Power Plants Near 50570 — Ottosen, IA

45 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50570 (Ottosen, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.8764, -94.3786 · County: Humboldt

Wind 88%Natural Gas 5%Oil 4%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.8 mi	West Bend West Bent, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of West Bend
14.5 mi	Kossuth County Wind Lu Verne, IA	Wind	70 MW	Kossuth County Wind, Llc
15.1 mi	Kossuth Lu Verne, IA	Wind	152 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
15.3 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
16.3 mi	Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project Algona, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
17.7 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
20.0 mi	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg Emmetsburg, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg
24.0 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
24.4 mi	Palo Alto Wind Farm Emmetsburg, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
25.5 mi	Holliday Creek Solar Fort Dodge, IA	Solar	100 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
25.6 mi	Pocahontas Prairie Wind Farm Pomeroy, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
25.8 mi	Plum Creek Wind Algona, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
27.5 mi	Pomeroy Wind Farm Fonda, IA	Wind	286 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
29.9 mi	Bancroft Bancroft, IA	Oil	4 MW	Bancroft Municipal Utilities
29.9 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
31.3 mi	Graettinger Graettinger, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Graettinger - (Ia)
36.1 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc Britt, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc
37.0 mi	Lakota Wind Wind Farm Lakota, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
38.7 mi	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie
38.9 mi	Lundgren Wind Project Otho, IA	Wind	251 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.4 mi	Phoenix Investors, Llc Belmond, IA	Oil	5 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
39.5 mi	Crystal Lake 3 Llc Britt, IA	Wind	66 MW	Crystal Lake 3 Llc
39.8 mi	Hancock County Wind Energy Center Garner, IA	Wind	98 MW	Fpl Energy Hancock County Wind, Llc
40.1 mi	Webster City Webster City, IA	Oil	21 MW	City Of Webster City - (Ia)
40.1 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc Britt, IA	Wind	200 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc
40.6 mi	Ledyard Windpower, Llc Lakota, IA	Wind	207 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
41.3 mi	Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Oil	3 MW	Gowrie Municipal Utilities
41.5 mi	Iowa Lakes Community College Wind Farm Estherville, IA	Wind	2 MW	Iowa Lakes Community College
42.4 mi	Golden Plains Buffalo Center, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
42.9 mi	Spencer Gas Turbine Spencer, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Spencer - (Ia)
43.1 mi	Winnebago Wind Power Project Forest City, IA	Wind	20 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
43.3 mi	Estherville Estherville, IA	Natural Gas	16 MW	City Of Estherville - (Ia)
43.4 mi	Century Blairsburg, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.4 mi	Sac County Wind, Llc Sac City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Sac County Wind
45.4 mi	Dayton (Ia) Dayton, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dayton - (Ia)
46.1 mi	Forest City Light Plant Forest City, IA	Oil	22 MW	City Of Forest City- (Ia)
46.8 mi	Forest City Solar Forest City, IA	Solar	3 MW	Butter Solar, Llc
47.1 mi	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc Garner, IA	Wind	42 MW	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc
48.4 mi	Fairmont Wind Fairmont, MN	Wind	5 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
48.5 mi	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm Union, IA	Wind	42 MW	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm
48.5 mi	Earl F Wisdom Spencer, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
48.9 mi	Alta Municipal Utilities Alta, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Alta - (Ia)
49.2 mi	Whispering Willow North Latimer, IA	Wind	201 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
49.6 mi	Iowa Lakes Superior Wind Farm Superior, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
49.7 mi	Milford Milford, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Milford - (Ia)

Power generation near this area

There are 45 power plants within 50 miles of Ottosen, Iowa (ZIP 50570), with a combined 3,116 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 25 of the 45 nearby plants. The closest plant is West Bend 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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