Power Plants Near 50622 — Denver, IA

48 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50622 (Denver, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.6731, -92.3417 · County: Bremer

Wind 57%Natural Gas 25%Solar 12%Oil 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.7 mi	Waverly Municipal Electric North Plant Waverly, IA	Oil	25 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
7.7 mi	South Plant (Ia) Waverly, IA	Oil	12 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
7.7 mi	Waverly Community Wind Project Waverly, IA	Wind	3 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
9.0 mi	Waterloo Solar (Ia) Waterloo, IA	Solar	3 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
11.3 mi	Streeter Station Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	52 MW	Cedar Falls Utilities
11.5 mi	Waterloo Lundquist Waterloo, IA	Oil	18 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
12.5 mi	University Of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	8 MW	University Of Northern Iowa
13.1 mi	Gas Turbine (Ia) Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	43 MW	Cedar Falls Utilities
14.5 mi	Cedar Falls Solar Farm Cedar Falls, IA	Solar	2 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
16.6 mi	Electrifarm Waterloo, IA	Natural Gas	264 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
17.2 mi	Sumner Sumner, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Sumner - (Ia)
20.5 mi	Dike City Power Plant Dike, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dike
23.7 mi	Hawkeye Wind Farm Sumner, IA	Wind	35 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
25.8 mi	La Porte La Porte City, IA	Oil	5 MW	La Porte City Utilities
26.6 mi	Wapsie Valley Creamery Back Up Generator Independence, IA	Oil	2 MW	Wapsie Valley Creamery
26.6 mi	Charles City Wind Farm Charles City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
27.4 mi	New Hampton New Hampton, IA	Natural Gas	27 MW	City Of New Hampton - (Ia)
30.7 mi	Grundy Center City Light Plant Grundy Center, IA	Oil	9 MW	Grundy Center Mun Light & Power
31.9 mi	Merl Parr Charles City, IA	Natural Gas	36 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.3 mi	Chickasaw Wind Farm New Hampton, IA	Wind	202 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
33.8 mi	Traer Main Traer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
33.9 mi	Traer South Traer, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
34.5 mi	Traer East Tracer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
35.7 mi	Traer Wind Project Traer, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
37.1 mi	Winding Stair Wind Dysart, IA	Wind	—	Winding Stair Wind
37.3 mi	Wellsburg Wind Project Wellsburg, IA	Wind	141 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
38.4 mi	Vinton Vinton, IA	Natural Gas	18 MW	City Of Vinton - (Ia)
38.7 mi	Ivester Wind Farm Wellsburg, IA	Wind	91 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.2 mi	Rockford Rockford, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Rockford- (Ia)
40.5 mi	South Strawberry Strawberry Point, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Strawberry Point
40.5 mi	Strawberry Point Dpc Solar Strawberry Point, IA	Solar	1 MW	Socore Energy Llc
41.0 mi	Strawberry Point Strawberry Point, IA	Oil	—	City Of Strawberry Point
41.8 mi	Vienna Wind Farm Marshalltown, IA	Wind	150 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.7 mi	Independence Wind Farm Manchester, IA	Wind	55 MW	Independence Wind Energy Llc
44.0 mi	Franklin County Solar Hampton, IA	Solar	7 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.0 mi	Whispering Willow Wind Farm - East Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
45.2 mi	Hampton Substation Energy Storage Hampton, IA	Battery Storage	2 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
46.3 mi	Dpc Madison Ridgeway, IA	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
46.3 mi	Ced Manchester Wind Manchester, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
47.3 mi	Coggon Solar Llc Coggon, IA	Solar	—	Clenera Devco Llc
47.7 mi	Maple City Osage Township, IA	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
48.2 mi	Osage (Ia) Osage, IA	Wind	19 MW	City Of Osage - (Ia)
48.6 mi	Pleasant Creek Unit 1 Palo, IA	Solar	50 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.6 mi	Pleasant Creek Unit 2 Palo, IA	Solar	150 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
49.2 mi	Alliant Sbd 9201 Norplex Postville, IA	Oil	2 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
49.3 mi	Coggon Coggon, IA	Oil	2 MW	Coggon Municipal Light Plant
49.6 mi	Alliant Sbd 9206 Donaldson Cresco, IA	Oil	2 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
49.7 mi	Elk Wind Farm Greeley, IA	Wind	41 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation

Power generation near this area

There are 48 power plants within 50 miles of Denver, Iowa (ZIP 50622), with a combined 1,791 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 17 of the 48 nearby plants. The closest plant is Waverly Municipal Electric North Plant at 7.7 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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