Power Plants Near 50590 — Swea City, IA

67 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50590 (Swea City, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.4022, -94.3193 · County: Kossuth

Wind 77%Natural Gas 17%Oil 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
8.7 mi	Lakota Wind Wind Farm Lakota, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
9.1 mi	Bancroft Bancroft, IA	Oil	4 MW	Bancroft Municipal Utilities
10.8 mi	Ledyard Windpower, Llc Lakota, IA	Wind	207 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
13.5 mi	Fairmont Wind Fairmont, MN	Wind	5 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
15.3 mi	Golden Plains Buffalo Center, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
15.9 mi	Big Blue Blue Earth, MN	Wind	36 MW	Big Blue Wind Farm Llc (Mn)
17.7 mi	Palo Alto Wind Farm Emmetsburg, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
19.1 mi	Fairmont (Mn) Fairmont, MN	Natural Gas	39 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
19.3 mi	Blue Breezes Ii Llc Blue Earth, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
19.4 mi	Blue Breezes Llc Blue Earth, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
19.6 mi	Blue Earth Blue Earth, MN	Oil	11 MW	Blue Earth Light & Water
20.7 mi	Plum Creek Wind Algona, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
22.6 mi	Crystal Lake 3 Llc Britt, IA	Wind	66 MW	Crystal Lake 3 Llc
23.1 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
23.6 mi	Welcome Wind Turbine Welcome, MN	Wind	2 MW	Federated Rural Electric Assn
24.4 mi	Graettinger Graettinger, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Graettinger - (Ia)
24.9 mi	Iowa Lakes Community College Wind Farm Estherville, IA	Wind	2 MW	Iowa Lakes Community College
26.3 mi	Estherville Estherville, IA	Natural Gas	16 MW	City Of Estherville - (Ia)
26.9 mi	Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project Algona, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
26.9 mi	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg Emmetsburg, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg
27.0 mi	Fox Lake Sherburn, MN	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
27.6 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc Britt, IA	Wind	200 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc
27.8 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc Britt, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc
28.2 mi	Winnebago Wind Power Project Forest City, IA	Wind	20 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
29.7 mi	Kossuth Lu Verne, IA	Wind	152 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
30.0 mi	Truman Truman, MN	Oil	6 MW	City Of Truman
30.2 mi	Kossuth County Wind Lu Verne, IA	Wind	70 MW	Kossuth County Wind, Llc
31.1 mi	West Bend West Bent, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of West Bend
32.8 mi	Oreg 3 Inc Trimont, MN	Other Fossil	5 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
33.3 mi	Iowa Lakes Superior Wind Farm Superior, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
34.2 mi	Elm Creek Wind Ii Llc Trimont, MN	Wind	149 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
35.7 mi	Forest City Light Plant Forest City, IA	Oil	22 MW	City Of Forest City- (Ia)
35.8 mi	Forest City Solar Forest City, IA	Solar	3 MW	Butter Solar, Llc
37.8 mi	Lakefield Junction Trimont, MN	Natural Gas	538 MW	Great River Energy
37.9 mi	Trimont Area Wind Farm Trimont, MN	Wind	101 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
38.0 mi	Wells Ic Wells, MN	Natural Gas	9 MW	City Of Wells - (Mn)
38.2 mi	Lake Mills Gas Recovery Lake Mills, IA	Biomass	4 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
39.0 mi	Cf Novel Solar Csg Gardens Two, Llc Minnesota Lake, MN	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
39.0 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
39.5 mi	Lake Mills Lake Mills, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Lake Mills
39.8 mi	Elm Creek Wind Llc Trimont, MN	Wind	99 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
40.5 mi	Schull Csg Mapleton, MN	Solar	1 MW	Schull Csg Llc
40.6 mi	Novel - Oya Of Mapleton Csg Mapleton, MN	Solar	4 MW	Nrg Mn Community Llc
40.7 mi	Mapleton Community Solar Mapleton, MN	Solar	3 MW	Mapleton Community Solar
42.0 mi	Milford Milford, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Milford - (Ia)
42.3 mi	Hancock County Wind Energy Center Garner, IA	Wind	98 MW	Fpl Energy Hancock County Wind, Llc
43.1 mi	St James St James, MN	Oil	12 MW	City Of St James - (Mn)
43.7 mi	Odell Wind Farm Mountain Lake, MN	Wind	200 MW	Algonquin Power Co
45.0 mi	Madelia City Of Madelia, MN	Oil	12 MW	City Of Madelia - (Mn)
45.2 mi	Spencer Gas Turbine Spencer, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Spencer - (Ia)
45.2 mi	Odin Wind Farm Llc Mountainlake, MN	Wind	20 MW	Aspenall Energies (Delaware), Llc
45.3 mi	Old Gold Energy Center, Llc Joice, IA	Wind	80 MW	Old Gold Energy Center, Llc
46.0 mi	Lakefield Wind Project Llc Lakefield, MN	Wind	206 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
46.6 mi	Lakefield Utilities Lakefield, MN	Oil	3 MW	City Of Lakefield - (Mn)
46.7 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
47.2 mi	Poet Biorefining-Hanlontown, Llc Hanlontown, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Biorefining-Hanlontown, Llc
47.8 mi	Poet Biorefining Lake Crystal Lake Crystal, MN	Natural Gas	7 MW	Poet Biorefining Lake Crystal
48.5 mi	Mountain Lake Mountain Lake, MN	Wind	9 MW	City Of Mountain Lake - (Mn)
48.9 mi	Rapidan Hydro Facility Mankato, MN	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
48.9 mi	Bent Tree Wind Farm Phase 1 Hartland, MN	Wind	201 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
48.9 mi	Lake Crystal Lake Crystal, MN	Oil	6 MW	City Of Lake Crystal - (Mn)
49.0 mi	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc Garner, IA	Wind	42 MW	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc
49.2 mi	Flying Cloud Power Partners Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	44 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
49.5 mi	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm Union, IA	Wind	42 MW	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm
49.6 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
49.8 mi	Solarclub 35 Llc Mankato, MN	Solar	1 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
50.0 mi	Uss Maverick Solar Llc (Csg) Good Thunder, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation

Power generation near this area

There are 67 power plants within 50 miles of Swea City, Iowa (ZIP 50590), with a combined 3,597 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 33 of the 67 nearby plants. The closest plant is Lakota Wind Wind Farm at 8.7 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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