Power Plants Near 50541 — Gilmore City, IA

41 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50541 (Gilmore City, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.7067, -94.4108 · County: Humboldt

Wind 93%Oil 3%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
13.0 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
15.8 mi	Pocahontas Prairie Wind Farm Pomeroy, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
17.7 mi	West Bend West Bent, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of West Bend
18.3 mi	Holliday Creek Solar Fort Dodge, IA	Solar	100 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
19.1 mi	Pomeroy Wind Farm Fonda, IA	Wind	286 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
23.9 mi	Kossuth County Wind Lu Verne, IA	Wind	70 MW	Kossuth County Wind, Llc
24.4 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
24.5 mi	Kossuth Lu Verne, IA	Wind	152 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
26.5 mi	Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project Algona, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
26.8 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
27.5 mi	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie
28.5 mi	Lundgren Wind Project Otho, IA	Wind	251 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
29.1 mi	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg Emmetsburg, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg
29.9 mi	Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Oil	3 MW	Gowrie Municipal Utilities
34.4 mi	Webster City Webster City, IA	Oil	21 MW	City Of Webster City - (Ia)
35.0 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
35.2 mi	Palo Alto Wind Farm Emmetsburg, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
35.4 mi	Dayton (Ia) Dayton, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dayton - (Ia)
35.7 mi	Sac County Wind, Llc Sac City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Sac County Wind
36.5 mi	Plum Creek Wind Algona, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
40.5 mi	Century Blairsburg, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.6 mi	Graettinger Graettinger, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Graettinger - (Ia)
41.7 mi	Bancroft Bancroft, IA	Oil	4 MW	Bancroft Municipal Utilities
42.0 mi	Phoenix Investors, Llc Belmond, IA	Oil	5 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
42.6 mi	Junction Hilltop Wind Farm Dana, IA	Wind	8 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
43.2 mi	Hardin Hilltop Wind Llc Jefferson, IA	Wind	15 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
43.3 mi	Beaver Creek Wind Ogden, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.6 mi	Great Pathfinder Wind Stratford, IA	Wind	224 MW	Great Pathfinder Wind
45.3 mi	Alta Municipal Utilities Alta, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Alta - (Ia)
45.6 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc Britt, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc
46.0 mi	Carroll Wind Farm Carroll, IA	Wind	159 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.2 mi	Hancock County Wind Energy Center Garner, IA	Wind	98 MW	Fpl Energy Hancock County Wind, Llc
46.2 mi	Poet Biorefining - Jewell Jewell, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Jewell
46.8 mi	Grand Junction Grand Junction, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Grand Junction - (Ia)
47.8 mi	Intrepid Schaller, IA	Wind	176 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
47.8 mi	Richland (Ia) Odebolt, IA	Wind	131 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
47.9 mi	Spencer Gas Turbine Spencer, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Spencer - (Ia)
48.6 mi	Lakota Wind Wind Farm Lakota, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
49.2 mi	Rippey Wind Farm Grand Junction, IA	Wind	50 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
49.9 mi	Ogden Ogden, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Ogden - (Ia)
49.9 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc Britt, IA	Wind	200 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 41 power plants within 50 miles of Gilmore City, Iowa (ZIP 50541), with a combined 3,267 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 23 of the 41 nearby plants. The closest plant is West Diesel Generation Unit at 13.0 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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