Power Plants Near 50542 — Goldfield, IA

54 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50542 (Goldfield, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.7581, -93.9194 · County: Wright

Wind 79%Natural Gas 13%Oil 5%Solar 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
16.1 mi	Holliday Creek Solar Fort Dodge, IA	Solar	100 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
17.0 mi	Phoenix Investors, Llc Belmond, IA	Oil	5 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
19.2 mi	Kossuth County Wind Lu Verne, IA	Wind	70 MW	Kossuth County Wind, Llc
19.5 mi	Kossuth Lu Verne, IA	Wind	152 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
19.6 mi	Century Blairsburg, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
20.5 mi	Webster City Webster City, IA	Oil	21 MW	City Of Webster City - (Ia)
22.1 mi	Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project Algona, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
25.1 mi	Hancock County Wind Energy Center Garner, IA	Wind	98 MW	Fpl Energy Hancock County Wind, Llc
25.5 mi	Whispering Willow North Latimer, IA	Wind	201 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
27.1 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
29.3 mi	Plum Creek Wind Algona, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
30.0 mi	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc Garner, IA	Wind	42 MW	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc
30.1 mi	West Bend West Bent, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of West Bend
31.4 mi	Franklin County Wind Farm Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	99 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
31.5 mi	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm Union, IA	Wind	42 MW	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm
31.7 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc Britt, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc
31.9 mi	Lundgren Wind Project Otho, IA	Wind	251 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.4 mi	Poet Biorefining - Jewell Jewell, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Jewell
33.3 mi	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc Alden, IA	Wind	3 MW	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc
35.2 mi	Hampton Substation Energy Storage Hampton, IA	Battery Storage	2 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
35.2 mi	Dayton (Ia) Dayton, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dayton - (Ia)
35.6 mi	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie
36.1 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc Britt, IA	Wind	200 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc
36.3 mi	Franklin County Solar Hampton, IA	Solar	7 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.3 mi	Whispering Willow Wind Farm - East Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
37.6 mi	Great Pathfinder Wind Stratford, IA	Wind	224 MW	Great Pathfinder Wind
37.7 mi	Forest City Light Plant Forest City, IA	Oil	22 MW	City Of Forest City- (Ia)
37.9 mi	Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Oil	3 MW	Gowrie Municipal Utilities
37.9 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
38.7 mi	Forest City Solar Forest City, IA	Solar	3 MW	Butter Solar, Llc
38.8 mi	Crystal Lake 3 Llc Britt, IA	Wind	66 MW	Crystal Lake 3 Llc
39.2 mi	Winnebago Wind Power Project Forest City, IA	Wind	20 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
39.3 mi	Emery Station Clear Lake, IA	Natural Gas	603 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
39.8 mi	Pocahontas Prairie Wind Farm Pomeroy, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.9 mi	Bancroft Bancroft, IA	Oil	4 MW	Bancroft Municipal Utilities
41.4 mi	Story City Wind Project Story City, IA	Wind	2 MW	Hamilton Wind Energy Llc
42.7 mi	Story City Story City, IA	Oil	14 MW	City Of Story City - (Ia)
43.3 mi	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg Emmetsburg, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg
43.7 mi	Pomeroy Wind Farm Fonda, IA	Wind	286 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.4 mi	Palo Alto Wind Farm Emmetsburg, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.7 mi	Lakota Wind Wind Farm Lakota, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
45.5 mi	Poet Biorefining-Hanlontown, Llc Hanlontown, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Biorefining-Hanlontown, Llc
46.2 mi	Garden Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Garden Wind Llc
46.7 mi	Beaver Creek Wind Ogden, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.7 mi	Golden Plains Buffalo Center, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
47.1 mi	Lake Mills Gas Recovery Lake Mills, IA	Biomass	4 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
47.4 mi	Ledyard Windpower, Llc Lakota, IA	Wind	207 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
47.6 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
48.1 mi	Fareway Customer Hosted 1 Mw Solar Boone, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.9 mi	Junction Hilltop Wind Farm Dana, IA	Wind	8 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
49.2 mi	Roeder Family Wind Farm Llc Manly, IA	Wind	2 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
49.2 mi	Ced Mason City Wind Mason City, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
49.5 mi	Lime Creek Mason City, IA	Oil	90 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
49.6 mi	Lake Mills Lake Mills, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Lake Mills

Power generation near this area

There are 54 power plants within 50 miles of Goldfield, Iowa (ZIP 50542), with a combined 4,606 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 30 of the 54 nearby plants. The closest plant is Holliday Creek Solar at 16.1 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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