Power Plants Near 50842 — Cromwell, IA

45 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50842 (Cromwell, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.0398, -94.4616 · County: Union

Wind 86%Natural Gas 10%Solar 2%Oil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.9 mi	Southern Hills Wind Farm Creston, IA	Wind	254 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
5.1 mi	Creston School Customer Hosted Solar Creston, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
7.8 mi	Creston Solar (50 Mw) Creston, IA	Solar	50 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
7.8 mi	Summit Lake Creston, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
9.3 mi	Prescott Wind Farm Prescott, IA	Wind	39 MW	Prescott Wind Energy Llc
11.5 mi	Orient Wind Farm Orient, IA	Wind	501 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
12.2 mi	Lenox Lenox, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of Lenox - (Ia)
12.9 mi	Bulldog Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Bulldog Wind Energy, Llc
13.0 mi	Cumberland Rose Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Cumberland Rose Wind Energy, Llc
13.7 mi	Adams Wind Lenox, IA	Wind	154 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
14.7 mi	Corning Corning, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Corning - (Ia)
17.3 mi	Greenfield Wind Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Greenfield Wind Power, Llc
17.3 mi	Sky Volt Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Sky Volt, Llc
18.2 mi	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning Corning, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning
18.2 mi	Greenfield Light Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	—	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
18.3 mi	Downtown Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
18.8 mi	Birch Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Birch Power Llc
19.0 mi	August Wind Farm Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	August Wind Energy, Llc
19.1 mi	North Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
19.6 mi	Rolling Hills Wind Farm Massena, IA	Wind	484 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
21.4 mi	Fontanelle Fontanelle, IA	Wind	2 MW	Forward Fontanelle Power, Llc
22.0 mi	Macksburg Wind Project Macksburg, IA	Wind	120 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
24.2 mi	Meadow Ridge Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Meadow Ridge Wind Energy, Llc
24.4 mi	Wolverine Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wolverine Wind Energy, Llc
27.2 mi	Arbor Hill Wind Farm Greenfield, IA	Wind	310 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
27.5 mi	Roseman Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Roseman Energy, Llc
27.6 mi	Green Energy Machine Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Green Energy Machine, Llc
28.3 mi	Villisca Municipal Power Plant Villisca, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Villisca - (Ia)
28.5 mi	Adair Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	175 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
29.2 mi	Morning Light Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	111 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
30.4 mi	Wind Gem Stuart, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wind Gem, Llc
31.1 mi	Winterset Winterset, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Winterset - (Ia)
31.3 mi	Arbor Hill Solar Greenfield, IA	Solar	25 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.1 mi	Anita Anita, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Anita - (Ia)
32.2 mi	Contrail Wind Farm Bedford, IA	Wind	112 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.3 mi	Gilliam South Stuart, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
32.5 mi	Wiota Wiota, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wiota Wind Energy, Llc #1
32.9 mi	Stuart (Ia) Stuart, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
37.4 mi	Eclipse Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	207 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.9 mi	Atlantic Atlantic, IA	Natural Gas	10 MW	Atlantic Municipal Utilities
40.0 mi	Lamoni Municipal Utilities Lamoni, IA	Oil	11 MW	City Of Lamoni - (Ia)
40.5 mi	Exira Brayton, IA	Natural Gas	182 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
45.5 mi	Panora Panora, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Panora - (Ia)
49.4 mi	Walnut Wind Farm Walnut, IA	Wind	165 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.6 mi	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc Melville, IA	Wind	104 MW	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 45 power plants within 50 miles of Cromwell, Iowa (ZIP 50842), with a combined 3,220 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 26 of the 45 nearby plants. The closest plant is Southern Hills Wind Farm at 4.9 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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