Power Plants Near 50562 — Mallard, IA

43 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50562 (Mallard, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.9417, -94.6746 · County: Palo Alto

Wind 90%Natural Gas 4%Solar 3%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.5 mi	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg Emmetsburg, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg
11.0 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
11.7 mi	West Bend West Bent, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of West Bend
14.5 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
14.6 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
19.4 mi	Palo Alto Wind Farm Emmetsburg, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
20.9 mi	Graettinger Graettinger, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Graettinger - (Ia)
23.8 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
25.0 mi	Pomeroy Wind Farm Fonda, IA	Wind	286 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
25.8 mi	Pocahontas Prairie Wind Farm Pomeroy, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
27.5 mi	Kossuth County Wind Lu Verne, IA	Wind	70 MW	Kossuth County Wind, Llc
27.5 mi	Spencer Gas Turbine Spencer, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Spencer - (Ia)
27.7 mi	Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project Algona, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
27.8 mi	Kossuth Lu Verne, IA	Wind	152 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
31.5 mi	Iowa Lakes Community College Wind Farm Estherville, IA	Wind	2 MW	Iowa Lakes Community College
33.0 mi	Estherville Estherville, IA	Natural Gas	16 MW	City Of Estherville - (Ia)
33.1 mi	Earl F Wisdom Spencer, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
33.5 mi	Bancroft Bancroft, IA	Oil	4 MW	Bancroft Municipal Utilities
34.7 mi	Plum Creek Wind Algona, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
35.7 mi	Milford Milford, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Milford - (Ia)
36.8 mi	Alta Municipal Utilities Alta, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Alta - (Ia)
37.6 mi	Storm Lake Ii Alta, IA	Wind	80 MW	Allete Clean Energy
38.0 mi	Iowa Lakes Superior Wind Farm Superior, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
38.7 mi	Upland Prairie Spencer, IA	Wind	299 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
38.8 mi	Holliday Creek Solar Fort Dodge, IA	Solar	100 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.5 mi	Sac County Wind, Llc Sac City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Sac County Wind
40.5 mi	Lakota Wind Wind Farm Lakota, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
41.0 mi	Storm Lake 1 Alta, IA	Wind	114 MW	Allete Clean Energy
42.6 mi	Intrepid Schaller, IA	Wind	176 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.0 mi	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	100 MW	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc
44.2 mi	Flying Cloud Power Partners Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	44 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
44.2 mi	Ledyard Windpower, Llc Lakota, IA	Wind	207 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
45.2 mi	Fairmont Wind Fairmont, MN	Wind	5 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
46.5 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc Britt, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc
46.7 mi	Lake Park Lake Park, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Lake Park - (Ia)
47.3 mi	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie
47.3 mi	Golden Plains Buffalo Center, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
47.7 mi	Crystal Lake 3 Llc Britt, IA	Wind	66 MW	Crystal Lake 3 Llc
48.8 mi	Richland (Ia) Odebolt, IA	Wind	131 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
49.1 mi	Primghar Primghar, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Primghar - (Ia)
49.1 mi	Lundgren Wind Project Otho, IA	Wind	251 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.6 mi	Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Oil	3 MW	Gowrie Municipal Utilities
49.7 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc Britt, IA	Wind	200 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 43 power plants within 50 miles of Mallard, Iowa (ZIP 50562), with a combined 3,407 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 26 of the 43 nearby plants. The closest plant is Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg at 10.5 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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