Power Plants Near 50538 — Farnhamville, IA

49 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50538 (Farnhamville, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.2692, -94.4226 · County: Calhoun

Wind 84%Natural Gas 6%Oil 6%Solar 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.9 mi	Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Oil	3 MW	Gowrie Municipal Utilities
7.7 mi	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie
13.3 mi	Hardin Hilltop Wind Llc Jefferson, IA	Wind	15 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
13.6 mi	Lundgren Wind Project Otho, IA	Wind	251 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
14.1 mi	Junction Hilltop Wind Farm Dana, IA	Wind	8 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
16.8 mi	Grand Junction Grand Junction, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Grand Junction - (Ia)
17.3 mi	Beaver Creek Wind Ogden, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
18.1 mi	Dayton (Ia) Dayton, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dayton - (Ia)
20.5 mi	Rippey Wind Farm Grand Junction, IA	Wind	50 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
23.9 mi	Pocahontas Prairie Wind Farm Pomeroy, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
25.1 mi	Ogden Ogden, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Ogden - (Ia)
26.3 mi	Holliday Creek Solar Fort Dodge, IA	Solar	100 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
27.0 mi	Carroll Wind Farm Carroll, IA	Wind	159 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
27.3 mi	Pomeroy Wind Farm Fonda, IA	Wind	286 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
28.2 mi	Great Pathfinder Wind Stratford, IA	Wind	224 MW	Great Pathfinder Wind
30.5 mi	Coon Rapids Ii Coon Rapids, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Coon Rapids
31.1 mi	Sac County Wind, Llc Sac City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Sac County Wind
32.3 mi	Fareway Customer Hosted 1 Mw Solar Boone, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
32.8 mi	Carroll Area Wind Farm Templeton, IA	Wind	21 MW	Sriv Partnership Llc
33.3 mi	Perry Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Perry, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
34.0 mi	Webster City Webster City, IA	Oil	21 MW	City Of Webster City - (Ia)
34.2 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
37.7 mi	Victory Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	105 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.1 mi	Poet Biorefining - Jewell Jewell, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Jewell
39.8 mi	Panora Panora, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Panora - (Ia)
40.2 mi	Manning Manning, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Manning
40.7 mi	Silver Queen Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	—	Silver Queen Wind Farm, Llc
41.6 mi	Richland (Ia) Odebolt, IA	Wind	131 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
42.1 mi	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc Ames, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc
42.3 mi	Story City Wind Project Story City, IA	Wind	2 MW	Hamilton Wind Energy Llc
42.5 mi	Story City Story City, IA	Oil	14 MW	City Of Story City - (Ia)
43.2 mi	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc Melville, IA	Wind	104 MW	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc
43.5 mi	Iowa State University Ames, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Iowa State University
44.1 mi	Isu Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Ames, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
44.9 mi	Ames Electric Services Power Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	109 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
45.0 mi	Century Blairsburg, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.2 mi	Ia - City Of Ames - Airport Road Ames, IA	Solar	2 MW	Forefront Power, Llc
45.6 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
45.9 mi	Ncah Central Utility Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	15 MW	National Centers For Animal Health
46.0 mi	Heartland Divide Ii Audubon, IA	Wind	200 MW	Heartland Divide Ii
46.2 mi	Ames Gt Ames, IA	Oil	79 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
46.9 mi	Ames Diesel Generating Station Ames, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
47.8 mi	West Bend West Bent, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of West Bend
49.0 mi	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc
49.5 mi	Optimum Wind 6 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 6 Llc
49.6 mi	Optimum Wind 5 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 5 Llc
49.6 mi	Optimum Wind 4 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 4 Llc
49.7 mi	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc
49.7 mi	Optimum Wind 3 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 3 Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 49 power plants within 50 miles of Farnhamville, Iowa (ZIP 50538), with a combined 2,718 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 25 of the 49 nearby plants. The closest plant is Gowrie at 6.9 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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