Power Plants Near 50574 — Pocahontas, IA

39 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50574 (Pocahontas, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.7296, -94.6737 · County: Pocahontas

Wind 89%Natural Gas 4%Oil 3%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
0.5 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
10.7 mi	Pomeroy Wind Farm Fonda, IA	Wind	286 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
11.2 mi	Pocahontas Prairie Wind Farm Pomeroy, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
12.2 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
19.7 mi	West Bend West Bent, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of West Bend
25.1 mi	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg Emmetsburg, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg
25.3 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
26.9 mi	Sac County Wind, Llc Sac City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Sac County Wind
31.1 mi	Holliday Creek Solar Fort Dodge, IA	Solar	100 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.2 mi	Alta Municipal Utilities Alta, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Alta - (Ia)
32.4 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
32.6 mi	Kossuth County Wind Lu Verne, IA	Wind	70 MW	Kossuth County Wind, Llc
33.1 mi	Kossuth Lu Verne, IA	Wind	152 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
33.6 mi	Palo Alto Wind Farm Emmetsburg, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
34.2 mi	Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project Algona, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
34.5 mi	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie
35.4 mi	Intrepid Schaller, IA	Wind	176 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
35.5 mi	Graettinger Graettinger, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Graettinger - (Ia)
36.6 mi	Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Oil	3 MW	Gowrie Municipal Utilities
37.2 mi	Storm Lake 1 Alta, IA	Wind	114 MW	Allete Clean Energy
37.3 mi	Spencer Gas Turbine Spencer, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Spencer - (Ia)
37.4 mi	Lundgren Wind Project Otho, IA	Wind	251 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.8 mi	Richland (Ia) Odebolt, IA	Wind	131 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
37.9 mi	Storm Lake Ii Alta, IA	Wind	80 MW	Allete Clean Energy
41.3 mi	Carroll Wind Farm Carroll, IA	Wind	159 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.9 mi	Earl F Wisdom Spencer, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
43.4 mi	Plum Creek Wind Algona, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
44.7 mi	Dayton (Ia) Dayton, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dayton - (Ia)
45.2 mi	Bancroft Bancroft, IA	Oil	4 MW	Bancroft Municipal Utilities
45.9 mi	Iowa Lakes Community College Wind Farm Estherville, IA	Wind	2 MW	Iowa Lakes Community College
46.0 mi	Ida Grove Wind Ida Grove, IA	Wind	301 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
47.2 mi	Webster City Webster City, IA	Oil	21 MW	City Of Webster City - (Ia)
47.3 mi	Estherville Estherville, IA	Natural Gas	16 MW	City Of Estherville - (Ia)
47.4 mi	Hardin Hilltop Wind Llc Jefferson, IA	Wind	15 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
47.5 mi	Upland Prairie Spencer, IA	Wind	299 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
47.7 mi	Milford Milford, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Milford - (Ia)
48.2 mi	Junction Hilltop Wind Farm Dana, IA	Wind	8 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
48.3 mi	Victory Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	105 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.7 mi	Ida Grove Ii Ida Grove, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co

Power generation near this area

There are 39 power plants within 50 miles of Pocahontas, Iowa (ZIP 50574), with a combined 3,220 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 22 of the 39 nearby plants. The closest plant is West Diesel Generation Unit at 0.5 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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