Power Plants Near 50578 — Ringsted, IA

63 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50578 (Ringsted, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.2977, -94.5291 · County: Emmet

Wind 78%Natural Gas 18%Oil 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.4 mi	Palo Alto Wind Farm Emmetsburg, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
11.8 mi	Graettinger Graettinger, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Graettinger - (Ia)
15.4 mi	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg Emmetsburg, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg
15.6 mi	Iowa Lakes Community College Wind Farm Estherville, IA	Wind	2 MW	Iowa Lakes Community College
15.7 mi	Bancroft Bancroft, IA	Oil	4 MW	Bancroft Municipal Utilities
17.4 mi	Estherville Estherville, IA	Natural Gas	16 MW	City Of Estherville - (Ia)
19.6 mi	Fairmont Wind Fairmont, MN	Wind	5 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
20.1 mi	Lakota Wind Wind Farm Lakota, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
21.3 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
23.1 mi	Ledyard Windpower, Llc Lakota, IA	Wind	207 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
23.6 mi	West Bend West Bent, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of West Bend
24.8 mi	Iowa Lakes Superior Wind Farm Superior, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
25.1 mi	Fairmont (Mn) Fairmont, MN	Natural Gas	39 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
25.2 mi	Plum Creek Wind Algona, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
26.3 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
26.7 mi	Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project Algona, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
26.8 mi	Welcome Wind Turbine Welcome, MN	Wind	2 MW	Federated Rural Electric Assn
27.3 mi	Golden Plains Buffalo Center, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
27.4 mi	Fox Lake Sherburn, MN	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
27.5 mi	Big Blue Blue Earth, MN	Wind	36 MW	Big Blue Wind Farm Llc (Mn)
29.1 mi	Kossuth Lu Verne, IA	Wind	152 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
29.3 mi	Kossuth County Wind Lu Verne, IA	Wind	70 MW	Kossuth County Wind, Llc
31.0 mi	Blue Breezes Ii Llc Blue Earth, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
31.1 mi	Blue Breezes Llc Blue Earth, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
31.2 mi	Milford Milford, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Milford - (Ia)
31.8 mi	Blue Earth Blue Earth, MN	Oil	11 MW	Blue Earth Light & Water
32.0 mi	Elm Creek Wind Ii Llc Trimont, MN	Wind	149 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
32.5 mi	Crystal Lake 3 Llc Britt, IA	Wind	66 MW	Crystal Lake 3 Llc
32.7 mi	Spencer Gas Turbine Spencer, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Spencer - (Ia)
33.8 mi	Oreg 3 Inc Trimont, MN	Other Fossil	5 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
35.0 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
35.6 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc Britt, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc
36.7 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc Britt, IA	Wind	200 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc
37.0 mi	Truman Truman, MN	Oil	6 MW	City Of Truman
37.8 mi	Earl F Wisdom Spencer, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
37.9 mi	Trimont Area Wind Farm Trimont, MN	Wind	101 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
37.9 mi	Elm Creek Wind Llc Trimont, MN	Wind	99 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
38.0 mi	Lakefield Junction Trimont, MN	Natural Gas	538 MW	Great River Energy
38.2 mi	Winnebago Wind Power Project Forest City, IA	Wind	20 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
39.2 mi	Flying Cloud Power Partners Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	44 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
39.8 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
40.1 mi	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	100 MW	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc
40.5 mi	Lake Park Lake Park, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Lake Park - (Ia)
40.9 mi	Lakefield Wind Project Llc Lakefield, MN	Wind	206 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
41.4 mi	Lakefield Utilities Lakefield, MN	Oil	3 MW	City Of Lakefield - (Mn)
41.7 mi	Upland Prairie Spencer, IA	Wind	299 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
43.4 mi	Odell Wind Farm Mountain Lake, MN	Wind	200 MW	Algonquin Power Co
45.0 mi	Forest City Light Plant Forest City, IA	Oil	22 MW	City Of Forest City- (Ia)
45.3 mi	Forest City Solar Forest City, IA	Solar	3 MW	Butter Solar, Llc
45.5 mi	Osceola Windpower Llc Harris, IA	Wind	98 MW	Osceola Windpower Llc
45.5 mi	Osceola Windpower Ii Harris, IA	Wind	50 MW	Osceola Windpower Ii
45.6 mi	Odin Wind Farm Llc Mountainlake, MN	Wind	20 MW	Aspenall Energies (Delaware), Llc
46.9 mi	South Fork Wind Farm Round Lake, MN	Wind	14 MW	South Fork Wind, Llc
47.9 mi	St James St James, MN	Oil	12 MW	City Of St James - (Mn)
48.0 mi	Cisco Brewster, MN	Wind	8 MW	Allete Clean Energy
48.4 mi	Hancock County Wind Energy Center Garner, IA	Wind	98 MW	Fpl Energy Hancock County Wind, Llc
48.7 mi	Dl Windy Acres Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
49.0 mi	B&k Energy Systems Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
49.0 mi	Mountain Lake Mountain Lake, MN	Wind	9 MW	City Of Mountain Lake - (Mn)
49.1 mi	Windom Windom, MN	Oil	5 MW	City Of Windom
49.1 mi	Lake Mills Gas Recovery Lake Mills, IA	Biomass	4 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
49.3 mi	S&p Windfarm Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
49.7 mi	Ewington Energy Systems, Llc Worthington, MN	Wind	23 MW	Ewington Energy Systems, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 63 power plants within 50 miles of Ringsted, Iowa (ZIP 50578), with a combined 3,884 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 39 of the 63 nearby plants. The closest plant is Palo Alto Wind Farm at 6.4 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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