Power Plants Near 50681 — Westgate, IA

46 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50681 (Westgate, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.7812, -92.0122 · County: Fayette

Wind 44%Natural Gas 33%Solar 15%Oil 8%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.3 mi	Sumner Sumner, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Sumner - (Ia)
11.9 mi	Hawkeye Wind Farm Sumner, IA	Wind	35 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
21.8 mi	Wapsie Valley Creamery Back Up Generator Independence, IA	Oil	2 MW	Wapsie Valley Creamery
23.5 mi	Waverly Municipal Electric North Plant Waverly, IA	Oil	25 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
23.5 mi	South Plant (Ia) Waverly, IA	Oil	12 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
23.5 mi	Waverly Community Wind Project Waverly, IA	Wind	3 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
23.9 mi	Waterloo Solar (Ia) Waterloo, IA	Solar	3 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
24.1 mi	South Strawberry Strawberry Point, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Strawberry Point
24.7 mi	Strawberry Point Dpc Solar Strawberry Point, IA	Solar	1 MW	Socore Energy Llc
25.1 mi	Strawberry Point Strawberry Point, IA	Oil	—	City Of Strawberry Point
25.3 mi	New Hampton New Hampton, IA	Natural Gas	27 MW	City Of New Hampton - (Ia)
25.5 mi	Waterloo Lundquist Waterloo, IA	Oil	18 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
27.9 mi	Streeter Station Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	52 MW	Cedar Falls Utilities
29.3 mi	University Of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	8 MW	University Of Northern Iowa
29.4 mi	Chickasaw Wind Farm New Hampton, IA	Wind	202 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
30.0 mi	Gas Turbine (Ia) Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	43 MW	Cedar Falls Utilities
30.7 mi	Cedar Falls Solar Farm Cedar Falls, IA	Solar	2 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
31.4 mi	Electrifarm Waterloo, IA	Natural Gas	264 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
31.5 mi	Alliant Sbd 9201 Norplex Postville, IA	Oil	2 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
33.0 mi	Independence Wind Farm Manchester, IA	Wind	55 MW	Independence Wind Energy Llc
33.4 mi	La Porte La Porte City, IA	Oil	5 MW	La Porte City Utilities
34.3 mi	Dpc Madison Ridgeway, IA	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
34.3 mi	Charles City Wind Farm Charles City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
34.8 mi	Ced Manchester Wind Manchester, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
35.3 mi	Elk Wind Farm Greeley, IA	Wind	41 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
38.2 mi	Dike City Power Plant Dike, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dike
39.1 mi	Luther College Wind Project Decorah, IA	Wind	2 MW	Luther College Wind Energy Project Llc
39.1 mi	Decorah Battery Decorah, IA	Other Fossil	3 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
39.4 mi	Merl Parr Charles City, IA	Natural Gas	36 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.6 mi	Coggon Solar Llc Coggon, IA	Solar	—	Clenera Devco Llc
41.4 mi	Alliant Sbd 9206 Donaldson Cresco, IA	Oil	2 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
42.3 mi	Vinton Vinton, IA	Natural Gas	18 MW	City Of Vinton - (Ia)
42.3 mi	Coggon Coggon, IA	Oil	2 MW	Coggon Municipal Light Plant
42.5 mi	Earlville Earlville, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Earlville - (Ia)
45.6 mi	Mcgregor Mcgregor, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Mcgregor- (Ia)
46.7 mi	Traer Main Traer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
47.0 mi	Traer South Traer, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
47.4 mi	Traer East Tracer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
48.1 mi	Winding Stair Wind Dysart, IA	Wind	—	Winding Stair Wind
48.1 mi	Saratoga Wind Farm Lime Springs, IA	Wind	66 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
48.1 mi	Traer Wind Project Traer, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
48.2 mi	Pleasant Creek Unit 1 Palo, IA	Solar	50 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.2 mi	Pleasant Creek Unit 2 Palo, IA	Solar	150 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.3 mi	Grundy Center City Light Plant Grundy Center, IA	Oil	9 MW	Grundy Center Mun Light & Power
48.5 mi	Crane Creek Wind Energy Center Riceville, IA	Wind	99 MW	Wisconsin Public Service Corp
49.3 mi	Hopkinton Hopkinton, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Hopkinton - (Ia)

Power generation near this area

There are 46 power plants within 50 miles of Westgate, Iowa (ZIP 50681), with a combined 1,353 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 19 of the 46 nearby plants. The closest plant is Sumner at 6.3 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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