Power Plants Near 50579 — Rockwell City, IA

42 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50579 (Rockwell City, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.3961, -94.6292 · County: Calhoun

Wind 94%Solar 3%Oil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
12.0 mi	Pocahontas Prairie Wind Farm Pomeroy, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
14.3 mi	Pomeroy Wind Farm Fonda, IA	Wind	286 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
18.2 mi	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie
18.7 mi	Sac County Wind, Llc Sac City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Sac County Wind
19.1 mi	Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Oil	3 MW	Gowrie Municipal Utilities
22.3 mi	Carroll Wind Farm Carroll, IA	Wind	159 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
23.2 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
23.8 mi	Lundgren Wind Project Otho, IA	Wind	251 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
25.6 mi	Hardin Hilltop Wind Llc Jefferson, IA	Wind	15 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
27.6 mi	Junction Hilltop Wind Farm Dana, IA	Wind	8 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
28.6 mi	Grand Junction Grand Junction, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Grand Junction - (Ia)
29.4 mi	Holliday Creek Solar Fort Dodge, IA	Solar	100 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
30.1 mi	Dayton (Ia) Dayton, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dayton - (Ia)
30.6 mi	Richland (Ia) Odebolt, IA	Wind	131 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
31.0 mi	Beaver Creek Wind Ogden, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.0 mi	Victory Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	105 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
33.2 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
33.6 mi	Rippey Wind Farm Grand Junction, IA	Wind	50 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
34.1 mi	Carroll Area Wind Farm Templeton, IA	Wind	21 MW	Sriv Partnership Llc
36.4 mi	Coon Rapids Ii Coon Rapids, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Coon Rapids
37.3 mi	Intrepid Schaller, IA	Wind	176 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.4 mi	Silver Queen Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	—	Silver Queen Wind Farm, Llc
38.8 mi	Ogden Ogden, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Ogden - (Ia)
39.3 mi	Alta Municipal Utilities Alta, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Alta - (Ia)
39.7 mi	Manning Manning, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Manning
40.1 mi	West Bend West Bent, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of West Bend
40.5 mi	Great Pathfinder Wind Stratford, IA	Wind	224 MW	Great Pathfinder Wind
40.5 mi	Ida Grove Wind Ida Grove, IA	Wind	301 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.8 mi	Webster City Webster City, IA	Oil	21 MW	City Of Webster City - (Ia)
42.6 mi	Ida Grove Ii Ida Grove, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.3 mi	Storm Lake 1 Alta, IA	Wind	114 MW	Allete Clean Energy
44.5 mi	New Harvest Wind Project Llc Schleswig, IA	Wind	100 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
45.6 mi	West Receiving Denison, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Denison - (Ia)
45.7 mi	Fareway Customer Hosted 1 Mw Solar Boone, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
46.2 mi	Perry Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Perry, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
47.4 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
47.9 mi	Kossuth County Wind Lu Verne, IA	Wind	70 MW	Kossuth County Wind, Llc
48.1 mi	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg Emmetsburg, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg
48.1 mi	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc Melville, IA	Wind	104 MW	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc
48.5 mi	Kossuth Lu Verne, IA	Wind	152 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
49.2 mi	Heartland Divide Ii Audubon, IA	Wind	200 MW	Heartland Divide Ii
49.6 mi	Poet Biorefining - Jewell Jewell, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Jewell

Power generation near this area

There are 42 power plants within 50 miles of Rockwell City, Iowa (ZIP 50579), with a combined 3,374 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 24 of the 42 nearby plants. The closest plant is Pocahontas Prairie Wind Farm at 12.0 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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