Power Plants Near 50568 — Newell, IA

37 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50568 (Newell, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.6157, -94.9946 · County: Buena Vista

Wind 92%Natural Gas 3%Solar 3%Oil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
12.8 mi	Pomeroy Wind Farm Fonda, IA	Wind	286 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
13.4 mi	Sac County Wind, Llc Sac City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Sac County Wind
16.2 mi	Alta Municipal Utilities Alta, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Alta - (Ia)
17.4 mi	Pocahontas Prairie Wind Farm Pomeroy, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
17.5 mi	Intrepid Schaller, IA	Wind	176 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
17.7 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
18.5 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
21.1 mi	Richland (Ia) Odebolt, IA	Wind	131 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
21.4 mi	Storm Lake 1 Alta, IA	Wind	114 MW	Allete Clean Energy
26.0 mi	Storm Lake Ii Alta, IA	Wind	80 MW	Allete Clean Energy
28.2 mi	Ida Grove Wind Ida Grove, IA	Wind	301 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
30.1 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
31.0 mi	Ida Grove Ii Ida Grove, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
31.5 mi	Carroll Wind Farm Carroll, IA	Wind	159 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
35.1 mi	Victory Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	105 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
36.7 mi	West Bend West Bent, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of West Bend
37.3 mi	Spencer Gas Turbine Spencer, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Spencer - (Ia)
37.4 mi	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg Emmetsburg, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg
38.8 mi	New Harvest Wind Project Llc Schleswig, IA	Wind	100 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
39.9 mi	Earl F Wisdom Spencer, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
41.4 mi	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie
42.7 mi	Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Oil	3 MW	Gowrie Municipal Utilities
42.9 mi	Silver Queen Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	—	Silver Queen Wind Farm, Llc
43.0 mi	Glaciers Edge Wind Project Cleghorn, IA	Wind	212 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
44.7 mi	Upland Prairie Spencer, IA	Wind	299 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
44.9 mi	Graettinger Graettinger, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Graettinger - (Ia)
45.2 mi	West Receiving Denison, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Denison - (Ia)
45.5 mi	Holliday Creek Solar Fort Dodge, IA	Solar	100 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.6 mi	Primghar Primghar, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Primghar - (Ia)
46.3 mi	Lundgren Wind Project Otho, IA	Wind	251 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.4 mi	Highland Wind Project (Ia) Primghar, IA	Wind	502 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.7 mi	Palo Alto Wind Farm Emmetsburg, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.9 mi	Carroll Area Wind Farm Templeton, IA	Wind	21 MW	Sriv Partnership Llc
48.9 mi	Hardin Hilltop Wind Llc Jefferson, IA	Wind	15 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
49.0 mi	Manning Manning, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Manning
49.6 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
49.7 mi	Milford Milford, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Milford - (Ia)

Power generation near this area

There are 37 power plants within 50 miles of Newell, Iowa (ZIP 50568), with a combined 3,789 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 21 of the 37 nearby plants. The closest plant is Pomeroy Wind Farm at 12.8 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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