Power Plants Near 50528 — Cylinder, IA

55 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50528 (Cylinder, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.1507, -94.5107 · County: Palo Alto

Wind 77%Natural Gas 17%Oil 3%Solar 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.3 mi	Palo Alto Wind Farm Emmetsburg, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
7.8 mi	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg Emmetsburg, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg
13.5 mi	West Bend West Bent, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of West Bend
13.5 mi	Graettinger Graettinger, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Graettinger - (Ia)
14.7 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
17.7 mi	Bancroft Bancroft, IA	Oil	4 MW	Bancroft Municipal Utilities
20.3 mi	Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project Algona, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
22.0 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
22.1 mi	Kossuth Lu Verne, IA	Wind	152 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
22.2 mi	Kossuth County Wind Lu Verne, IA	Wind	70 MW	Kossuth County Wind, Llc
22.3 mi	Iowa Lakes Community College Wind Farm Estherville, IA	Wind	2 MW	Iowa Lakes Community College
22.7 mi	Plum Creek Wind Algona, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
24.2 mi	Estherville Estherville, IA	Natural Gas	16 MW	City Of Estherville - (Ia)
24.4 mi	Lakota Wind Wind Farm Lakota, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
27.0 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
28.0 mi	Ledyard Windpower, Llc Lakota, IA	Wind	207 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
29.5 mi	Fairmont Wind Fairmont, MN	Wind	5 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
30.1 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
31.2 mi	Iowa Lakes Superior Wind Farm Superior, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
31.5 mi	Golden Plains Buffalo Center, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
31.9 mi	Spencer Gas Turbine Spencer, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Spencer - (Ia)
33.6 mi	Crystal Lake 3 Llc Britt, IA	Wind	66 MW	Crystal Lake 3 Llc
34.3 mi	Milford Milford, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Milford - (Ia)
34.5 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc Britt, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc
35.1 mi	Fairmont (Mn) Fairmont, MN	Natural Gas	39 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
35.7 mi	Big Blue Blue Earth, MN	Wind	36 MW	Big Blue Wind Farm Llc (Mn)
36.8 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc Britt, IA	Wind	200 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc
37.0 mi	Welcome Wind Turbine Welcome, MN	Wind	2 MW	Federated Rural Electric Assn
37.4 mi	Fox Lake Sherburn, MN	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
37.6 mi	Earl F Wisdom Spencer, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
39.0 mi	Winnebago Wind Power Project Forest City, IA	Wind	20 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
39.2 mi	Blue Breezes Ii Llc Blue Earth, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
39.2 mi	Blue Breezes Llc Blue Earth, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
39.4 mi	Blue Earth Blue Earth, MN	Oil	11 MW	Blue Earth Light & Water
40.9 mi	Pomeroy Wind Farm Fonda, IA	Wind	286 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.9 mi	Pocahontas Prairie Wind Farm Pomeroy, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.3 mi	Elm Creek Wind Ii Llc Trimont, MN	Wind	149 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
42.4 mi	Upland Prairie Spencer, IA	Wind	299 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
43.0 mi	Flying Cloud Power Partners Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	44 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
43.1 mi	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	100 MW	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc
43.8 mi	Oreg 3 Inc Trimont, MN	Other Fossil	5 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
44.8 mi	Forest City Light Plant Forest City, IA	Oil	22 MW	City Of Forest City- (Ia)
44.8 mi	Lake Park Lake Park, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Lake Park - (Ia)
44.9 mi	Hancock County Wind Energy Center Garner, IA	Wind	98 MW	Fpl Energy Hancock County Wind, Llc
45.2 mi	Holliday Creek Solar Fort Dodge, IA	Solar	100 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.2 mi	Forest City Solar Forest City, IA	Solar	3 MW	Butter Solar, Llc
47.0 mi	Truman Truman, MN	Oil	6 MW	City Of Truman
47.2 mi	Elm Creek Wind Llc Trimont, MN	Wind	99 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
47.6 mi	Trimont Area Wind Farm Trimont, MN	Wind	101 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
47.7 mi	Lakefield Junction Trimont, MN	Natural Gas	538 MW	Great River Energy
48.6 mi	Lakefield Wind Project Llc Lakefield, MN	Wind	206 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
49.0 mi	Lakefield Utilities Lakefield, MN	Oil	3 MW	City Of Lakefield - (Mn)
49.5 mi	Osceola Windpower Llc Harris, IA	Wind	98 MW	Osceola Windpower Llc
49.5 mi	Osceola Windpower Ii Harris, IA	Wind	50 MW	Osceola Windpower Ii
50.0 mi	Storm Lake Ii Alta, IA	Wind	80 MW	Allete Clean Energy

Power generation near this area

There are 55 power plants within 50 miles of Cylinder, Iowa (ZIP 50528), with a combined 4,130 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 33 of the 55 nearby plants. The closest plant is Palo Alto Wind Farm at 4.3 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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