Power Plants Near 50521 — Burnside, IA

53 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50521 (Burnside, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.3413, -94.1143 · County: Webster

Wind 86%Natural Gas 6%Oil 5%Solar 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.9 mi	Lundgren Wind Project Otho, IA	Wind	251 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
6.1 mi	Dayton (Ia) Dayton, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dayton - (Ia)
9.0 mi	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie
9.8 mi	Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Oil	3 MW	Gowrie Municipal Utilities
15.0 mi	Great Pathfinder Wind Stratford, IA	Wind	224 MW	Great Pathfinder Wind
15.7 mi	Holliday Creek Solar Fort Dodge, IA	Solar	100 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
16.4 mi	Beaver Creek Wind Ogden, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
17.7 mi	Webster City Webster City, IA	Oil	21 MW	City Of Webster City - (Ia)
18.5 mi	Junction Hilltop Wind Farm Dana, IA	Wind	8 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
21.3 mi	Ogden Ogden, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Ogden - (Ia)
22.0 mi	Hardin Hilltop Wind Llc Jefferson, IA	Wind	15 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
23.1 mi	Poet Biorefining - Jewell Jewell, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Jewell
23.3 mi	Fareway Customer Hosted 1 Mw Solar Boone, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
24.0 mi	Rippey Wind Farm Grand Junction, IA	Wind	50 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
25.2 mi	Grand Junction Grand Junction, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Grand Junction - (Ia)
27.9 mi	Story City Wind Project Story City, IA	Wind	2 MW	Hamilton Wind Energy Llc
28.4 mi	Story City Story City, IA	Oil	14 MW	City Of Story City - (Ia)
28.8 mi	Century Blairsburg, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
31.8 mi	Pocahontas Prairie Wind Farm Pomeroy, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.6 mi	Iowa State University Ames, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Iowa State University
32.9 mi	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc Ames, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc
33.8 mi	Ames Electric Services Power Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	109 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
34.1 mi	Ncah Central Utility Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	15 MW	National Centers For Animal Health
34.3 mi	Isu Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Ames, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
34.4 mi	Perry Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Perry, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
34.6 mi	Ia - City Of Ames - Airport Road Ames, IA	Solar	2 MW	Forefront Power, Llc
34.8 mi	Ames Gt Ames, IA	Oil	79 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
35.7 mi	Ames Diesel Generating Station Ames, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
36.3 mi	Pomeroy Wind Farm Fonda, IA	Wind	286 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
38.0 mi	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc
38.0 mi	Optimum Wind 3 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 3 Llc
38.0 mi	Optimum Wind 4 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 4 Llc
38.0 mi	Optimum Wind 5 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 5 Llc
38.1 mi	Optimum Wind 6 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 6 Llc
38.7 mi	Garden Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Garden Wind Llc
38.8 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
39.6 mi	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc Alden, IA	Wind	3 MW	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc
40.6 mi	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc
40.8 mi	Alliant Sbd 8603 Donnelley Nevada, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
41.2 mi	Optimum Wind 7 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 7 Llc
43.1 mi	Phoenix Investors, Llc Belmond, IA	Oil	5 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
43.5 mi	Carroll Wind Farm Carroll, IA	Wind	159 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.6 mi	Coon Rapids Ii Coon Rapids, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Coon Rapids
43.7 mi	Franklin County Wind Farm Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	99 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
44.6 mi	Kossuth County Wind Lu Verne, IA	Wind	70 MW	Kossuth County Wind, Llc
45.2 mi	Kossuth Lu Verne, IA	Wind	152 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
45.3 mi	Sac County Wind, Llc Sac City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Sac County Wind
46.0 mi	West Bend West Bent, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of West Bend
46.1 mi	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc
46.4 mi	Whispering Willow North Latimer, IA	Wind	201 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
46.5 mi	Panora Panora, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Panora - (Ia)
47.9 mi	Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project Algona, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
48.2 mi	Carroll Area Wind Farm Templeton, IA	Wind	21 MW	Sriv Partnership Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 53 power plants within 50 miles of Burnside, Iowa (ZIP 50521), with a combined 2,998 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 29 of the 53 nearby plants. The closest plant is Lundgren Wind Project at 2.9 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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