Power Plants Near 50536 — Emmetsburg, IA

58 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50536 (Emmetsburg, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.1082, -94.6825 · County: Palo Alto

Wind 81%Natural Gas 15%Solar 2%Oil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.3 mi	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg Emmetsburg, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg
9.6 mi	Palo Alto Wind Farm Emmetsburg, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
9.7 mi	Graettinger Graettinger, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Graettinger - (Ia)
12.8 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
15.7 mi	West Bend West Bent, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of West Bend
19.8 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
20.3 mi	Iowa Lakes Community College Wind Farm Estherville, IA	Wind	2 MW	Iowa Lakes Community College
21.9 mi	Estherville Estherville, IA	Natural Gas	16 MW	City Of Estherville - (Ia)
22.5 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
23.4 mi	Spencer Gas Turbine Spencer, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Spencer - (Ia)
26.1 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
26.7 mi	Bancroft Bancroft, IA	Oil	4 MW	Bancroft Municipal Utilities
27.7 mi	Iowa Lakes Superior Wind Farm Superior, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
27.8 mi	Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project Algona, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
27.9 mi	Milford Milford, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Milford - (Ia)
29.0 mi	Kossuth County Wind Lu Verne, IA	Wind	70 MW	Kossuth County Wind, Llc
29.0 mi	Kossuth Lu Verne, IA	Wind	152 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
29.2 mi	Earl F Wisdom Spencer, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
31.6 mi	Plum Creek Wind Algona, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
33.0 mi	Lakota Wind Wind Farm Lakota, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
34.3 mi	Upland Prairie Spencer, IA	Wind	299 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
34.4 mi	Fairmont Wind Fairmont, MN	Wind	5 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
36.2 mi	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	100 MW	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc
36.4 mi	Pomeroy Wind Farm Fonda, IA	Wind	286 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
36.5 mi	Ledyard Windpower, Llc Lakota, IA	Wind	207 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
36.6 mi	Flying Cloud Power Partners Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	44 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
37.3 mi	Pocahontas Prairie Wind Farm Pomeroy, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
38.8 mi	Lake Park Lake Park, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Lake Park - (Ia)
39.0 mi	Fox Lake Sherburn, MN	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
39.5 mi	Fairmont (Mn) Fairmont, MN	Natural Gas	39 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
40.0 mi	Welcome Wind Turbine Welcome, MN	Wind	2 MW	Federated Rural Electric Assn
40.2 mi	Golden Plains Buffalo Center, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
40.9 mi	Storm Lake Ii Alta, IA	Wind	80 MW	Allete Clean Energy
41.1 mi	Elm Creek Wind Ii Llc Trimont, MN	Wind	149 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
42.7 mi	Big Blue Blue Earth, MN	Wind	36 MW	Big Blue Wind Farm Llc (Mn)
42.8 mi	Crystal Lake 3 Llc Britt, IA	Wind	66 MW	Crystal Lake 3 Llc
43.1 mi	Osceola Windpower Llc Harris, IA	Wind	98 MW	Osceola Windpower Llc
43.1 mi	Osceola Windpower Ii Harris, IA	Wind	50 MW	Osceola Windpower Ii
43.4 mi	Alta Municipal Utilities Alta, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Alta - (Ia)
43.5 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc Britt, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc
45.2 mi	Oreg 3 Inc Trimont, MN	Other Fossil	5 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
45.8 mi	Lakefield Wind Project Llc Lakefield, MN	Wind	206 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
45.9 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc Britt, IA	Wind	200 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc
46.1 mi	Blue Breezes Ii Llc Blue Earth, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
46.2 mi	Lakefield Utilities Lakefield, MN	Oil	3 MW	City Of Lakefield - (Mn)
46.2 mi	Blue Breezes Llc Blue Earth, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
46.6 mi	Elm Creek Wind Llc Trimont, MN	Wind	99 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
46.7 mi	Storm Lake 1 Alta, IA	Wind	114 MW	Allete Clean Energy
46.8 mi	Blue Earth Blue Earth, MN	Oil	11 MW	Blue Earth Light & Water
47.5 mi	Holliday Creek Solar Fort Dodge, IA	Solar	100 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
47.6 mi	Primghar Primghar, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Primghar - (Ia)
47.9 mi	O'brien Wind Primghar, IA	Wind	250 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.0 mi	South Fork Wind Farm Round Lake, MN	Wind	14 MW	South Fork Wind, Llc
48.1 mi	Trimont Area Wind Farm Trimont, MN	Wind	101 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
48.1 mi	Winnebago Wind Power Project Forest City, IA	Wind	20 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
48.4 mi	Lakefield Junction Trimont, MN	Natural Gas	538 MW	Great River Energy
49.2 mi	Highland Wind Project (Ia) Primghar, IA	Wind	502 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.8 mi	Cisco Brewster, MN	Wind	8 MW	Allete Clean Energy

Power generation near this area

There are 58 power plants within 50 miles of Emmetsburg, Iowa (ZIP 50536), with a combined 4,895 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 37 of the 58 nearby plants. The closest plant is Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg at 2.3 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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