Power Plants Near 50846 — Fontanelle, IA

50 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50846 (Fontanelle, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.2896, -94.5419 · County: Adair

Wind 86%Natural Gas 9%Oil 2%Solar 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.0 mi	Greenfield Wind Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Greenfield Wind Power, Llc
3.0 mi	Sky Volt Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Sky Volt, Llc
3.7 mi	Fontanelle Fontanelle, IA	Wind	2 MW	Forward Fontanelle Power, Llc
4.3 mi	Greenfield Light Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	—	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
4.3 mi	Downtown Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
4.9 mi	North Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
6.9 mi	Bulldog Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Bulldog Wind Energy, Llc
7.1 mi	Cumberland Rose Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Cumberland Rose Wind Energy, Llc
8.5 mi	Meadow Ridge Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Meadow Ridge Wind Energy, Llc
8.8 mi	Wolverine Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wolverine Wind Energy, Llc
8.8 mi	Orient Wind Farm Orient, IA	Wind	501 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
11.2 mi	Adair Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	175 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
11.5 mi	Morning Light Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	111 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
12.1 mi	Prescott Wind Farm Prescott, IA	Wind	39 MW	Prescott Wind Energy Llc
12.4 mi	Roseman Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Roseman Energy, Llc
12.4 mi	Green Energy Machine Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Green Energy Machine, Llc
12.9 mi	Southern Hills Wind Farm Creston, IA	Wind	254 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
13.7 mi	Rolling Hills Wind Farm Massena, IA	Wind	484 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
15.8 mi	Anita Anita, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Anita - (Ia)
15.8 mi	Summit Lake Creston, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
16.3 mi	Wind Gem Stuart, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wind Gem, Llc
16.6 mi	Arbor Hill Wind Farm Greenfield, IA	Wind	310 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
17.3 mi	Creston School Customer Hosted Solar Creston, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
18.1 mi	Gilliam South Stuart, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
18.7 mi	Wiota Wiota, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wiota Wind Energy, Llc #1
18.8 mi	Stuart (Ia) Stuart, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
19.0 mi	Arbor Hill Solar Greenfield, IA	Solar	25 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
19.1 mi	Creston Solar (50 Mw) Creston, IA	Solar	50 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
19.8 mi	Eclipse Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	207 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
23.2 mi	Corning Corning, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Corning - (Ia)
23.4 mi	Macksburg Wind Project Macksburg, IA	Wind	120 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
25.0 mi	Exira Brayton, IA	Natural Gas	182 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
25.2 mi	Atlantic Atlantic, IA	Natural Gas	10 MW	Atlantic Municipal Utilities
26.0 mi	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning Corning, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning
26.4 mi	Adams Wind Lenox, IA	Wind	154 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
27.7 mi	Winterset Winterset, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Winterset - (Ia)
28.3 mi	Lenox Lenox, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of Lenox - (Ia)
29.4 mi	Panora Panora, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Panora - (Ia)
32.1 mi	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc Melville, IA	Wind	104 MW	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc
33.8 mi	Villisca Municipal Power Plant Villisca, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Villisca - (Ia)
35.9 mi	Heartland Divide Ii Audubon, IA	Wind	200 MW	Heartland Divide Ii
36.2 mi	Birch Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Birch Power Llc
36.4 mi	August Wind Farm Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	August Wind Energy, Llc
37.8 mi	Walnut Wind Farm Walnut, IA	Wind	165 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.8 mi	Coon Rapids Ii Coon Rapids, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Coon Rapids
44.0 mi	Perry Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Perry, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
45.6 mi	Contrail Wind Farm Bedford, IA	Wind	112 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
47.0 mi	Harlan Harlan, IA	Oil	3 MW	Harlan Municipal Utilities - (Ia)
48.4 mi	Carroll Area Wind Farm Templeton, IA	Wind	21 MW	Sriv Partnership Llc
49.7 mi	Manning Manning, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Manning

Power generation near this area

There are 50 power plants within 50 miles of Fontanelle, Iowa (ZIP 50846), with a combined 3,448 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 28 of the 50 nearby plants. The closest plant is Greenfield Wind at 3.0 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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