown, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Biorefining-Hanlontown, Llc
41.4 mi	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm Union, IA	Wind	42 MW	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm
42.1 mi	Oreg 3 Inc Trimont, MN	Other Fossil	5 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
42.5 mi	Cf Novel Solar Csg Gardens Two, Llc Minnesota Lake, MN	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
43.1 mi	Elm Creek Wind Ii Llc Trimont, MN	Wind	149 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
43.9 mi	Phoenix Investors, Llc Belmond, IA	Oil	5 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
44.6 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
45.0 mi	Top Of Iowa Windfarm Iii Kensett, IA	Wind	30 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
45.2 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
45.3 mi	Schull Csg Mapleton, MN	Solar	1 MW	Schull Csg Llc
45.7 mi	Mapleton Community Solar Mapleton, MN	Solar	3 MW	Mapleton Community Solar
45.7 mi	Novel - Oya Of Mapleton Csg Mapleton, MN	Solar	4 MW	Nrg Mn Community Llc
46.1 mi	Northern Iowa Windpower Ii Kensett, IA	Wind	80 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
46.6 mi	Roeder Family Wind Farm Llc Manly, IA	Wind	2 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
47.1 mi	Lakefield Junction Trimont, MN	Natural Gas	538 MW	Great River Energy
47.1 mi	Trimont Area Wind Farm Trimont, MN	Wind	101 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
47.2 mi	Milford Milford, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Milford - (Ia)
48.1 mi	Spencer Gas Turbine Spencer, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Spencer - (Ia)
48.3 mi	Emery Station Clear Lake, IA	Natural Gas	603 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.4 mi	Bent Tree Wind Farm Phase 1 Hartland, MN	Wind	201 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
48.8 mi	Elm Creek Wind Llc Trimont, MN	Wind	99 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
49.6 mi	Reg Juhl Glenville Wind, Llc Albert Lea, MN	Wind	3 MW	Reg Juhl Glenville Wind, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 60 power plants within 50 miles of Bancroft, Iowa (ZIP 50517), with a combined 3,792 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 32 of the 60 nearby plants. The closest plant is Bancroft at 0.3 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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