Power Plants Near 50545 — Hardy, IA

50 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50545 (Hardy, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.7975, -94.0799 · County: Humboldt

Wind 81%Natural Gas 14%Oil 3%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
13.4 mi	Kossuth County Wind Lu Verne, IA	Wind	70 MW	Kossuth County Wind, Llc
13.8 mi	Kossuth Lu Verne, IA	Wind	152 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
15.9 mi	Holliday Creek Solar Fort Dodge, IA	Solar	100 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
16.7 mi	Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project Algona, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
20.7 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
21.7 mi	West Bend West Bent, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of West Bend
24.3 mi	Phoenix Investors, Llc Belmond, IA	Oil	5 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
25.7 mi	Plum Creek Wind Algona, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
26.3 mi	Webster City Webster City, IA	Oil	21 MW	City Of Webster City - (Ia)
27.7 mi	Century Blairsburg, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
28.8 mi	Hancock County Wind Energy Center Garner, IA	Wind	98 MW	Fpl Energy Hancock County Wind, Llc
30.0 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
31.3 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc Britt, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc
32.3 mi	Lundgren Wind Project Otho, IA	Wind	251 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
33.4 mi	Pocahontas Prairie Wind Farm Pomeroy, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
33.6 mi	Whispering Willow North Latimer, IA	Wind	201 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
34.7 mi	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie
34.9 mi	Bancroft Bancroft, IA	Oil	4 MW	Bancroft Municipal Utilities
35.0 mi	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg Emmetsburg, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg
35.0 mi	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc Garner, IA	Wind	42 MW	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc
35.8 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc Britt, IA	Wind	200 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc
36.5 mi	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm Union, IA	Wind	42 MW	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm
36.9 mi	Palo Alto Wind Farm Emmetsburg, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
36.9 mi	Pomeroy Wind Farm Fonda, IA	Wind	286 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.1 mi	Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Oil	3 MW	Gowrie Municipal Utilities
37.1 mi	Dayton (Ia) Dayton, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dayton - (Ia)
37.4 mi	Crystal Lake 3 Llc Britt, IA	Wind	66 MW	Crystal Lake 3 Llc
38.8 mi	Poet Biorefining - Jewell Jewell, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Jewell
39.0 mi	Winnebago Wind Power Project Forest City, IA	Wind	20 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
39.2 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
39.2 mi	Forest City Light Plant Forest City, IA	Oil	22 MW	City Of Forest City- (Ia)
40.0 mi	Franklin County Wind Farm Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	99 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
40.1 mi	Forest City Solar Forest City, IA	Solar	3 MW	Butter Solar, Llc
40.7 mi	Lakota Wind Wind Farm Lakota, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
41.6 mi	Great Pathfinder Wind Stratford, IA	Wind	224 MW	Great Pathfinder Wind
41.7 mi	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc Alden, IA	Wind	3 MW	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc
43.7 mi	Hampton Substation Energy Storage Hampton, IA	Battery Storage	2 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
43.7 mi	Ledyard Windpower, Llc Lakota, IA	Wind	207 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
43.9 mi	Golden Plains Buffalo Center, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
44.6 mi	Franklin County Solar Hampton, IA	Solar	7 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.8 mi	Emery Station Clear Lake, IA	Natural Gas	603 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
45.6 mi	Graettinger Graettinger, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Graettinger - (Ia)
45.8 mi	Whispering Willow Wind Farm - East Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
46.0 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
47.5 mi	Story City Wind Project Story City, IA	Wind	2 MW	Hamilton Wind Energy Llc
47.9 mi	Beaver Creek Wind Ogden, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.4 mi	Lake Mills Gas Recovery Lake Mills, IA	Biomass	4 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
48.7 mi	Poet Biorefining-Hanlontown, Llc Hanlontown, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Biorefining-Hanlontown, Llc
48.8 mi	Story City Story City, IA	Oil	14 MW	City Of Story City - (Ia)
49.2 mi	Junction Hilltop Wind Farm Dana, IA	Wind	8 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 50 power plants within 50 miles of Hardy, Iowa (ZIP 50545), with a combined 4,363 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 28 of the 50 nearby plants. The closest plant is Kossuth County Wind at 13.4 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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