Power Plants Near 50664 — Oran, IA

45 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50664 (Oran, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.7012, -92.0762 · County: Fayette

Natural Gas 38%Wind 36%Solar 17%Oil 9%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.1 mi	Sumner Sumner, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Sumner - (Ia)
17.1 mi	Hawkeye Wind Farm Sumner, IA	Wind	35 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
17.9 mi	Waterloo Solar (Ia) Waterloo, IA	Solar	3 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
18.1 mi	Wapsie Valley Creamery Back Up Generator Independence, IA	Oil	2 MW	Wapsie Valley Creamery
19.2 mi	Waterloo Lundquist Waterloo, IA	Oil	18 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
20.2 mi	Waverly Municipal Electric North Plant Waverly, IA	Oil	25 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
20.2 mi	South Plant (Ia) Waverly, IA	Oil	12 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
20.2 mi	Waverly Community Wind Project Waverly, IA	Wind	3 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
22.1 mi	Streeter Station Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	52 MW	Cedar Falls Utilities
23.4 mi	University Of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	8 MW	University Of Northern Iowa
24.2 mi	Gas Turbine (Ia) Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	43 MW	Cedar Falls Utilities
24.7 mi	Cedar Falls Solar Farm Cedar Falls, IA	Solar	2 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
25.1 mi	Electrifarm Waterloo, IA	Natural Gas	264 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
26.9 mi	South Strawberry Strawberry Point, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Strawberry Point
27.0 mi	Strawberry Point Dpc Solar Strawberry Point, IA	Solar	1 MW	Socore Energy Llc
27.3 mi	La Porte La Porte City, IA	Oil	5 MW	La Porte City Utilities
27.5 mi	Strawberry Point Strawberry Point, IA	Oil	—	City Of Strawberry Point
28.2 mi	New Hampton New Hampton, IA	Natural Gas	27 MW	City Of New Hampton - (Ia)
31.8 mi	Independence Wind Farm Manchester, IA	Wind	55 MW	Independence Wind Energy Llc
32.5 mi	Dike City Power Plant Dike, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dike
32.8 mi	Chickasaw Wind Farm New Hampton, IA	Wind	202 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
34.4 mi	Charles City Wind Farm Charles City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
34.6 mi	Ced Manchester Wind Manchester, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
36.8 mi	Elk Wind Farm Greeley, IA	Wind	41 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
36.8 mi	Vinton Vinton, IA	Natural Gas	18 MW	City Of Vinton - (Ia)
37.7 mi	Alliant Sbd 9201 Norplex Postville, IA	Oil	2 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
38.2 mi	Coggon Solar Llc Coggon, IA	Solar	—	Clenera Devco Llc
39.7 mi	Merl Parr Charles City, IA	Natural Gas	36 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.1 mi	Coggon Coggon, IA	Oil	2 MW	Coggon Municipal Light Plant
40.2 mi	Dpc Madison Ridgeway, IA	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
40.3 mi	Traer Main Traer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
40.6 mi	Traer South Traer, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
41.0 mi	Traer East Tracer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
41.7 mi	Traer Wind Project Traer, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
41.7 mi	Winding Stair Wind Dysart, IA	Wind	—	Winding Stair Wind
42.4 mi	Grundy Center City Light Plant Grundy Center, IA	Oil	9 MW	Grundy Center Mun Light & Power
43.3 mi	Earlville Earlville, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Earlville - (Ia)
43.9 mi	Pleasant Creek Unit 1 Palo, IA	Solar	50 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
43.9 mi	Pleasant Creek Unit 2 Palo, IA	Solar	150 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
45.3 mi	Luther College Wind Project Decorah, IA	Wind	2 MW	Luther College Wind Energy Project Llc
45.3 mi	Decorah Battery Decorah, IA	Other Fossil	3 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
46.6 mi	Alliant Sbd 9206 Donaldson Cresco, IA	Oil	2 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
48.9 mi	Hopkinton Hopkinton, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Hopkinton - (Ia)
49.3 mi	Alliant Sbd 9801 Aegon Martha's Way Hiawatha, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
50.0 mi	Alliant Sbd 9702 Cedar Graphics Hiawatha, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc

Power generation near this area

There are 45 power plants within 50 miles of Oran, Iowa (ZIP 50664), with a combined 1,187 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 20 of the 45 nearby plants. The closest plant is Sumner at 10.1 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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