Power Plants Near 50627 — Eldora, IA

65 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50627 (Eldora, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.3572, -93.1037 · County: Hardin

Wind 51%Natural Gas 42%Oil 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.4 mi	Wellsburg Wind Project Wellsburg, IA	Wind	141 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
8.2 mi	Ivester Wind Farm Wellsburg, IA	Wind	91 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
16.6 mi	Garden Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Garden Wind Llc
16.6 mi	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc Alden, IA	Wind	3 MW	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc
16.9 mi	Grundy Center City Light Plant Grundy Center, IA	Oil	9 MW	Grundy Center Mun Light & Power
19.5 mi	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc Zearing, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Story Wind Llc
19.6 mi	Whispering Willow Wind Farm - East Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
20.9 mi	Franklin County Wind Farm Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	99 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
21.6 mi	Vienna Wind Farm Marshalltown, IA	Wind	150 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
23.3 mi	Alliant Sbd 9107 Jbs Usa Marshalltown, IA	Oil	11 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
23.7 mi	Hampton Substation Energy Storage Hampton, IA	Battery Storage	2 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
23.7 mi	State Center State Center, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of State Center - (Ia)
24.7 mi	Marshalltown Generating Station Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	709 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
24.8 mi	Marshalltown Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	189 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
24.8 mi	Sutherland Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
25.4 mi	Dike City Power Plant Dike, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dike
25.7 mi	Franklin County Solar Hampton, IA	Solar	7 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
27.4 mi	Story City Wind Project Story City, IA	Wind	2 MW	Hamilton Wind Energy Llc
28.0 mi	Story City Story City, IA	Oil	14 MW	City Of Story City - (Ia)
28.2 mi	Optimum Wind 7 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 7 Llc
28.6 mi	Poet Biorefining - Jewell Jewell, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Jewell
28.7 mi	Alliant Sbd 8603 Donnelley Nevada, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
30.7 mi	Century Blairsburg, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
31.4 mi	Optimum Wind 3 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 3 Llc
31.4 mi	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 3 Llc
31.6 mi	Optimum Wind 4 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 4 Llc
31.8 mi	Optimum Wind 5 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 5 Llc
32.4 mi	Optimum Wind 6 Llc Nevada, IA	Wind	3 MW	Optimum Wind 6 Llc
32.5 mi	Ncah Central Utility Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	15 MW	National Centers For Animal Health
33.0 mi	Whispering Willow North Latimer, IA	Wind	201 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
33.5 mi	Ames Gt Ames, IA	Oil	79 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
33.7 mi	Gas Turbine (Ia) Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	43 MW	Cedar Falls Utilities
33.9 mi	Ames Diesel Generating Station Ames, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
33.9 mi	Laurel Wind Farm Laurel, IA	Wind	123 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
34.0 mi	Cedar Falls Solar Farm Cedar Falls, IA	Solar	2 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
34.1 mi	Traer South Traer, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
34.5 mi	Ames Electric Services Power Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	109 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
34.6 mi	University Of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	8 MW	University Of Northern Iowa
34.6 mi	Traer Main Traer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
34.8 mi	Traer East Tracer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
35.3 mi	Electrifarm Waterloo, IA	Natural Gas	264 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
35.7 mi	Iowa State University Ames, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Iowa State University
35.8 mi	Streeter Station Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	52 MW	Cedar Falls Utilities
35.9 mi	Ia - City Of Ames - Airport Road Ames, IA	Solar	2 MW	Forefront Power, Llc
36.4 mi	Traer Wind Project Traer, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
37.1 mi	Webster City Webster City, IA	Oil	21 MW	City Of Webster City - (Ia)
38.5 mi	Isu Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Ames, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
40.0 mi	Waterloo Lundquist Waterloo, IA	Oil	18 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.3 mi	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc Ames, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc
40.3 mi	Waterloo Solar (Ia) Waterloo, IA	Solar	3 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.6 mi	Winding Stair Wind Dysart, IA	Wind	—	Winding Stair Wind
40.7 mi	Great Pathfinder Wind Stratford, IA	Wind	224 MW	Great Pathfinder Wind
41.3 mi	Waverly Municipal Electric North Plant Waverly, IA	Oil	25 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
41.3 mi	South Plant (Ia) Waverly, IA	Oil	12 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
41.3 mi	Waverly Community Wind Project Waverly, IA	Wind	3 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
41.8 mi	Phoenix Investors, Llc Belmond, IA	Oil	5 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
42.3 mi	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc
43.6 mi	Fareway Customer Hosted 1 Mw Solar Boone, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
45.5 mi	Grinnell Grinnell, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
45.7 mi	Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	Solar	4 MW	Azimuth 180 Solar Electric, Llc
46.1 mi	Grinnell Customer Hosted Solar Grinnell, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
46.6 mi	La Porte La Porte City, IA	Oil	5 MW	La Porte City Utilities
47.9 mi	Venus Wind 3 Llc Grinnell, IA	Wind	3 MW	Venus Wind 3 Llc
48.5 mi	Rockford Rockford, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Rockford- (Ia)
49.8 mi	Dayton (Ia) Dayton, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dayton - (Ia)

Power generation near this area

There are 65 power plants within 50 miles of Eldora, Iowa (ZIP 50627), with a combined 3,444 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 25 of the 65 nearby plants. The closest plant is Wellsburg Wind Project at 7.4 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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