Power Plants Near 50626 — Dunkerton, IA

55 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50626 (Dunkerton, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.5780, -92.1588 · County: Black Hawk

Wind 50%Natural Gas 28%Solar 13%Oil 8%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.3 mi	Waterloo Solar (Ia) Waterloo, IA	Solar	3 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
10.7 mi	Waterloo Lundquist Waterloo, IA	Oil	18 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
14.7 mi	Streeter Station Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	52 MW	Cedar Falls Utilities
15.3 mi	Wapsie Valley Creamery Back Up Generator Independence, IA	Oil	2 MW	Wapsie Valley Creamery
15.9 mi	University Of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	8 MW	University Of Northern Iowa
16.4 mi	Electrifarm Waterloo, IA	Natural Gas	264 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
16.6 mi	Cedar Falls Solar Farm Cedar Falls, IA	Solar	2 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
16.8 mi	Gas Turbine (Ia) Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	43 MW	Cedar Falls Utilities
18.2 mi	La Porte La Porte City, IA	Oil	5 MW	La Porte City Utilities
18.8 mi	Sumner Sumner, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Sumner - (Ia)
19.1 mi	Waverly Municipal Electric North Plant Waverly, IA	Oil	25 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
19.1 mi	South Plant (Ia) Waverly, IA	Oil	12 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
19.1 mi	Waverly Community Wind Project Waverly, IA	Wind	3 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
25.1 mi	Dike City Power Plant Dike, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dike
26.1 mi	Hawkeye Wind Farm Sumner, IA	Wind	35 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
29.1 mi	Vinton Vinton, IA	Natural Gas	18 MW	City Of Vinton - (Ia)
30.8 mi	Traer Main Traer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
31.1 mi	Traer South Traer, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
31.6 mi	Traer East Tracer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
31.7 mi	Independence Wind Farm Manchester, IA	Wind	55 MW	Independence Wind Energy Llc
32.0 mi	Strawberry Point Dpc Solar Strawberry Point, IA	Solar	1 MW	Socore Energy Llc
32.2 mi	Traer Wind Project Traer, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
32.3 mi	Winding Stair Wind Dysart, IA	Wind	—	Winding Stair Wind
32.4 mi	South Strawberry Strawberry Point, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Strawberry Point
32.5 mi	Strawberry Point Strawberry Point, IA	Oil	—	City Of Strawberry Point
34.6 mi	Grundy Center City Light Plant Grundy Center, IA	Oil	9 MW	Grundy Center Mun Light & Power
34.9 mi	New Hampton New Hampton, IA	Natural Gas	27 MW	City Of New Hampton - (Ia)
35.7 mi	Ced Manchester Wind Manchester, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
35.9 mi	Coggon Solar Llc Coggon, IA	Solar	—	Clenera Devco Llc
37.4 mi	Charles City Wind Farm Charles City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.9 mi	Pleasant Creek Unit 1 Palo, IA	Solar	50 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
37.9 mi	Pleasant Creek Unit 2 Palo, IA	Solar	150 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
38.0 mi	Coggon Coggon, IA	Oil	2 MW	Coggon Municipal Light Plant
39.7 mi	Chickasaw Wind Farm New Hampton, IA	Wind	202 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.1 mi	Elk Wind Farm Greeley, IA	Wind	41 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
42.7 mi	Merl Parr Charles City, IA	Natural Gas	36 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.8 mi	Vienna Wind Farm Marshalltown, IA	Wind	150 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.1 mi	Wellsburg Wind Project Wellsburg, IA	Wind	141 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.6 mi	Ivester Wind Farm Wellsburg, IA	Wind	91 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.7 mi	Alliant Sbd 9801 Aegon Martha's Way Hiawatha, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
44.4 mi	Alliant Sbg 9802 Toyota Cedar Rapids, IA	Natural Gas	1 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
44.5 mi	Alliant Sbd 9702 Cedar Graphics Hiawatha, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
44.6 mi	Alliant Sbd 9302 Aegon Np Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
44.8 mi	Alliant Sbd 8501 Aegon Li Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
45.5 mi	Earlville Earlville, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Earlville - (Ia)
45.7 mi	Alliant Sbd 9106 Rockwell Cr Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	16 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
46.8 mi	Alliant Sbd 9201 Norplex Postville, IA	Oil	2 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
47.6 mi	Alliant Sbd 8602 Marion Sub Marion, IA	Oil	6 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
48.0 mi	Sixth Street Cedar Rapids, IA	Coal	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
49.0 mi	Red Cedar Cedar Rapids, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
49.0 mi	Alliant Sbd0201 Ingredion Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	6 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
49.1 mi	Cedar Rapids Community Solar Cedar Rapids, IA	Solar	5 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
49.2 mi	Hopkinton Hopkinton, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Hopkinton - (Ia)
49.4 mi	Dpc Madison Ridgeway, IA	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
49.4 mi	Deer Run Battery Cedar Rapids, IA	Other Fossil	5 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co

Power generation near this area

There are 55 power plants within 50 miles of Dunkerton, Iowa (ZIP 50626), with a combined 1,601 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 24 of the 55 nearby plants. The closest plant is Waterloo Solar (Ia) at 10.3 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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