Power Plants Near 50535 — Early, IA

29 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50535 (Early, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.4483, -95.1726 · County: Sac

Wind 93%Natural Gas 5%Oil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.5 mi	Richland (Ia) Odebolt, IA	Wind	131 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
9.2 mi	Sac County Wind, Llc Sac City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Sac County Wind
10.8 mi	Intrepid Schaller, IA	Wind	176 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
14.2 mi	Ida Grove Wind Ida Grove, IA	Wind	301 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
16.8 mi	Ida Grove Ii Ida Grove, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
16.9 mi	Alta Municipal Utilities Alta, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Alta - (Ia)
20.3 mi	Storm Lake 1 Alta, IA	Wind	114 MW	Allete Clean Energy
23.0 mi	Victory Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	105 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
23.3 mi	Carroll Wind Farm Carroll, IA	Wind	159 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
23.6 mi	Pomeroy Wind Farm Fonda, IA	Wind	286 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
24.2 mi	New Harvest Wind Project Llc Schleswig, IA	Wind	100 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
27.5 mi	Pocahontas Prairie Wind Farm Pomeroy, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
29.6 mi	Storm Lake Ii Alta, IA	Wind	80 MW	Allete Clean Energy
30.9 mi	Silver Queen Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	—	Silver Queen Wind Farm, Llc
31.1 mi	West Receiving Denison, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Denison - (Ia)
32.1 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
32.4 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
38.0 mi	Carroll Area Wind Farm Templeton, IA	Wind	21 MW	Sriv Partnership Llc
38.1 mi	Manning Manning, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Manning
41.8 mi	Glaciers Edge Wind Project Cleghorn, IA	Wind	212 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
43.3 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
46.0 mi	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie
46.5 mi	Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Oil	3 MW	Gowrie Municipal Utilities
47.2 mi	Coon Rapids Ii Coon Rapids, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Coon Rapids
47.6 mi	Plymouth Wind Remsen, IA	Wind	203 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.1 mi	Spencer Gas Turbine Spencer, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Spencer - (Ia)
48.4 mi	Hardin Hilltop Wind Llc Jefferson, IA	Wind	15 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
49.4 mi	Earl F Wisdom Spencer, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
49.8 mi	Primghar Primghar, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Primghar - (Ia)

Power generation near this area

There are 29 power plants within 50 miles of Early, Iowa (ZIP 50535), with a combined 2,469 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 18 of the 29 nearby plants. The closest plant is Richland (Ia) at 6.5 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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