Power Plants Near 50644 — Independence, IA

58 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50644 (Independence, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.4674, -91.8803 · County: Buchanan

Coal 35%Natural Gas 28%Solar 14%Oil 12%Wind 10%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
0.9 mi	Wapsie Valley Creamery Back Up Generator Independence, IA	Oil	2 MW	Wapsie Valley Creamery
16.1 mi	Independence Wind Farm Manchester, IA	Wind	55 MW	Independence Wind Energy Llc
19.1 mi	La Porte La Porte City, IA	Oil	5 MW	La Porte City Utilities
19.9 mi	Coggon Solar Llc Coggon, IA	Solar	—	Clenera Devco Llc
20.7 mi	Ced Manchester Wind Manchester, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
21.8 mi	Vinton Vinton, IA	Natural Gas	18 MW	City Of Vinton - (Ia)
21.9 mi	Coggon Coggon, IA	Oil	2 MW	Coggon Municipal Light Plant
22.4 mi	Strawberry Point Dpc Solar Strawberry Point, IA	Solar	1 MW	Socore Energy Llc
23.1 mi	Strawberry Point Strawberry Point, IA	Oil	—	City Of Strawberry Point
23.9 mi	Waterloo Lundquist Waterloo, IA	Oil	18 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
23.9 mi	South Strawberry Strawberry Point, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Strawberry Point
24.8 mi	Waterloo Solar (Ia) Waterloo, IA	Solar	3 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
25.6 mi	Pleasant Creek Unit 1 Palo, IA	Solar	50 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
25.6 mi	Pleasant Creek Unit 2 Palo, IA	Solar	150 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
27.2 mi	Elk Wind Farm Greeley, IA	Wind	41 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
27.6 mi	Electrifarm Waterloo, IA	Natural Gas	264 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
28.4 mi	Sumner Sumner, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Sumner - (Ia)
28.8 mi	Streeter Station Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	52 MW	Cedar Falls Utilities
29.5 mi	Cedar Falls Solar Farm Cedar Falls, IA	Solar	2 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
29.7 mi	University Of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	8 MW	University Of Northern Iowa
30.5 mi	Gas Turbine (Ia) Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	43 MW	Cedar Falls Utilities
30.6 mi	Alliant Sbd 9801 Aegon Martha's Way Hiawatha, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
31.0 mi	Earlville Earlville, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Earlville - (Ia)
31.2 mi	Alliant Sbd 9702 Cedar Graphics Hiawatha, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
31.6 mi	Alliant Sbg 9802 Toyota Cedar Rapids, IA	Natural Gas	1 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
31.8 mi	Alliant Sbd 9302 Aegon Np Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
31.9 mi	Alliant Sbd 8501 Aegon Li Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
32.2 mi	Alliant Sbd 9106 Rockwell Cr Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	16 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
33.4 mi	Hopkinton Hopkinton, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Hopkinton - (Ia)
33.6 mi	Alliant Sbd 8602 Marion Sub Marion, IA	Oil	6 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
33.8 mi	Winding Stair Wind Dysart, IA	Wind	—	Winding Stair Wind
34.5 mi	Hawkeye Wind Farm Sumner, IA	Wind	35 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
35.1 mi	Sixth Street Cedar Rapids, IA	Coal	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
35.2 mi	Waverly Municipal Electric North Plant Waverly, IA	Oil	25 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
35.2 mi	South Plant (Ia) Waverly, IA	Oil	12 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
35.2 mi	Waverly Community Wind Project Waverly, IA	Wind	3 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
35.3 mi	Traer Main Traer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
35.7 mi	Traer Wind Project Traer, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
35.8 mi	Traer South Traer, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
35.9 mi	Traer East Tracer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
36.1 mi	Alliant Sbd0201 Ingredion Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	6 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
36.1 mi	Red Cedar Cedar Rapids, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
36.6 mi	Cedar Rapids Community Solar Cedar Rapids, IA	Solar	5 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
36.9 mi	Deer Run Battery Cedar Rapids, IA	Other Fossil	5 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
38.0 mi	Dike City Power Plant Dike, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dike
38.2 mi	Prairie Creek Cedar Rapids, IA	Coal	213 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
38.9 mi	Alliant Sbd 9203 Profol Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	6 MW	American Profol Incorporated
38.9 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids, IA	Coal	295 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
39.5 mi	Alliant Sbd 9901 Wells Fargo Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
39.8 mi	Alliant Sbd 9403 Aegon Dc Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	4 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
39.8 mi	Kirkwood Wind Turbine Cedar Rapids, IA	Wind	3 MW	Kirkwood Community College
45.8 mi	Cascade Cascade, IA	Oil	7 MW	Cascade Municipal Utilities
46.1 mi	Grundy Center City Light Plant Grundy Center, IA	Oil	9 MW	Grundy Center Mun Light & Power
46.1 mi	Alliant Sbd 9201 Norplex Postville, IA	Oil	2 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
46.6 mi	Amana Society Service Company Middle Amana, IA	Oil	22 MW	Amana Society Service Co
47.2 mi	New Hampton New Hampton, IA	Natural Gas	27 MW	City Of New Hampton - (Ia)
47.3 mi	Alliant Sbd 8601 Quad Graphics Marengo, IA	Oil	4 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
47.7 mi	Nelson Dewey Generating Station Cassville, WI	Coal	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co

Power generation near this area

There are 58 power plants within 50 miles of Independence, Iowa (ZIP 50644), with a combined 1,452 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 30 of the 58 nearby plants. The closest plant is Wapsie Valley Creamery Back Up Generator at 0.9 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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