Power Plants Near 50598 — Whittemore, IA

48 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50598 (Whittemore, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.0619, -94.4269 · County: Kossuth

Wind 87%Natural Gas 6%Oil 4%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.0 mi	West Bend West Bent, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of West Bend
9.5 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
11.1 mi	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg Emmetsburg, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg
11.7 mi	Palo Alto Wind Farm Emmetsburg, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
14.6 mi	Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project Algona, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
15.7 mi	Kossuth County Wind Lu Verne, IA	Wind	70 MW	Kossuth County Wind, Llc
15.8 mi	Kossuth Lu Verne, IA	Wind	152 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
19.1 mi	Bancroft Bancroft, IA	Oil	4 MW	Bancroft Municipal Utilities
19.9 mi	Plum Creek Wind Algona, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
20.4 mi	Graettinger Graettinger, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Graettinger - (Ia)
25.1 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
25.9 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
26.0 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
26.3 mi	Lakota Wind Wind Farm Lakota, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
29.7 mi	Iowa Lakes Community College Wind Farm Estherville, IA	Wind	2 MW	Iowa Lakes Community College
30.1 mi	Ledyard Windpower, Llc Lakota, IA	Wind	207 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
31.5 mi	Estherville Estherville, IA	Natural Gas	16 MW	City Of Estherville - (Ia)
31.8 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc Britt, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc
32.6 mi	Crystal Lake 3 Llc Britt, IA	Wind	66 MW	Crystal Lake 3 Llc
32.8 mi	Golden Plains Buffalo Center, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
34.8 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc Britt, IA	Wind	200 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc
35.5 mi	Fairmont Wind Fairmont, MN	Wind	5 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
36.1 mi	Pocahontas Prairie Wind Farm Pomeroy, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
36.6 mi	Spencer Gas Turbine Spencer, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Spencer - (Ia)
36.8 mi	Pomeroy Wind Farm Fonda, IA	Wind	286 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.4 mi	Winnebago Wind Power Project Forest City, IA	Wind	20 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
37.8 mi	Holliday Creek Solar Fort Dodge, IA	Solar	100 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
38.4 mi	Iowa Lakes Superior Wind Farm Superior, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
39.8 mi	Big Blue Blue Earth, MN	Wind	36 MW	Big Blue Wind Farm Llc (Mn)
40.2 mi	Hancock County Wind Energy Center Garner, IA	Wind	98 MW	Fpl Energy Hancock County Wind, Llc
40.7 mi	Milford Milford, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Milford - (Ia)
41.2 mi	Fairmont (Mn) Fairmont, MN	Natural Gas	39 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
42.2 mi	Forest City Light Plant Forest City, IA	Oil	22 MW	City Of Forest City- (Ia)
42.4 mi	Earl F Wisdom Spencer, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
42.8 mi	Forest City Solar Forest City, IA	Solar	3 MW	Butter Solar, Llc
43.0 mi	Blue Earth Blue Earth, MN	Oil	11 MW	Blue Earth Light & Water
43.2 mi	Blue Breezes Ii Llc Blue Earth, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
43.3 mi	Blue Breezes Llc Blue Earth, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
43.6 mi	Welcome Wind Turbine Welcome, MN	Wind	2 MW	Federated Rural Electric Assn
44.4 mi	Phoenix Investors, Llc Belmond, IA	Oil	5 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
44.5 mi	Fox Lake Sherburn, MN	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
47.6 mi	Upland Prairie Spencer, IA	Wind	299 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
47.9 mi	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc Garner, IA	Wind	42 MW	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc
48.7 mi	Elm Creek Wind Ii Llc Trimont, MN	Wind	149 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
49.1 mi	Lake Mills Gas Recovery Lake Mills, IA	Biomass	4 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
49.1 mi	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm Union, IA	Wind	42 MW	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm
49.2 mi	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	100 MW	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc
49.4 mi	Flying Cloud Power Partners Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	44 MW	Avangrid Power Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 48 power plants within 50 miles of Whittemore, Iowa (ZIP 50598), with a combined 3,034 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 29 of the 48 nearby plants. The closest plant is West Bend at 7.0 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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