Power Plants Near 50522 — Burt, IA

55 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50522 (Burt, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.2062, -94.2122 · County: Kossuth

Wind 71%Natural Gas 21%Oil 4%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.0 mi	Bancroft Bancroft, IA	Oil	4 MW	Bancroft Municipal Utilities
8.0 mi	Plum Creek Wind Algona, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
9.3 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
12.4 mi	Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project Algona, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
12.7 mi	Lakota Wind Wind Farm Lakota, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
15.2 mi	Kossuth Lu Verne, IA	Wind	152 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
15.7 mi	Kossuth County Wind Lu Verne, IA	Wind	70 MW	Kossuth County Wind, Llc
16.3 mi	Ledyard Windpower, Llc Lakota, IA	Wind	207 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
16.9 mi	Palo Alto Wind Farm Emmetsburg, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
18.3 mi	Crystal Lake 3 Llc Britt, IA	Wind	66 MW	Crystal Lake 3 Llc
18.4 mi	Golden Plains Buffalo Center, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
19.2 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc Britt, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc
20.6 mi	West Bend West Bent, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of West Bend
21.3 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc Britt, IA	Wind	200 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc
23.1 mi	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg Emmetsburg, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg
23.5 mi	Winnebago Wind Power Project Forest City, IA	Wind	20 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
27.2 mi	Graettinger Graettinger, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Graettinger - (Ia)
28.1 mi	Fairmont Wind Fairmont, MN	Wind	5 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
28.1 mi	Big Blue Blue Earth, MN	Wind	36 MW	Big Blue Wind Farm Llc (Mn)
29.3 mi	Forest City Light Plant Forest City, IA	Oil	22 MW	City Of Forest City- (Ia)
29.7 mi	Forest City Solar Forest City, IA	Solar	3 MW	Butter Solar, Llc
30.3 mi	Blue Earth Blue Earth, MN	Oil	11 MW	Blue Earth Light & Water
31.2 mi	Blue Breezes Ii Llc Blue Earth, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
31.2 mi	Blue Breezes Llc Blue Earth, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
31.2 mi	Hancock County Wind Energy Center Garner, IA	Wind	98 MW	Fpl Energy Hancock County Wind, Llc
32.8 mi	Iowa Lakes Community College Wind Farm Estherville, IA	Wind	2 MW	Iowa Lakes Community College
33.7 mi	Fairmont (Mn) Fairmont, MN	Natural Gas	39 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
34.5 mi	Estherville Estherville, IA	Natural Gas	16 MW	City Of Estherville - (Ia)
35.1 mi	Lake Mills Gas Recovery Lake Mills, IA	Biomass	4 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
37.2 mi	Lake Mills Lake Mills, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Lake Mills
37.5 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
38.0 mi	Welcome Wind Turbine Welcome, MN	Wind	2 MW	Federated Rural Electric Assn
38.6 mi	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc Garner, IA	Wind	42 MW	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc
39.5 mi	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm Union, IA	Wind	42 MW	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm
39.9 mi	Phoenix Investors, Llc Belmond, IA	Oil	5 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
40.0 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
40.6 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
40.7 mi	Fox Lake Sherburn, MN	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
41.7 mi	Poet Biorefining-Hanlontown, Llc Hanlontown, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Biorefining-Hanlontown, Llc
41.8 mi	Old Gold Energy Center, Llc Joice, IA	Wind	80 MW	Old Gold Energy Center, Llc
42.0 mi	Iowa Lakes Superior Wind Farm Superior, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
44.4 mi	Holliday Creek Solar Fort Dodge, IA	Solar	100 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.4 mi	Truman Truman, MN	Oil	6 MW	City Of Truman
44.5 mi	Wells Ic Wells, MN	Natural Gas	9 MW	City Of Wells - (Mn)
46.1 mi	Top Of Iowa Windfarm Iii Kensett, IA	Wind	30 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
46.8 mi	Oreg 3 Inc Trimont, MN	Other Fossil	5 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
47.0 mi	Emery Station Clear Lake, IA	Natural Gas	603 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
47.1 mi	Elm Creek Wind Ii Llc Trimont, MN	Wind	149 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
47.2 mi	Spencer Gas Turbine Spencer, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Spencer - (Ia)
47.2 mi	Roeder Family Wind Farm Llc Manly, IA	Wind	2 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
47.2 mi	Northern Iowa Windpower Ii Kensett, IA	Wind	80 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
47.8 mi	Milford Milford, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Milford - (Ia)
48.0 mi	Cf Novel Solar Csg Gardens Two, Llc Minnesota Lake, MN	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
49.5 mi	Pocahontas Prairie Wind Farm Pomeroy, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
50.0 mi	Whispering Willow North Latimer, IA	Wind	201 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co

Power generation near this area

There are 55 power plants within 50 miles of Burt, Iowa (ZIP 50522), with a combined 3,225 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 30 of the 55 nearby plants. The closest plant is Bancroft at 6.0 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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