Power Plants Near 50601 — Ackley, IA

65 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50601 (Ackley, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.5527, -93.0608 · County: Hardin

Natural Gas 47%Wind 46%Oil 7%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
9.2 mi	Whispering Willow Wind Farm - East Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
12.2 mi	Wellsburg Wind Project Wellsburg, IA	Wind	141 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
12.7 mi	Hampton Substation Energy Storage Hampton, IA	Battery Storage	2 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
13.8 mi	Franklin County Solar Hampton, IA	Solar	7 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
14.5 mi	Franklin County Wind Farm Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	99 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
16.1 mi	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc Alden, IA	Wind	3 MW	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc
16.2 mi	Ivester Wind Farm Wellsburg, IA	Wind	91 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
19.7 mi	Grundy Center City Light Plant Grundy Center, IA	Oil	9 MW	Grundy Center Mun Light & Power
23.0 mi	Dike City Power Plant Dike, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dike
23.8 mi	Whispering Willow North Latimer, IA	Wind	201 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
27.7 mi	Garden Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Garden Wind Llc
29.3 mi	Century Blairsburg, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
29.9 mi	Gas Turbine (Ia) Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	43 MW	Cedar Falls Utilities
30.8 mi	University Of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	8 MW	University Of Northern Iowa
30.8 mi	Vienna Wind Farm Marshalltown, IA	Wind	150 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
31.1 mi	Cedar Falls Solar Farm Cedar Falls, IA	Solar	2 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
31.7 mi	Streeter Station Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	52 MW	Cedar Falls Utilities
32.4 mi	Waverly Municipal Electric North Plant Waverly, IA	Oil	25 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
32.4 mi	South Plant (Ia) Waverly, IA	Oil	12 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
32.4 mi	Waverly Community Wind Project Waverly, IA	Wind	3 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
32.8 mi	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc
33.5 mi	Electrifarm Waterloo, IA	Natural Gas	264 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
33.9 mi	Phoenix Investors, Llc Belmond, IA	Oil	5 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
34.4 mi	Poet Biorefining - Jewell Jewell, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Jewell
34.8 mi	Rockford Rockford, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Rockford- (Ia)
35.3 mi	Alliant Sbd 9107 Jbs Usa Marshalltown, IA	Oil	11 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
35.9 mi	Waterloo Solar (Ia) Waterloo, IA	Solar	3 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
36.4 mi	Story City Wind Project Story City, IA	Wind	2 MW	Hamilton Wind Energy Llc
36.4 mi	Marshalltown Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	189 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
36.4 mi	Sutherland Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
36.5 mi	Marshalltown Generating Station Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	709 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
36.6 mi	Waterloo Lundquist Waterloo, IA	Oil	18 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.4 mi	State Center State Center, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of State Center - (Ia)
37.4 mi	Story City Story City, IA	Oil	14 MW	City Of Story City - (Ia)
38.2 mi	Charles City Wind Farm Charles City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
38.8 mi	Webster City Webster City, IA	Oil	21 MW	City Of Webster City - (Ia)
38.9 mi	Traer South Traer, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
39.2 mi	Emery Station Clear Lake, IA	Natural Gas	603 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
39.3 mi	Traer Main Traer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
39.5 mi	Merl Parr Charles City, IA	Natural Gas	36 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.7 mi	Traer East Tracer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
40.2 mi	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc Garner, IA	Wind	42 MW	Hawkeye Power Partners Llc
40.4 mi	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm Union, IA	Wind	42 MW	Cerro Gordo Wind Farm
40.7 mi	Ced Mason City Wind Mason City, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
40.9 mi	Optimum Wind 7 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 7 Llc
41.3 mi	Alliant Sbd 8603 Donnelley Nevada, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
41.6 mi	Traer Wind Project Traer, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
43.5 mi	Optimum Wind 3 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 3 Llc
43.5 mi	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc
43.8 mi	Optimum Wind 4 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 4 Llc
43.9 mi	Ncah Central Utility Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	15 MW	National Centers For Animal Health
44.0 mi	Optimum Wind 5 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 5 Llc
44.5 mi	Optimum Wind 6 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 6 Llc
45.0 mi	Hancock County Wind Energy Center Garner, IA	Wind	98 MW	Fpl Energy Hancock County Wind, Llc
45.1 mi	Ames Gt Ames, IA	Oil	79 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
45.6 mi	Winding Stair Wind Dysart, IA	Wind	—	Winding Stair Wind
45.6 mi	Ames Diesel Generating Station Ames, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
45.9 mi	Ames Electric Services Power Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	109 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
46.7 mi	Laurel Wind Farm Laurel, IA	Wind	123 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.8 mi	Iowa State University Ames, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Iowa State University
47.2 mi	La Porte La Porte City, IA	Oil	5 MW	La Porte City Utilities
47.4 mi	Ia - City Of Ames - Airport Road Ames, IA	Solar	2 MW	Forefront Power, Llc
47.8 mi	Great Pathfinder Wind Stratford, IA	Wind	224 MW	Great Pathfinder Wind
48.6 mi	Lime Creek Mason City, IA	Oil	90 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
50.0 mi	Isu Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Ames, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co

Power generation near this area

There are 65 power plants within 50 miles of Ackley, Iowa (ZIP 50601), with a combined 4,426 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 27 of the 65 nearby plants. The closest plant is Whispering Willow Wind Farm - East at 9.2 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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