Power Plants Near 50565 — Marathon, IA

42 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50565 (Marathon, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.8612, -94.9836 · County: Buena Vista

Wind 92%Natural Gas 3%Solar 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.8 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
13.2 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
18.5 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
20.7 mi	Alta Municipal Utilities Alta, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Alta - (Ia)
21.2 mi	Spencer Gas Turbine Spencer, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Spencer - (Ia)
21.4 mi	Storm Lake Ii Alta, IA	Wind	80 MW	Allete Clean Energy
22.6 mi	Pomeroy Wind Farm Fonda, IA	Wind	286 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
23.4 mi	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg Emmetsburg, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg
24.5 mi	Storm Lake 1 Alta, IA	Wind	114 MW	Allete Clean Energy
24.9 mi	Earl F Wisdom Spencer, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
26.1 mi	Pocahontas Prairie Wind Farm Pomeroy, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
27.5 mi	Intrepid Schaller, IA	Wind	176 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
28.1 mi	West Bend West Bent, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of West Bend
28.7 mi	Graettinger Graettinger, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Graettinger - (Ia)
30.2 mi	Upland Prairie Spencer, IA	Wind	299 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
30.4 mi	Sac County Wind, Llc Sac City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Sac County Wind
32.5 mi	Palo Alto Wind Farm Emmetsburg, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
33.2 mi	Milford Milford, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Milford - (Ia)
36.0 mi	Primghar Primghar, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Primghar - (Ia)
36.6 mi	Richland (Ia) Odebolt, IA	Wind	131 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
37.2 mi	Iowa Lakes Community College Wind Farm Estherville, IA	Wind	2 MW	Iowa Lakes Community College
37.2 mi	Highland Wind Project (Ia) Primghar, IA	Wind	502 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.6 mi	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	100 MW	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc
38.1 mi	Estherville Estherville, IA	Natural Gas	16 MW	City Of Estherville - (Ia)
39.8 mi	Flying Cloud Power Partners Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	44 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
39.9 mi	Glaciers Edge Wind Project Cleghorn, IA	Wind	212 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
40.0 mi	O'brien Wind Primghar, IA	Wind	250 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.3 mi	Iowa Lakes Superior Wind Farm Superior, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
40.4 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
41.4 mi	Ida Grove Wind Ida Grove, IA	Wind	301 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.7 mi	Lake Park Lake Park, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Lake Park - (Ia)
43.9 mi	Kossuth County Wind Lu Verne, IA	Wind	70 MW	Kossuth County Wind, Llc
44.1 mi	Ida Grove Ii Ida Grove, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.2 mi	Kossuth Lu Verne, IA	Wind	152 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
44.3 mi	Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project Algona, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
45.0 mi	Osceola Windpower Llc Harris, IA	Wind	98 MW	Osceola Windpower Llc
45.0 mi	Osceola Windpower Ii Harris, IA	Wind	50 MW	Osceola Windpower Ii
48.4 mi	Carroll Wind Farm Carroll, IA	Wind	159 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.5 mi	Plymouth Wind Remsen, IA	Wind	203 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.8 mi	Bancroft Bancroft, IA	Oil	4 MW	Bancroft Municipal Utilities
49.1 mi	Holliday Creek Solar Fort Dodge, IA	Solar	100 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.6 mi	Allendorf Allendorf, IA	Wind	6 MW	E&e Enterprises Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 42 power plants within 50 miles of Marathon, Iowa (ZIP 50565), with a combined 4,291 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 27 of the 42 nearby plants. The closest plant is Laurens at 6.8 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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