Power Plants Near 50540 — Fonda, IA

40 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50540 (Fonda, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.6051, -94.8297 · County: Pocahontas

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

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.5 mi	Pomeroy Wind Farm Fonda, IA	Wind	286 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
9.1 mi	Pocahontas Prairie Wind Farm Pomeroy, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
12.1 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
15.2 mi	Sac County Wind, Llc Sac City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Sac County Wind
16.9 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
24.5 mi	Alta Municipal Utilities Alta, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Alta - (Ia)
25.6 mi	Intrepid Schaller, IA	Wind	176 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
26.2 mi	Richland (Ia) Odebolt, IA	Wind	131 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
29.8 mi	Storm Lake 1 Alta, IA	Wind	114 MW	Allete Clean Energy
30.9 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
31.0 mi	Carroll Wind Farm Carroll, IA	Wind	159 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
31.4 mi	West Bend West Bent, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of West Bend
33.5 mi	Storm Lake Ii Alta, IA	Wind	80 MW	Allete Clean Energy
34.0 mi	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie
34.7 mi	Ida Grove Wind Ida Grove, IA	Wind	301 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
34.9 mi	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg Emmetsburg, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg
35.4 mi	Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Oil	3 MW	Gowrie Municipal Utilities
37.0 mi	Victory Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	105 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.1 mi	Holliday Creek Solar Fort Dodge, IA	Solar	100 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.4 mi	Ida Grove Ii Ida Grove, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
38.4 mi	Lundgren Wind Project Otho, IA	Wind	251 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.5 mi	Spencer Gas Turbine Spencer, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Spencer - (Ia)
43.2 mi	Hardin Hilltop Wind Llc Jefferson, IA	Wind	15 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
43.8 mi	New Harvest Wind Project Llc Schleswig, IA	Wind	100 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
43.9 mi	Palo Alto Wind Farm Emmetsburg, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.0 mi	Graettinger Graettinger, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Graettinger - (Ia)
44.1 mi	Kossuth County Wind Lu Verne, IA	Wind	70 MW	Kossuth County Wind, Llc
44.1 mi	Earl F Wisdom Spencer, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
44.1 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
44.4 mi	Silver Queen Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	—	Silver Queen Wind Farm, Llc
44.6 mi	Kossuth Lu Verne, IA	Wind	152 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
45.2 mi	Junction Hilltop Wind Farm Dana, IA	Wind	8 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
45.5 mi	Dayton (Ia) Dayton, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dayton - (Ia)
45.8 mi	Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project Algona, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
45.9 mi	Carroll Area Wind Farm Templeton, IA	Wind	21 MW	Sriv Partnership Llc
46.2 mi	Grand Junction Grand Junction, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Grand Junction - (Ia)
48.3 mi	Beaver Creek Wind Ogden, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.7 mi	West Receiving Denison, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Denison - (Ia)
49.2 mi	Upland Prairie Spencer, IA	Wind	299 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
49.4 mi	Manning Manning, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Manning

Power generation near this area

There are 40 power plants within 50 miles of Fonda, Iowa (ZIP 50540), with a combined 3,643 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 24 of the 40 nearby plants. The closest plant is Pomeroy Wind Farm at 4.5 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.

← Search a different location · Printable proximity report →