Power Plants Near 50647 — Janesville, IA

47 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50647 (Janesville, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.6465, -92.4791 · County: Bremer

Natural Gas 49%Wind 47%Oil 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.9 mi	Waverly Municipal Electric North Plant Waverly, IA	Oil	25 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
5.9 mi	South Plant (Ia) Waverly, IA	Oil	12 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
5.9 mi	Waverly Community Wind Project Waverly, IA	Wind	3 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
8.5 mi	Streeter Station Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	52 MW	Cedar Falls Utilities
9.2 mi	University Of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	8 MW	University Of Northern Iowa
9.3 mi	Gas Turbine (Ia) Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	43 MW	Cedar Falls Utilities
9.5 mi	Waterloo Solar (Ia) Waterloo, IA	Solar	3 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
11.5 mi	Cedar Falls Solar Farm Cedar Falls, IA	Solar	2 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
11.8 mi	Waterloo Lundquist Waterloo, IA	Oil	18 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
14.5 mi	Electrifarm Waterloo, IA	Natural Gas	264 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
14.8 mi	Dike City Power Plant Dike, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dike
23.8 mi	Sumner Sumner, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Sumner - (Ia)
24.6 mi	Grundy Center City Light Plant Grundy Center, IA	Oil	9 MW	Grundy Center Mun Light & Power
25.5 mi	Charles City Wind Farm Charles City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
27.1 mi	La Porte La Porte City, IA	Oil	5 MW	La Porte City Utilities
29.7 mi	Hawkeye Wind Farm Sumner, IA	Wind	35 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
30.3 mi	New Hampton New Hampton, IA	Natural Gas	27 MW	City Of New Hampton - (Ia)
30.3 mi	Merl Parr Charles City, IA	Natural Gas	36 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
30.5 mi	Wellsburg Wind Project Wellsburg, IA	Wind	141 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
31.4 mi	Traer South Traer, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
31.4 mi	Traer Main Traer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
32.1 mi	Wapsie Valley Creamery Back Up Generator Independence, IA	Oil	2 MW	Wapsie Valley Creamery
32.1 mi	Traer East Tracer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
32.2 mi	Ivester Wind Farm Wellsburg, IA	Wind	91 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
33.6 mi	Traer Wind Project Traer, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
35.0 mi	Chickasaw Wind Farm New Hampton, IA	Wind	202 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
35.6 mi	Winding Stair Wind Dysart, IA	Wind	—	Winding Stair Wind
36.5 mi	Rockford Rockford, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Rockford- (Ia)
36.9 mi	Vienna Wind Farm Marshalltown, IA	Wind	150 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.0 mi	Whispering Willow Wind Farm - East Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
37.3 mi	Franklin County Solar Hampton, IA	Solar	7 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
38.4 mi	Hampton Substation Energy Storage Hampton, IA	Battery Storage	2 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
40.4 mi	Vinton Vinton, IA	Natural Gas	18 MW	City Of Vinton - (Ia)
43.7 mi	Franklin County Wind Farm Iowa Falls, IA	Wind	99 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
45.7 mi	Marshalltown Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	189 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
45.7 mi	Sutherland Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
46.0 mi	Alliant Sbd 9107 Jbs Usa Marshalltown, IA	Oil	11 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
46.3 mi	Marshalltown Generating Station Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	709 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
46.4 mi	Ced Mason City Wind Mason City, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
46.4 mi	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc Alden, IA	Wind	3 MW	Leonardo Wind 1 Llc
46.5 mi	Maple City Osage Township, IA	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
46.9 mi	Osage (Ia) Osage, IA	Wind	19 MW	City Of Osage - (Ia)
47.5 mi	Strawberry Point Dpc Solar Strawberry Point, IA	Solar	1 MW	Socore Energy Llc
47.6 mi	South Strawberry Strawberry Point, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Strawberry Point
48.0 mi	Strawberry Point Strawberry Point, IA	Oil	—	City Of Strawberry Point
48.5 mi	Whispering Willow North Latimer, IA	Wind	201 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.7 mi	Independence Wind Farm Manchester, IA	Wind	55 MW	Independence Wind Energy Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 47 power plants within 50 miles of Janesville, Iowa (ZIP 50647), with a combined 2,755 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 16 of the 47 nearby plants. The closest plant is Waverly Municipal Electric North Plant at 5.9 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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