Power Plants Near 50607 — Aurora, IA

62 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50607 (Aurora, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.6203, -91.7335 · County: Buchanan

Coal 30%Natural Gas 24%Wind 21%Solar 16%Oil 8%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.4 mi	Strawberry Point Dpc Solar Strawberry Point, IA	Solar	1 MW	Socore Energy Llc
11.0 mi	Strawberry Point Strawberry Point, IA	Oil	—	City Of Strawberry Point
11.4 mi	South Strawberry Strawberry Point, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Strawberry Point
12.7 mi	Wapsie Valley Creamery Back Up Generator Independence, IA	Oil	2 MW	Wapsie Valley Creamery
15.5 mi	Independence Wind Farm Manchester, IA	Wind	55 MW	Independence Wind Energy Llc
16.8 mi	Ced Manchester Wind Manchester, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
18.6 mi	Elk Wind Farm Greeley, IA	Wind	41 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
24.2 mi	Sumner Sumner, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Sumner - (Ia)
24.2 mi	Coggon Solar Llc Coggon, IA	Solar	—	Clenera Devco Llc
25.0 mi	Earlville Earlville, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Earlville - (Ia)
25.6 mi	Coggon Coggon, IA	Oil	2 MW	Coggon Municipal Light Plant
28.2 mi	Hawkeye Wind Farm Sumner, IA	Wind	35 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
31.3 mi	Hopkinton Hopkinton, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Hopkinton - (Ia)
31.5 mi	La Porte La Porte City, IA	Oil	5 MW	La Porte City Utilities
32.1 mi	Waterloo Solar (Ia) Waterloo, IA	Solar	3 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.1 mi	Waterloo Lundquist Waterloo, IA	Oil	18 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
33.7 mi	Alliant Sbd 9201 Norplex Postville, IA	Oil	2 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
34.4 mi	Vinton Vinton, IA	Natural Gas	18 MW	City Of Vinton - (Ia)
35.7 mi	Pleasant Creek Unit 1 Palo, IA	Solar	50 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
35.7 mi	Pleasant Creek Unit 2 Palo, IA	Solar	150 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
36.5 mi	Streeter Station Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	52 MW	Cedar Falls Utilities
37.1 mi	Electrifarm Waterloo, IA	Natural Gas	264 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.5 mi	Nelson Dewey Generating Station Cassville, WI	Coal	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
37.7 mi	University Of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	8 MW	University Of Northern Iowa
38.1 mi	Cedar Falls Solar Farm Cedar Falls, IA	Solar	2 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
38.3 mi	Waverly Municipal Electric North Plant Waverly, IA	Oil	25 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
38.3 mi	South Plant (Ia) Waverly, IA	Oil	12 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
38.3 mi	Waverly Community Wind Project Waverly, IA	Wind	3 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
38.5 mi	Gas Turbine (Ia) Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	43 MW	Cedar Falls Utilities
39.7 mi	Mcgregor Mcgregor, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Mcgregor- (Ia)
39.8 mi	Alliant Sbd 9801 Aegon Martha's Way Hiawatha, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
40.1 mi	Alliant Sbd 9702 Cedar Graphics Hiawatha, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
40.6 mi	Alliant Sbd 9106 Rockwell Cr Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	16 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
41.0 mi	Alliant Sbg 9802 Toyota Cedar Rapids, IA	Natural Gas	1 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
41.1 mi	Alliant Sbd 9302 Aegon Np Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
41.2 mi	Alliant Sbd 8501 Aegon Li Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
41.4 mi	Alliant Sbd 8602 Marion Sub Marion, IA	Oil	6 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
42.0 mi	Cassville Solar Cassville, WI	Solar	50 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
42.9 mi	New Hampton New Hampton, IA	Natural Gas	27 MW	City Of New Hampton - (Ia)
43.0 mi	Cascade Cascade, IA	Oil	7 MW	Cascade Municipal Utilities
44.0 mi	Sixth Street Cedar Rapids, IA	Coal	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
45.1 mi	Alliant Sbd0201 Ingredion Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	6 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
45.1 mi	Red Cedar Cedar Rapids, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
45.9 mi	Cedar Rapids Community Solar Cedar Rapids, IA	Solar	5 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
46.3 mi	Deer Run Battery Cedar Rapids, IA	Other Fossil	5 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
46.4 mi	Dpc Madison Ridgeway, IA	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
46.5 mi	Winding Stair Wind Dysart, IA	Wind	—	Winding Stair Wind
46.7 mi	Chickasaw Wind Farm New Hampton, IA	Wind	202 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.7 mi	Dike City Power Plant Dike, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dike
47.0 mi	Prairie Creek Cedar Rapids, IA	Coal	213 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
47.5 mi	Traer Main Traer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
47.6 mi	Alliant Sbd 9203 Profol Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	6 MW	American Profol Incorporated
48.0 mi	Traer South Traer, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
48.1 mi	Traer Wind Project Traer, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
48.1 mi	Traer East Tracer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
48.3 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids, IA	Coal	295 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
48.3 mi	Alliant Sbd 9901 Wells Fargo Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
48.7 mi	Decorah Battery Decorah, IA	Other Fossil	3 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.7 mi	West Dubuque Solar Dubuque, IA	Solar	4 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.8 mi	Alliant Sbd 9403 Aegon Dc Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	4 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
48.8 mi	Kirkwood Wind Turbine Cedar Rapids, IA	Wind	3 MW	Kirkwood Community College
49.0 mi	Luther College Wind Project Decorah, IA	Wind	2 MW	Luther College Wind Energy Project Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 62 power plants within 50 miles of Aurora, Iowa (ZIP 50607), with a combined 1,682 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 28 of the 62 nearby plants. The closest plant is Strawberry Point Dpc Solar at 10.4 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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