Power Plants Near 50527 — Curlew, IA

42 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50527 (Curlew, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.9633, -94.7975 · County: Palo Alto

Wind 91%Natural Gas 4%Solar 3%Oil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
8.4 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
8.6 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
11.8 mi	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg Emmetsburg, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg
17.5 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
17.8 mi	West Bend West Bent, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of West Bend
19.2 mi	Graettinger Graettinger, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Graettinger - (Ia)
21.0 mi	Palo Alto Wind Farm Emmetsburg, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
21.5 mi	Spencer Gas Turbine Spencer, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Spencer - (Ia)
26.3 mi	Pomeroy Wind Farm Fonda, IA	Wind	286 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
26.9 mi	Earl F Wisdom Spencer, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
28.2 mi	Pocahontas Prairie Wind Farm Pomeroy, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
29.2 mi	Iowa Lakes Community College Wind Farm Estherville, IA	Wind	2 MW	Iowa Lakes Community College
29.2 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
30.5 mi	Estherville Estherville, IA	Natural Gas	16 MW	City Of Estherville - (Ia)
30.7 mi	Milford Milford, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Milford - (Ia)
31.9 mi	Storm Lake Ii Alta, IA	Wind	80 MW	Allete Clean Energy
32.5 mi	Alta Municipal Utilities Alta, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Alta - (Ia)
32.6 mi	Upland Prairie Spencer, IA	Wind	299 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
33.6 mi	Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project Algona, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
33.6 mi	Kossuth County Wind Lu Verne, IA	Wind	70 MW	Kossuth County Wind, Llc
33.9 mi	Kossuth Lu Verne, IA	Wind	152 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
34.5 mi	Iowa Lakes Superior Wind Farm Superior, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
36.2 mi	Storm Lake 1 Alta, IA	Wind	114 MW	Allete Clean Energy
37.1 mi	Bancroft Bancroft, IA	Oil	4 MW	Bancroft Municipal Utilities
37.4 mi	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	100 MW	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc
38.8 mi	Sac County Wind, Llc Sac City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Sac County Wind
38.8 mi	Flying Cloud Power Partners Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	44 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
39.1 mi	Intrepid Schaller, IA	Wind	176 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.8 mi	Plum Creek Wind Algona, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
41.5 mi	Lake Park Lake Park, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Lake Park - (Ia)
42.7 mi	Primghar Primghar, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Primghar - (Ia)
43.8 mi	Lakota Wind Wind Farm Lakota, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
44.1 mi	Highland Wind Project (Ia) Primghar, IA	Wind	502 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.6 mi	Holliday Creek Solar Fort Dodge, IA	Solar	100 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.8 mi	O'brien Wind Primghar, IA	Wind	250 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.9 mi	Osceola Windpower Llc Harris, IA	Wind	98 MW	Osceola Windpower Llc
44.9 mi	Osceola Windpower Ii Harris, IA	Wind	50 MW	Osceola Windpower Ii
45.8 mi	Fairmont Wind Fairmont, MN	Wind	5 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
46.8 mi	Richland (Ia) Odebolt, IA	Wind	131 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
47.4 mi	Ledyard Windpower, Llc Lakota, IA	Wind	207 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
49.2 mi	Fox Lake Sherburn, MN	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
49.8 mi	Glaciers Edge Wind Project Cleghorn, IA	Wind	212 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.

Power generation near this area

There are 42 power plants within 50 miles of Curlew, Iowa (ZIP 50527), with a combined 3,644 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 26 of the 42 nearby plants. The closest plant is Laurens at 8.4 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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