Power Plants Near 50554 — Laurens, IA

44 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50554 (Laurens, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.8409, -94.8508 · County: Pocahontas

Wind 92%Natural Gas 3%Solar 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
0.5 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
12.2 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
14.7 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
18.5 mi	Pomeroy Wind Farm Fonda, IA	Wind	286 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
20.3 mi	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg Emmetsburg, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg
21.2 mi	Pocahontas Prairie Wind Farm Pomeroy, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
22.1 mi	West Bend West Bent, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of West Bend
25.7 mi	Alta Municipal Utilities Alta, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Alta - (Ia)
25.7 mi	Spencer Gas Turbine Spencer, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Spencer - (Ia)
28.0 mi	Graettinger Graettinger, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Graettinger - (Ia)
28.1 mi	Storm Lake Ii Alta, IA	Wind	80 MW	Allete Clean Energy
29.5 mi	Palo Alto Wind Farm Emmetsburg, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
29.9 mi	Sac County Wind, Llc Sac City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Sac County Wind
30.0 mi	Storm Lake 1 Alta, IA	Wind	114 MW	Allete Clean Energy
30.2 mi	Earl F Wisdom Spencer, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
31.3 mi	Intrepid Schaller, IA	Wind	176 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
34.8 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
35.7 mi	Upland Prairie Spencer, IA	Wind	299 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
36.7 mi	Milford Milford, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Milford - (Ia)
37.7 mi	Iowa Lakes Community College Wind Farm Estherville, IA	Wind	2 MW	Iowa Lakes Community College
37.7 mi	Kossuth County Wind Lu Verne, IA	Wind	70 MW	Kossuth County Wind, Llc
38.0 mi	Kossuth Lu Verne, IA	Wind	152 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
38.1 mi	Richland (Ia) Odebolt, IA	Wind	131 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
38.3 mi	Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project Algona, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
38.8 mi	Estherville Estherville, IA	Natural Gas	16 MW	City Of Estherville - (Ia)
42.2 mi	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	100 MW	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc
42.2 mi	Iowa Lakes Superior Wind Farm Superior, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
42.4 mi	Holliday Creek Solar Fort Dodge, IA	Solar	100 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.7 mi	Primghar Primghar, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Primghar - (Ia)
44.0 mi	Highland Wind Project (Ia) Primghar, IA	Wind	502 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.2 mi	Flying Cloud Power Partners Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	44 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
44.3 mi	Ida Grove Wind Ida Grove, IA	Wind	301 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.7 mi	Bancroft Bancroft, IA	Oil	4 MW	Bancroft Municipal Utilities
45.9 mi	Plum Creek Wind Algona, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
46.0 mi	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie
46.3 mi	O'brien Wind Primghar, IA	Wind	250 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.7 mi	Glaciers Edge Wind Project Cleghorn, IA	Wind	212 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
47.0 mi	Lake Park Lake Park, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Lake Park - (Ia)
47.1 mi	Carroll Wind Farm Carroll, IA	Wind	159 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
47.1 mi	Ida Grove Ii Ida Grove, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.0 mi	Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Oil	3 MW	Gowrie Municipal Utilities
49.2 mi	Lundgren Wind Project Otho, IA	Wind	251 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.7 mi	Osceola Windpower Llc Harris, IA	Wind	98 MW	Osceola Windpower Llc
49.7 mi	Osceola Windpower Ii Harris, IA	Wind	50 MW	Osceola Windpower Ii

Power generation near this area

There are 44 power plants within 50 miles of Laurens, Iowa (ZIP 50554), with a combined 4,341 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 27 of the 44 nearby plants. The closest plant is Laurens at 0.5 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.

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