Power Plants Near 50593 — Varina, IA

38 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50593 (Varina, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.6598, -94.8979 · County: Pocahontas

Wind 92%Natural Gas 3%Solar 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
9.3 mi	Pomeroy Wind Farm Fonda, IA	Wind	286 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
12.8 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
13.3 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
13.7 mi	Pocahontas Prairie Wind Farm Pomeroy, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
17.2 mi	Sac County Wind, Llc Sac City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Sac County Wind
20.6 mi	Alta Municipal Utilities Alta, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Alta - (Ia)
23.1 mi	Intrepid Schaller, IA	Wind	176 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
25.8 mi	Storm Lake 1 Alta, IA	Wind	114 MW	Allete Clean Energy
26.5 mi	Richland (Ia) Odebolt, IA	Wind	131 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
26.8 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
28.6 mi	Storm Lake Ii Alta, IA	Wind	80 MW	Allete Clean Energy
31.0 mi	West Bend West Bent, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of West Bend
32.5 mi	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg Emmetsburg, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg
33.9 mi	Ida Grove Wind Ida Grove, IA	Wind	301 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
34.4 mi	Carroll Wind Farm Carroll, IA	Wind	159 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
35.7 mi	Spencer Gas Turbine Spencer, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Spencer - (Ia)
36.7 mi	Ida Grove Ii Ida Grove, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.0 mi	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie
39.1 mi	Earl F Wisdom Spencer, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
39.3 mi	Victory Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	105 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.5 mi	Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Oil	3 MW	Gowrie Municipal Utilities
40.8 mi	Graettinger Graettinger, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Graettinger - (Ia)
40.9 mi	Holliday Creek Solar Fort Dodge, IA	Solar	100 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.7 mi	Palo Alto Wind Farm Emmetsburg, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.3 mi	Lundgren Wind Project Otho, IA	Wind	251 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.9 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
44.2 mi	Upland Prairie Spencer, IA	Wind	299 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
44.2 mi	New Harvest Wind Project Llc Schleswig, IA	Wind	100 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
44.8 mi	Kossuth County Wind Lu Verne, IA	Wind	70 MW	Kossuth County Wind, Llc
45.3 mi	Kossuth Lu Verne, IA	Wind	152 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
46.3 mi	Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project Algona, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
46.5 mi	Glaciers Edge Wind Project Cleghorn, IA	Wind	212 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
47.0 mi	Silver Queen Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	—	Silver Queen Wind Farm, Llc
47.2 mi	Primghar Primghar, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Primghar - (Ia)
47.7 mi	Milford Milford, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Milford - (Ia)
48.1 mi	Highland Wind Project (Ia) Primghar, IA	Wind	502 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.3 mi	Hardin Hilltop Wind Llc Jefferson, IA	Wind	15 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
49.6 mi	Carroll Area Wind Farm Templeton, IA	Wind	21 MW	Sriv Partnership Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 38 power plants within 50 miles of Varina, Iowa (ZIP 50593), with a combined 4,004 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 24 of the 38 nearby plants. The closest plant is Pomeroy Wind Farm at 9.3 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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