Power Plants Near 50591 — Thor, IA

50 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50591 (Thor, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.6889, -94.0390 · County: Humboldt

Wind 80%Natural Gas 15%Oil 3%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
8.9 mi	Holliday Creek Solar Fort Dodge, IA	Solar	100 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
18.9 mi	Webster City Webster City, IA	Oil	21 MW	City Of Webster City - (Ia)
21.1 mi	Kossuth County Wind Lu Verne, IA	Wind	70 MW	Kossuth County Wind, Llc
21.6 mi	Kossuth Lu Verne, IA	Wind	152 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
22.2 mi	Century Blairsburg, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
24.4 mi	Phoenix Investors, Llc Belmond, IA	Oil	5 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
24.4 mi	Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project Algona, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
25.4 mi	Lundgren Wind Project Otho, IA	Wind	251 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
27.9 mi	West Bend West Bent, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of West Bend
28.4 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
28.5 mi	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie
29.7 mi	Dayton (Ia) Dayton, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dayton - (Ia)
30.8 mi	Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Oil	3 MW	Gowrie Municipal Utilities
31.4 mi	Poet Biorefining - Jewell Jewell, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Jewell
31.9 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
32.1 mi	Whispering Willow North Latimer, IA	Wind	201 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
32.6 mi	Pocahontas Prairie Wind Farm Pomeroy, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.6 mi	Hancock County Wind Energy Center Garner, IA	Wind	98 MW	Fpl Energy Hancock County Wind, Llc
33.2 mi	Plum Creek Wind Algona, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
33.8 mi	Great Pathfinder Wind Stratford, IA	Wind	224 MW	Great Pathfinder Wind
36.2 mi	Franklin County Wind Farm Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	99 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
36.6 mi	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc Alden, IA	Wind	3 MW	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc
36.7 mi	Pomeroy Wind Farm Fonda, IA	Wind	286 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.7 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc Britt, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc
37.7 mi	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc Garner, IA	Wind	42 MW	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc
39.2 mi	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm Union, IA	Wind	42 MW	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm
40.1 mi	Story City Wind Project Story City, IA	Wind	2 MW	Hamilton Wind Energy Llc
40.7 mi	Beaver Creek Wind Ogden, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.0 mi	Hampton Substation Energy Storage Hampton, IA	Battery Storage	2 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
41.3 mi	Story City Story City, IA	Oil	14 MW	City Of Story City - (Ia)
41.3 mi	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg Emmetsburg, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg
42.2 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc Britt, IA	Wind	200 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc
42.3 mi	Franklin County Solar Hampton, IA	Solar	7 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.4 mi	Junction Hilltop Wind Farm Dana, IA	Wind	8 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
42.5 mi	Whispering Willow Wind Farm - East Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
42.6 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
42.7 mi	Bancroft Bancroft, IA	Oil	4 MW	Bancroft Municipal Utilities
44.1 mi	Palo Alto Wind Farm Emmetsburg, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.2 mi	Fareway Customer Hosted 1 Mw Solar Boone, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
44.3 mi	Crystal Lake 3 Llc Britt, IA	Wind	66 MW	Crystal Lake 3 Llc
44.6 mi	Forest City Light Plant Forest City, IA	Oil	22 MW	City Of Forest City- (Ia)
45.0 mi	Ogden Ogden, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Ogden - (Ia)
45.1 mi	Hardin Hilltop Wind Llc Jefferson, IA	Wind	15 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
45.3 mi	Winnebago Wind Power Project Forest City, IA	Wind	20 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
45.6 mi	Forest City Solar Forest City, IA	Solar	3 MW	Butter Solar, Llc
46.7 mi	Garden Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Garden Wind Llc
47.0 mi	Emery Station Clear Lake, IA	Natural Gas	603 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.3 mi	Rippey Wind Farm Grand Junction, IA	Wind	50 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
48.3 mi	Lakota Wind Wind Farm Lakota, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
48.6 mi	Grand Junction Grand Junction, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Grand Junction - (Ia)

Power generation near this area

There are 50 power plants within 50 miles of Thor, Iowa (ZIP 50591), with a combined 4,145 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 28 of the 50 nearby plants. The closest plant is Holliday Creek Solar at 8.9 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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