Power Plants Near 50651 — La Porte City, IA

68 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50651 (La Porte City, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.3416, -92.1862 · County: Black Hawk

Natural Gas 41%Wind 29%Coal 16%Solar 7%Oil 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.8 mi	La Porte La Porte City, IA	Oil	5 MW	La Porte City Utilities
13.8 mi	Electrifarm Waterloo, IA	Natural Gas	264 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
14.0 mi	Waterloo Lundquist Waterloo, IA	Oil	18 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
14.5 mi	Vinton Vinton, IA	Natural Gas	18 MW	City Of Vinton - (Ia)
16.4 mi	Waterloo Solar (Ia) Waterloo, IA	Solar	3 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
16.9 mi	Cedar Falls Solar Farm Cedar Falls, IA	Solar	2 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
16.9 mi	Winding Stair Wind Dysart, IA	Wind	—	Winding Stair Wind
17.5 mi	Traer Main Traer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
17.8 mi	Wapsie Valley Creamery Back Up Generator Independence, IA	Oil	2 MW	Wapsie Valley Creamery
18.0 mi	Traer South Traer, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
18.1 mi	Traer Wind Project Traer, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
18.1 mi	Traer East Tracer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
18.2 mi	Streeter Station Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	52 MW	Cedar Falls Utilities
18.3 mi	University Of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	8 MW	University Of Northern Iowa
18.9 mi	Gas Turbine (Ia) Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	43 MW	Cedar Falls Utilities
24.0 mi	Dike City Power Plant Dike, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dike
26.4 mi	Pleasant Creek Unit 1 Palo, IA	Solar	50 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
26.4 mi	Pleasant Creek Unit 2 Palo, IA	Solar	150 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
30.0 mi	Grundy Center City Light Plant Grundy Center, IA	Oil	9 MW	Grundy Center Mun Light & Power
30.6 mi	Waverly Municipal Electric North Plant Waverly, IA	Oil	25 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
30.6 mi	South Plant (Ia) Waverly, IA	Oil	12 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
30.6 mi	Waverly Community Wind Project Waverly, IA	Wind	3 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
31.5 mi	Coggon Solar Llc Coggon, IA	Solar	—	Clenera Devco Llc
32.1 mi	Independence Wind Farm Manchester, IA	Wind	55 MW	Independence Wind Energy Llc
32.3 mi	Alliant Sbd 9801 Aegon Martha's Way Hiawatha, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
32.6 mi	Alliant Sbg 9802 Toyota Cedar Rapids, IA	Natural Gas	1 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
32.7 mi	Vienna Wind Farm Marshalltown, IA	Wind	150 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.9 mi	Alliant Sbd 9302 Aegon Np Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
33.0 mi	Alliant Sbd 8501 Aegon Li Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
33.4 mi	Alliant Sbd 9702 Cedar Graphics Hiawatha, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
33.7 mi	Coggon Coggon, IA	Oil	2 MW	Coggon Municipal Light Plant
34.8 mi	Alliant Sbd 9106 Rockwell Cr Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	16 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
35.2 mi	Sumner Sumner, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Sumner - (Ia)
36.2 mi	Sixth Street Cedar Rapids, IA	Coal	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
36.7 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
36.9 mi	Red Cedar Cedar Rapids, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
37.0 mi	Alliant Sbd0201 Ingredion Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	6 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
37.1 mi	Alliant Sbd 8602 Marion Sub Marion, IA	Oil	6 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
37.4 mi	Ced Manchester Wind Manchester, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
38.3 mi	Alliant Sbd 8601 Quad Graphics Marengo, IA	Oil	4 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
38.6 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids, IA	Coal	295 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
38.8 mi	Ivester Wind Farm Wellsburg, IA	Wind	91 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.2 mi	Prairie Creek Cedar Rapids, IA	Coal	213 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
39.8 mi	Alliant Sbd 9203 Profol Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	6 MW	American Profol Incorporated
40.0 mi	Wellsburg Wind Project Wellsburg, IA	Wind	141 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.0 mi	Marshalltown Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	189 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
40.0 mi	Sutherland Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
40.1 mi	Alliant Sbd 9403 Aegon Dc Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	4 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
40.1 mi	Strawberry Point Dpc Solar Strawberry Point, IA	Solar	1 MW	Socore Energy Llc
40.2 mi	Kirkwood Wind Turbine Cedar Rapids, IA	Wind	3 MW	Kirkwood Community College
40.2 mi	Alliant Sbd 9901 Wells Fargo Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
40.7 mi	Strawberry Point Strawberry Point, IA	Oil	—	City Of Strawberry Point
40.7 mi	Marshalltown Generating Station Marshalltown, IA	Natural Gas	709 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
40.8 mi	Amana Society Service Company Middle Amana, IA	Oil	22 MW	Amana Society Service Co
41.4 mi	South Strawberry Strawberry Point, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Strawberry Point
41.4 mi	Alliant Sbd 9107 Jbs Usa Marshalltown, IA	Oil	11 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
42.4 mi	Hawkeye Wind Farm Sumner, IA	Wind	35 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
43.6 mi	Brooklyn City North Plant Brooklyn, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Brooklyn - (Ia)
44.5 mi	Brooklyn Brooklyn, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Brooklyn - (Ia)
44.8 mi	Elk Wind Farm Greeley, IA	Wind	41 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
46.1 mi	Diamond Trail Wind Farm Ladora, IA	Wind	253 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
47.8 mi	Earlville Earlville, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Earlville - (Ia)
48.0 mi	Hopkinton Hopkinton, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Hopkinton - (Ia)
48.4 mi	Venus Wind 3 Llc Grinnell, IA	Wind	3 MW	Venus Wind 3 Llc
48.6 mi	Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	Solar	4 MW	Azimuth 180 Solar Electric, Llc
49.7 mi	Laurel Wind Farm Laurel, IA	Wind	123 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.9 mi	Grinnell Grinnell, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co

Power generation near this area

There are 68 power plants within 50 miles of La Porte City, Iowa (ZIP 50651), with a combined 3,095 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 31 of the 68 nearby plants. The closest plant is La Porte at 1.8 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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