Power Plants Near 50597 — West Bend, IA

46 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50597 (West Bend, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.9574, -94.4564 · County: Palo Alto

Wind 88%Natural Gas 5%Oil 4%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
0.6 mi	West Bend West Bent, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of West Bend
13.2 mi	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg Emmetsburg, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg
13.6 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
16.4 mi	Kossuth County Wind Lu Verne, IA	Wind	70 MW	Kossuth County Wind, Llc
16.8 mi	Kossuth Lu Verne, IA	Wind	152 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
16.8 mi	Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project Algona, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
17.8 mi	Palo Alto Wind Farm Emmetsburg, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
18.9 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
21.3 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
24.4 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
24.5 mi	Graettinger Graettinger, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Graettinger - (Ia)
24.7 mi	Plum Creek Wind Algona, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
26.1 mi	Bancroft Bancroft, IA	Oil	4 MW	Bancroft Municipal Utilities
28.8 mi	Pocahontas Prairie Wind Farm Pomeroy, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
29.7 mi	Pomeroy Wind Farm Fonda, IA	Wind	286 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.3 mi	Holliday Creek Solar Fort Dodge, IA	Solar	100 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
33.3 mi	Lakota Wind Wind Farm Lakota, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
34.7 mi	Iowa Lakes Community College Wind Farm Estherville, IA	Wind	2 MW	Iowa Lakes Community College
36.1 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc Britt, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc
36.4 mi	Estherville Estherville, IA	Natural Gas	16 MW	City Of Estherville - (Ia)
37.1 mi	Spencer Gas Turbine Spencer, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Spencer - (Ia)
37.1 mi	Ledyard Windpower, Llc Lakota, IA	Wind	207 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
38.2 mi	Crystal Lake 3 Llc Britt, IA	Wind	66 MW	Crystal Lake 3 Llc
39.5 mi	Golden Plains Buffalo Center, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
39.7 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc Britt, IA	Wind	200 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc
42.3 mi	Hancock County Wind Energy Center Garner, IA	Wind	98 MW	Fpl Energy Hancock County Wind, Llc
42.5 mi	Winnebago Wind Power Project Forest City, IA	Wind	20 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
42.7 mi	Fairmont Wind Fairmont, MN	Wind	5 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
42.8 mi	Earl F Wisdom Spencer, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
42.8 mi	Iowa Lakes Superior Wind Farm Superior, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
43.2 mi	Milford Milford, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Milford - (Ia)
44.0 mi	Phoenix Investors, Llc Belmond, IA	Oil	5 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
44.9 mi	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie
45.4 mi	Lundgren Wind Project Otho, IA	Wind	251 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.1 mi	Sac County Wind, Llc Sac City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Sac County Wind
46.5 mi	Forest City Light Plant Forest City, IA	Oil	22 MW	City Of Forest City- (Ia)
46.8 mi	Webster City Webster City, IA	Oil	21 MW	City Of Webster City - (Ia)
47.2 mi	Alta Municipal Utilities Alta, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Alta - (Ia)
47.2 mi	Big Blue Blue Earth, MN	Wind	36 MW	Big Blue Wind Farm Llc (Mn)
47.2 mi	Forest City Solar Forest City, IA	Solar	3 MW	Butter Solar, Llc
47.4 mi	Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Oil	3 MW	Gowrie Municipal Utilities
48.3 mi	Upland Prairie Spencer, IA	Wind	299 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.4 mi	Fairmont (Mn) Fairmont, MN	Natural Gas	39 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
48.7 mi	Storm Lake Ii Alta, IA	Wind	80 MW	Allete Clean Energy
49.7 mi	Century Blairsburg, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.9 mi	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc Garner, IA	Wind	42 MW	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 46 power plants within 50 miles of West Bend, Iowa (ZIP 50597), with a combined 3,325 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 26 of the 46 nearby plants. The closest plant is West Bend at 0.6 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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