Power Plants Near 50560 — Lu Verne, IA

55 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50560 (Lu Verne, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.9868, -94.0959 · County: Kossuth

Wind 75%Natural Gas 17%Oil 5%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.7 mi	Kossuth Lu Verne, IA	Wind	152 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
1.9 mi	Kossuth County Wind Lu Verne, IA	Wind	70 MW	Kossuth County Wind, Llc
4.0 mi	Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project Algona, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
9.4 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
12.7 mi	Plum Creek Wind Algona, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
17.8 mi	West Bend West Bent, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of West Bend
20.5 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc Britt, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc
22.0 mi	Bancroft Bancroft, IA	Oil	4 MW	Bancroft Municipal Utilities
24.0 mi	Hancock County Wind Energy Center Garner, IA	Wind	98 MW	Fpl Energy Hancock County Wind, Llc
24.8 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc Britt, IA	Wind	200 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc
25.3 mi	Crystal Lake 3 Llc Britt, IA	Wind	66 MW	Crystal Lake 3 Llc
27.0 mi	Phoenix Investors, Llc Belmond, IA	Oil	5 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
27.4 mi	Palo Alto Wind Farm Emmetsburg, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
27.6 mi	Lakota Wind Wind Farm Lakota, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
28.0 mi	Winnebago Wind Power Project Forest City, IA	Wind	20 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
28.6 mi	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg Emmetsburg, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg
28.9 mi	Holliday Creek Solar Fort Dodge, IA	Solar	100 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
30.1 mi	Forest City Light Plant Forest City, IA	Oil	22 MW	City Of Forest City- (Ia)
30.6 mi	Ledyard Windpower, Llc Lakota, IA	Wind	207 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
30.9 mi	Forest City Solar Forest City, IA	Solar	3 MW	Butter Solar, Llc
30.9 mi	Golden Plains Buffalo Center, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
31.5 mi	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc Garner, IA	Wind	42 MW	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc
32.8 mi	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm Union, IA	Wind	42 MW	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm
33.8 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
37.3 mi	Whispering Willow North Latimer, IA	Wind	201 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
37.3 mi	Graettinger Graettinger, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Graettinger - (Ia)
37.3 mi	Century Blairsburg, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
38.4 mi	Webster City Webster City, IA	Oil	21 MW	City Of Webster City - (Ia)
38.7 mi	Lake Mills Gas Recovery Lake Mills, IA	Biomass	4 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
39.4 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
40.6 mi	Pocahontas Prairie Wind Farm Pomeroy, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.1 mi	Lake Mills Lake Mills, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Lake Mills
41.3 mi	Emery Station Clear Lake, IA	Natural Gas	603 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
41.3 mi	Poet Biorefining-Hanlontown, Llc Hanlontown, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Biorefining-Hanlontown, Llc
42.0 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
43.2 mi	Pomeroy Wind Farm Fonda, IA	Wind	286 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.5 mi	Big Blue Blue Earth, MN	Wind	36 MW	Big Blue Wind Farm Llc (Mn)
43.8 mi	Old Gold Energy Center, Llc Joice, IA	Wind	80 MW	Old Gold Energy Center, Llc
44.3 mi	Fairmont Wind Fairmont, MN	Wind	5 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
45.0 mi	Blue Earth Blue Earth, MN	Oil	11 MW	Blue Earth Light & Water
45.2 mi	Lundgren Wind Project Otho, IA	Wind	251 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.5 mi	Iowa Lakes Community College Wind Farm Estherville, IA	Wind	2 MW	Iowa Lakes Community College
46.2 mi	Roeder Family Wind Farm Llc Manly, IA	Wind	2 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
46.3 mi	Blue Breezes Llc Blue Earth, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
46.3 mi	Blue Breezes Ii Llc Blue Earth, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
46.6 mi	Franklin County Wind Farm Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	99 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
46.8 mi	Top Of Iowa Windfarm Iii Kensett, IA	Wind	30 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
47.1 mi	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie
47.4 mi	Estherville Estherville, IA	Natural Gas	16 MW	City Of Estherville - (Ia)
47.8 mi	Northern Iowa Windpower Ii Kensett, IA	Wind	80 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
48.4 mi	Hampton Substation Energy Storage Hampton, IA	Battery Storage	2 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
48.4 mi	Lime Creek Mason City, IA	Oil	90 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.7 mi	Franklin County Solar Hampton, IA	Solar	7 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.6 mi	Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Oil	3 MW	Gowrie Municipal Utilities
49.9 mi	Fairmont (Mn) Fairmont, MN	Natural Gas	39 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny

Power generation near this area

There are 55 power plants within 50 miles of Lu Verne, Iowa (ZIP 50560), with a combined 3,976 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 31 of the 55 nearby plants. The closest plant is Kossuth at 1.7 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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