Power Plants Near 50571 — Palmer, IA

41 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50571 (Palmer, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.6419, -94.5432 · County: Pocahontas

Wind 93%Oil 3%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.8 mi	Pocahontas Prairie Wind Farm Pomeroy, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
8.7 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
11.1 mi	Pomeroy Wind Farm Fonda, IA	Wind	286 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
21.1 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
22.6 mi	West Bend West Bent, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of West Bend
23.0 mi	Holliday Creek Solar Fort Dodge, IA	Solar	100 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
25.8 mi	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie
27.6 mi	Sac County Wind, Llc Sac City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Sac County Wind
28.0 mi	Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Oil	3 MW	Gowrie Municipal Utilities
28.5 mi	Lundgren Wind Project Otho, IA	Wind	251 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
31.5 mi	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg Emmetsburg, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg
31.6 mi	Kossuth County Wind Lu Verne, IA	Wind	70 MW	Kossuth County Wind, Llc
32.2 mi	Kossuth Lu Verne, IA	Wind	152 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
33.5 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
34.0 mi	Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project Algona, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
34.0 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
35.8 mi	Dayton (Ia) Dayton, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dayton - (Ia)
38.6 mi	Carroll Wind Farm Carroll, IA	Wind	159 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
38.6 mi	Alta Municipal Utilities Alta, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Alta - (Ia)
38.9 mi	Webster City Webster City, IA	Oil	21 MW	City Of Webster City - (Ia)
39.0 mi	Palo Alto Wind Farm Emmetsburg, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.7 mi	Hardin Hilltop Wind Llc Jefferson, IA	Wind	15 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
39.8 mi	Richland (Ia) Odebolt, IA	Wind	131 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
40.0 mi	Junction Hilltop Wind Farm Dana, IA	Wind	8 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
40.4 mi	Intrepid Schaller, IA	Wind	176 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.7 mi	Beaver Creek Wind Ogden, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.6 mi	Graettinger Graettinger, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Graettinger - (Ia)
43.2 mi	Grand Junction Grand Junction, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Grand Junction - (Ia)
43.8 mi	Plum Creek Wind Algona, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
43.9 mi	Storm Lake 1 Alta, IA	Wind	114 MW	Allete Clean Energy
45.0 mi	Great Pathfinder Wind Stratford, IA	Wind	224 MW	Great Pathfinder Wind
45.9 mi	Storm Lake Ii Alta, IA	Wind	80 MW	Allete Clean Energy
46.2 mi	Spencer Gas Turbine Spencer, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Spencer - (Ia)
46.4 mi	Century Blairsburg, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.6 mi	Rippey Wind Farm Grand Junction, IA	Wind	50 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
47.0 mi	Victory Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	105 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
47.9 mi	Bancroft Bancroft, IA	Oil	4 MW	Bancroft Municipal Utilities
48.9 mi	Ida Grove Wind Ida Grove, IA	Wind	301 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.9 mi	Ogden Ogden, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Ogden - (Ia)
49.6 mi	Phoenix Investors, Llc Belmond, IA	Oil	5 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
49.8 mi	Poet Biorefining - Jewell Jewell, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Jewell

Power generation near this area

There are 41 power plants within 50 miles of Palmer, Iowa (ZIP 50571), with a combined 3,408 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 23 of the 41 nearby plants. The closest plant is Pocahontas Prairie Wind Farm at 7.8 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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