Power Plants Near 50629 — Fairbank, IA

53 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50629 (Fairbank, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.6162, -92.0326 · County: Buchanan

Wind 42%Natural Gas 33%Solar 15%Oil 9%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
12.0 mi	Wapsie Valley Creamery Back Up Generator Independence, IA	Oil	2 MW	Wapsie Valley Creamery
16.2 mi	Sumner Sumner, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Sumner - (Ia)
17.2 mi	Waterloo Solar (Ia) Waterloo, IA	Solar	3 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
17.6 mi	Waterloo Lundquist Waterloo, IA	Oil	18 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
21.6 mi	Streeter Station Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	52 MW	Cedar Falls Utilities
22.3 mi	La Porte La Porte City, IA	Oil	5 MW	La Porte City Utilities
22.8 mi	University Of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	8 MW	University Of Northern Iowa
23.0 mi	Hawkeye Wind Farm Sumner, IA	Wind	35 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
23.2 mi	Electrifarm Waterloo, IA	Natural Gas	264 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
23.6 mi	Cedar Falls Solar Farm Cedar Falls, IA	Solar	2 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
23.7 mi	Waverly Municipal Electric North Plant Waverly, IA	Oil	25 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
23.7 mi	South Plant (Ia) Waverly, IA	Oil	12 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
23.7 mi	Waverly Community Wind Project Waverly, IA	Wind	3 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
23.7 mi	Gas Turbine (Ia) Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	43 MW	Cedar Falls Utilities
25.1 mi	Strawberry Point Dpc Solar Strawberry Point, IA	Solar	1 MW	Socore Energy Llc
25.5 mi	South Strawberry Strawberry Point, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Strawberry Point
25.7 mi	Strawberry Point Strawberry Point, IA	Oil	—	City Of Strawberry Point
26.8 mi	Independence Wind Farm Manchester, IA	Wind	55 MW	Independence Wind Energy Llc
30.2 mi	Ced Manchester Wind Manchester, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
30.9 mi	Vinton Vinton, IA	Natural Gas	18 MW	City Of Vinton - (Ia)
32.0 mi	Dike City Power Plant Dike, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dike
32.5 mi	Coggon Solar Llc Coggon, IA	Solar	—	Clenera Devco Llc
33.7 mi	Elk Wind Farm Greeley, IA	Wind	41 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
34.4 mi	Coggon Coggon, IA	Oil	2 MW	Coggon Municipal Light Plant
34.5 mi	New Hampton New Hampton, IA	Natural Gas	27 MW	City Of New Hampton - (Ia)
36.6 mi	Traer Main Traer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
37.0 mi	Traer South Traer, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
37.3 mi	Winding Stair Wind Dysart, IA	Wind	—	Winding Stair Wind
37.3 mi	Traer East Tracer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
37.6 mi	Pleasant Creek Unit 1 Palo, IA	Solar	50 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
37.6 mi	Pleasant Creek Unit 2 Palo, IA	Solar	150 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
37.8 mi	Traer Wind Project Traer, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
39.1 mi	Chickasaw Wind Farm New Hampton, IA	Wind	202 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.6 mi	Earlville Earlville, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Earlville - (Ia)
39.9 mi	Charles City Wind Farm Charles City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.8 mi	Alliant Sbd 9201 Norplex Postville, IA	Oil	2 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
41.5 mi	Grundy Center City Light Plant Grundy Center, IA	Oil	9 MW	Grundy Center Mun Light & Power
43.0 mi	Alliant Sbd 9801 Aegon Martha's Way Hiawatha, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
43.7 mi	Alliant Sbd 9702 Cedar Graphics Hiawatha, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
43.9 mi	Alliant Sbg 9802 Toyota Cedar Rapids, IA	Natural Gas	1 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
44.1 mi	Alliant Sbd 9302 Aegon Np Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
44.2 mi	Alliant Sbd 8501 Aegon Li Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
44.2 mi	Hopkinton Hopkinton, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Hopkinton - (Ia)
44.7 mi	Alliant Sbd 9106 Rockwell Cr Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	16 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
45.2 mi	Merl Parr Charles City, IA	Natural Gas	36 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.7 mi	Dpc Madison Ridgeway, IA	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
46.3 mi	Alliant Sbd 8602 Marion Sub Marion, IA	Oil	6 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
47.4 mi	Sixth Street Cedar Rapids, IA	Coal	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.4 mi	Alliant Sbd0201 Ingredion Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	6 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
48.4 mi	Red Cedar Cedar Rapids, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.8 mi	Cedar Rapids Community Solar Cedar Rapids, IA	Solar	5 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
49.1 mi	Deer Run Battery Cedar Rapids, IA	Other Fossil	5 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
49.4 mi	Vienna Wind Farm Marshalltown, IA	Wind	150 MW	Midamerican Energy Co

Power generation near this area

There are 53 power plants within 50 miles of Fairbank, Iowa (ZIP 50629), with a combined 1,370 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 24 of the 53 nearby plants. The closest plant is Wapsie Valley Creamery Back Up Generator at 12.0 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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