Power Plants Near 50830 — Afton, IA

49 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50830 (Afton, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.0401, -94.1940 · County: Union

Wind 64%Natural Gas 31%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.8 mi	Creston Solar (50 Mw) Creston, IA	Solar	50 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
9.5 mi	Summit Lake Creston, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
9.7 mi	Creston School Customer Hosted Solar Creston, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
12.6 mi	Macksburg Wind Project Macksburg, IA	Wind	120 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
15.0 mi	Southern Hills Wind Farm Creston, IA	Wind	254 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
16.1 mi	Orient Wind Farm Orient, IA	Wind	501 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
18.0 mi	Cumberland Rose Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Cumberland Rose Wind Energy, Llc
18.1 mi	Bulldog Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Bulldog Wind Energy, Llc
22.0 mi	Lenox Lenox, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of Lenox - (Ia)
22.1 mi	Prescott Wind Farm Prescott, IA	Wind	39 MW	Prescott Wind Energy Llc
22.6 mi	Winterset Winterset, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Winterset - (Ia)
22.9 mi	Greenfield Light Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	—	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
22.9 mi	Downtown Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
23.0 mi	Greenfield Wind Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Greenfield Wind Power, Llc
23.0 mi	Sky Volt Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Sky Volt, Llc
23.4 mi	North Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
23.8 mi	Birch Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Birch Power Llc
24.0 mi	August Wind Farm Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	August Wind Energy, Llc
25.4 mi	Arbor Hill Wind Farm Greenfield, IA	Wind	310 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
26.3 mi	Adams Wind Lenox, IA	Wind	154 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
27.5 mi	Meadow Ridge Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Meadow Ridge Wind Energy, Llc
27.7 mi	Wolverine Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wolverine Wind Energy, Llc
28.4 mi	Fontanelle Fontanelle, IA	Wind	2 MW	Forward Fontanelle Power, Llc
28.5 mi	Corning Corning, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Corning - (Ia)
29.7 mi	Arbor Hill Solar Greenfield, IA	Solar	25 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
30.6 mi	Wind Gem Stuart, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wind Gem, Llc
31.8 mi	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning Corning, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning
32.0 mi	Lamoni Municipal Utilities Lamoni, IA	Oil	11 MW	City Of Lamoni - (Ia)
32.1 mi	Rolling Hills Wind Farm Massena, IA	Wind	484 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.3 mi	Gilliam South Stuart, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
32.7 mi	Stuart (Ia) Stuart, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
34.8 mi	Morning Light Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	111 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
36.1 mi	Adair Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	175 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.0 mi	Roseman Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Roseman Energy, Llc
37.1 mi	Green Energy Machine Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Green Energy Machine, Llc
39.5 mi	Indianola Indianola, IA	Oil	41 MW	Indianola Municipal Utilities
40.8 mi	Anita Anita, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Anita - (Ia)
42.0 mi	Villisca Municipal Power Plant Villisca, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Villisca - (Ia)
42.1 mi	Contrail Wind Farm Bedford, IA	Wind	112 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.0 mi	Wiota Wiota, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wiota Wind Energy, Llc #1
43.7 mi	Eclipse Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	207 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.0 mi	Hy-Vee Customer Hosted 2.25mw Solar Chariton, IA	Solar	2 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
46.1 mi	Panora Panora, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Panora - (Ia)
48.3 mi	River Hills Des Moines, IA	Natural Gas	128 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.0 mi	Atlantic Atlantic, IA	Natural Gas	10 MW	Atlantic Municipal Utilities
49.5 mi	Des Moines Wastewater Reclamation Fac Des Moines, IA	Biomass	3 MW	Des Moines Metro Wrf
49.7 mi	Greater Des Moines Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	576 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.9 mi	Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	180 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.9 mi	Exira Brayton, IA	Natural Gas	182 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny

Power generation near this area

There are 49 power plants within 50 miles of Afton, Iowa (ZIP 50830), with a combined 3,881 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 24 of the 49 nearby plants. The closest plant is Creston Solar (50 Mw) at 6.8 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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