Power Plants Near 50801 — Creston, IA

44 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50801 (Creston, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.0499, -94.3471 · County: Union

Wind 83%Natural Gas 11%Oil 4%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.1 mi	Creston Solar (50 Mw) Creston, IA	Solar	50 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
2.1 mi	Creston School Customer Hosted Solar Creston, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
4.4 mi	Summit Lake Creston, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
7.5 mi	Southern Hills Wind Farm Creston, IA	Wind	254 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
11.2 mi	Orient Wind Farm Orient, IA	Wind	501 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
13.1 mi	Cumberland Rose Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Cumberland Rose Wind Energy, Llc
13.1 mi	Bulldog Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Bulldog Wind Energy, Llc
14.3 mi	Prescott Wind Farm Prescott, IA	Wind	39 MW	Prescott Wind Energy Llc
16.1 mi	Lenox Lenox, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of Lenox - (Ia)
16.8 mi	Macksburg Wind Project Macksburg, IA	Wind	120 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
18.1 mi	Greenfield Wind Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Greenfield Wind Power, Llc
18.1 mi	Sky Volt Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Sky Volt, Llc
18.5 mi	Greenfield Light Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	—	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
18.5 mi	Downtown Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
19.2 mi	Adams Wind Lenox, IA	Wind	154 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
19.2 mi	North Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
20.6 mi	Birch Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Birch Power Llc
20.7 mi	Corning Corning, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Corning - (Ia)
20.8 mi	August Wind Farm Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	August Wind Energy, Llc
23.1 mi	Fontanelle Fontanelle, IA	Wind	2 MW	Forward Fontanelle Power, Llc
24.1 mi	Meadow Ridge Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Meadow Ridge Wind Energy, Llc
24.1 mi	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning Corning, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning
24.2 mi	Wolverine Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wolverine Wind Energy, Llc
24.5 mi	Rolling Hills Wind Farm Massena, IA	Wind	484 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
24.9 mi	Arbor Hill Wind Farm Greenfield, IA	Wind	310 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
26.4 mi	Winterset Winterset, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Winterset - (Ia)
29.0 mi	Wind Gem Stuart, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wind Gem, Llc
29.1 mi	Arbor Hill Solar Greenfield, IA	Solar	25 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
30.3 mi	Morning Light Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	111 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
30.6 mi	Roseman Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Roseman Energy, Llc
30.7 mi	Adair Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	175 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
30.8 mi	Green Energy Machine Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Green Energy Machine, Llc
30.8 mi	Gilliam South Stuart, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
31.4 mi	Stuart (Ia) Stuart, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
34.3 mi	Villisca Municipal Power Plant Villisca, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Villisca - (Ia)
34.9 mi	Anita Anita, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Anita - (Ia)
36.3 mi	Wiota Wiota, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wiota Wind Energy, Llc #1
36.6 mi	Contrail Wind Farm Bedford, IA	Wind	112 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
36.7 mi	Lamoni Municipal Utilities Lamoni, IA	Oil	11 MW	City Of Lamoni - (Ia)
39.0 mi	Eclipse Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	207 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.0 mi	Atlantic Atlantic, IA	Natural Gas	10 MW	Atlantic Municipal Utilities
43.7 mi	Exira Brayton, IA	Natural Gas	182 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
44.6 mi	Panora Panora, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Panora - (Ia)
46.0 mi	Indianola Indianola, IA	Oil	41 MW	Indianola Municipal Utilities

Power generation near this area

There are 44 power plants within 50 miles of Creston, Iowa (ZIP 50801), with a combined 2,992 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 24 of the 44 nearby plants. The closest plant is Creston Solar (50 Mw) at 2.1 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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