Power Plants Near 50543 — Gowrie, IA

53 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50543 (Gowrie, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.2767, -94.2987 · County: Webster

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

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
0.7 mi	Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Oil	3 MW	Gowrie Municipal Utilities
3.0 mi	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie
7.7 mi	Lundgren Wind Project Otho, IA	Wind	251 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
11.8 mi	Dayton (Ia) Dayton, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dayton - (Ia)
12.4 mi	Junction Hilltop Wind Farm Dana, IA	Wind	8 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
13.6 mi	Beaver Creek Wind Ogden, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
13.9 mi	Hardin Hilltop Wind Llc Jefferson, IA	Wind	15 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
17.5 mi	Grand Junction Grand Junction, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Grand Junction - (Ia)
19.0 mi	Rippey Wind Farm Grand Junction, IA	Wind	50 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
21.0 mi	Ogden Ogden, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Ogden - (Ia)
22.0 mi	Great Pathfinder Wind Stratford, IA	Wind	224 MW	Great Pathfinder Wind
22.5 mi	Holliday Creek Solar Fort Dodge, IA	Solar	100 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
27.0 mi	Fareway Customer Hosted 1 Mw Solar Boone, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
27.2 mi	Pocahontas Prairie Wind Farm Pomeroy, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
28.1 mi	Webster City Webster City, IA	Oil	21 MW	City Of Webster City - (Ia)
31.2 mi	Pomeroy Wind Farm Fonda, IA	Wind	286 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
31.3 mi	Perry Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Perry, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
32.7 mi	Poet Biorefining - Jewell Jewell, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Jewell
33.3 mi	Carroll Wind Farm Carroll, IA	Wind	159 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
34.2 mi	Coon Rapids Ii Coon Rapids, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Coon Rapids
36.1 mi	Story City Wind Project Story City, IA	Wind	2 MW	Hamilton Wind Energy Llc
36.3 mi	Story City Story City, IA	Oil	14 MW	City Of Story City - (Ia)
36.5 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
36.9 mi	Sac County Wind, Llc Sac City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Sac County Wind
37.0 mi	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc Ames, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc
37.9 mi	Iowa State University Ames, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Iowa State University
38.0 mi	Carroll Area Wind Farm Templeton, IA	Wind	21 MW	Sriv Partnership Llc
38.8 mi	Isu Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Ames, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
39.2 mi	Century Blairsburg, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.4 mi	Ames Electric Services Power Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	109 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
39.7 mi	Ia - City Of Ames - Airport Road Ames, IA	Solar	2 MW	Forefront Power, Llc
40.1 mi	Ncah Central Utility Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	15 MW	National Centers For Animal Health
40.4 mi	Panora Panora, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Panora - (Ia)
40.5 mi	Ames Gt Ames, IA	Oil	79 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
41.3 mi	Ames Diesel Generating Station Ames, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
43.9 mi	Optimum Wind 6 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 6 Llc
43.9 mi	Optimum Wind 5 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 5 Llc
43.9 mi	Victory Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	105 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.0 mi	Optimum Wind 4 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 4 Llc
44.0 mi	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc
44.0 mi	Optimum Wind 3 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 3 Llc
44.1 mi	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc
45.6 mi	Manning Manning, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Manning
46.7 mi	Silver Queen Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	—	Silver Queen Wind Farm, Llc
46.8 mi	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc Melville, IA	Wind	104 MW	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc
47.2 mi	Alliant Sbd 8603 Donnelley Nevada, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
47.4 mi	Garden Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Garden Wind Llc
47.7 mi	Optimum Wind 7 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 7 Llc
47.8 mi	Richland (Ia) Odebolt, IA	Wind	131 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
47.9 mi	West Bend West Bent, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of West Bend
48.5 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
49.8 mi	Kossuth County Wind Lu Verne, IA	Wind	70 MW	Kossuth County Wind, Llc
49.9 mi	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc Alden, IA	Wind	3 MW	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 53 power plants within 50 miles of Gowrie, Iowa (ZIP 50543), with a combined 2,744 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 28 of the 53 nearby plants. The closest plant is Gowrie at 0.7 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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