Power Plants Near 50581 — Rolfe, IA

43 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50581 (Rolfe, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.8082, -94.5166 · County: Pocahontas

Wind 90%Natural Gas 4%Oil 3%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
9.2 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
11.2 mi	West Bend West Bent, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of West Bend
17.2 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
18.1 mi	Pocahontas Prairie Wind Farm Pomeroy, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
19.4 mi	Pomeroy Wind Farm Fonda, IA	Wind	286 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
20.6 mi	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg Emmetsburg, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg
23.0 mi	Kossuth County Wind Lu Verne, IA	Wind	70 MW	Kossuth County Wind, Llc
23.1 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
23.5 mi	Kossuth Lu Verne, IA	Wind	152 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
24.6 mi	Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project Algona, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
26.4 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
26.8 mi	Holliday Creek Solar Fort Dodge, IA	Solar	100 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
27.6 mi	Palo Alto Wind Farm Emmetsburg, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.1 mi	Graettinger Graettinger, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Graettinger - (Ia)
33.9 mi	Plum Creek Wind Algona, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
35.7 mi	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie
36.2 mi	Sac County Wind, Llc Sac City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Sac County Wind
36.7 mi	Bancroft Bancroft, IA	Oil	4 MW	Bancroft Municipal Utilities
37.1 mi	Lundgren Wind Project Otho, IA	Wind	251 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
38.1 mi	Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Oil	3 MW	Gowrie Municipal Utilities
39.3 mi	Spencer Gas Turbine Spencer, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Spencer - (Ia)
41.0 mi	Alta Municipal Utilities Alta, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Alta - (Ia)
42.6 mi	Webster City Webster City, IA	Oil	21 MW	City Of Webster City - (Ia)
42.6 mi	Iowa Lakes Community College Wind Farm Estherville, IA	Wind	2 MW	Iowa Lakes Community College
43.9 mi	Lakota Wind Wind Farm Lakota, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
44.2 mi	Dayton (Ia) Dayton, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dayton - (Ia)
44.3 mi	Estherville Estherville, IA	Natural Gas	16 MW	City Of Estherville - (Ia)
44.5 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc Britt, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc
44.6 mi	Earl F Wisdom Spencer, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
44.8 mi	Intrepid Schaller, IA	Wind	176 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.1 mi	Storm Lake Ii Alta, IA	Wind	80 MW	Allete Clean Energy
45.8 mi	Storm Lake 1 Alta, IA	Wind	114 MW	Allete Clean Energy
46.3 mi	Phoenix Investors, Llc Belmond, IA	Oil	5 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
47.4 mi	Richland (Ia) Odebolt, IA	Wind	131 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
47.6 mi	Crystal Lake 3 Llc Britt, IA	Wind	66 MW	Crystal Lake 3 Llc
47.7 mi	Ledyard Windpower, Llc Lakota, IA	Wind	207 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
47.7 mi	Century Blairsburg, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
47.9 mi	Milford Milford, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Milford - (Ia)
47.9 mi	Hancock County Wind Energy Center Garner, IA	Wind	98 MW	Fpl Energy Hancock County Wind, Llc
48.4 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc Britt, IA	Wind	200 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc
49.4 mi	Carroll Wind Farm Carroll, IA	Wind	159 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.8 mi	Iowa Lakes Superior Wind Farm Superior, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
49.9 mi	Golden Plains Buffalo Center, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co

Power generation near this area

There are 43 power plants within 50 miles of Rolfe, Iowa (ZIP 50581), with a combined 3,439 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 25 of the 43 nearby plants. The closest plant is West Diesel Generation Unit at 9.2 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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