Power Plants Near 50835 — Benton, IA

37 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50835 (Benton, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.7082, -94.3689 · County: Ringgold

Wind 84%Natural Gas 13%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.8 mi	August Wind Farm Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	August Wind Energy, Llc
6.9 mi	Birch Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Birch Power Llc
15.5 mi	Lenox Lenox, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of Lenox - (Ia)
21.6 mi	Adams Wind Lenox, IA	Wind	154 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
23.6 mi	Lamoni Municipal Utilities Lamoni, IA	Oil	11 MW	City Of Lamoni - (Ia)
24.4 mi	Contrail Wind Farm Bedford, IA	Wind	112 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
25.2 mi	Creston Solar (50 Mw) Creston, IA	Solar	50 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
25.2 mi	Creston School Customer Hosted Solar Creston, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
27.2 mi	Corning Corning, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Corning - (Ia)
28.0 mi	Summit Lake Creston, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
28.3 mi	Southern Hills Wind Farm Creston, IA	Wind	254 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
28.6 mi	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning Corning, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning
31.1 mi	Prescott Wind Farm Prescott, IA	Wind	39 MW	Prescott Wind Energy Llc
34.2 mi	Orient Wind Farm Orient, IA	Wind	501 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
35.0 mi	Conception Stanberry, MO	Wind	50 MW	Cr Clearing, Llc
35.4 mi	Stanberry Stanberry, MO	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Stanberry - (Mo)
35.7 mi	Villisca Municipal Power Plant Villisca, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Villisca - (Ia)
36.0 mi	Bulldog Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Bulldog Wind Energy, Llc
36.0 mi	Cumberland Rose Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Cumberland Rose Wind Energy, Llc
36.1 mi	Clear Creek Wind Maryville, MO	Wind	242 MW	Clear Creek Wind, Llc
36.6 mi	Nodaway Conception Junction, MO	Natural Gas	316 MW	Associated Electric Coop, Inc
37.3 mi	Macksburg Wind Project Macksburg, IA	Wind	120 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.9 mi	Rolling Hills Wind Farm Massena, IA	Wind	484 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.7 mi	Greenfield Wind Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Greenfield Wind Power, Llc
40.7 mi	Sky Volt Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Sky Volt, Llc
41.4 mi	Greenfield Light Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	—	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
41.4 mi	Downtown Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
42.3 mi	North Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
42.4 mi	Bluegrass Ridge King City, MO	Wind	57 MW	Wind Capital Holdings, Llc
44.6 mi	White Cloud Wind Project, Llc Tarkio, MO	Wind	237 MW	White Cloud Wind Project, Llc
44.8 mi	Fontanelle Fontanelle, IA	Wind	2 MW	Forward Fontanelle Power, Llc
47.3 mi	Winterset Winterset, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Winterset - (Ia)
47.3 mi	Meadow Ridge Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Meadow Ridge Wind Energy, Llc
47.5 mi	Wolverine Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wolverine Wind Energy, Llc
48.4 mi	Arbor Hill Wind Farm Greenfield, IA	Wind	310 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.5 mi	Rock Creek Wind Project Tarkio, MO	Wind	300 MW	Enel Green Power Na, Inc.
50.0 mi	Roseman Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Roseman Energy, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 37 power plants within 50 miles of Benton, Iowa (ZIP 50835), with a combined 3,428 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 23 of the 37 nearby plants. The closest plant is August Wind Farm 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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