Power Plants Near 50851 — Lenox, IA

51 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50851 (Lenox, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.8841, -94.5612 · County: Taylor

Wind 82%Natural Gas 14%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
0.3 mi	Lenox Lenox, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of Lenox - (Ia)
6.3 mi	Adams Wind Lenox, IA	Wind	154 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
9.2 mi	Birch Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Birch Power Llc
9.4 mi	August Wind Farm Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	August Wind Energy, Llc
11.5 mi	Corning Corning, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Corning - (Ia)
13.5 mi	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning Corning, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning
16.3 mi	Creston School Customer Hosted Solar Creston, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
16.5 mi	Southern Hills Wind Farm Creston, IA	Wind	254 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
16.5 mi	Prescott Wind Farm Prescott, IA	Wind	39 MW	Prescott Wind Energy Llc
18.1 mi	Creston Solar (50 Mw) Creston, IA	Solar	50 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
19.4 mi	Summit Lake Creston, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
20.6 mi	Contrail Wind Farm Bedford, IA	Wind	112 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
22.4 mi	Villisca Municipal Power Plant Villisca, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Villisca - (Ia)
23.2 mi	Orient Wind Farm Orient, IA	Wind	501 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
24.3 mi	Rolling Hills Wind Farm Massena, IA	Wind	484 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
24.4 mi	Bulldog Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Bulldog Wind Energy, Llc
24.6 mi	Cumberland Rose Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Cumberland Rose Wind Energy, Llc
28.3 mi	Greenfield Wind Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Greenfield Wind Power, Llc
28.3 mi	Sky Volt Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Sky Volt, Llc
29.5 mi	Greenfield Light Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	—	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
29.5 mi	Downtown Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
30.4 mi	North Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
31.4 mi	Fontanelle Fontanelle, IA	Wind	2 MW	Forward Fontanelle Power, Llc
32.8 mi	Macksburg Wind Project Macksburg, IA	Wind	120 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
35.1 mi	Roseman Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Roseman Energy, Llc
35.2 mi	Green Energy Machine Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Green Energy Machine, Llc
35.5 mi	Meadow Ridge Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Meadow Ridge Wind Energy, Llc
35.7 mi	Wolverine Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wolverine Wind Energy, Llc
37.6 mi	Lamoni Municipal Utilities Lamoni, IA	Oil	11 MW	City Of Lamoni - (Ia)
37.7 mi	Adair Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	175 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
38.7 mi	Wiota Wiota, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wiota Wind Energy, Llc #1
39.2 mi	Arbor Hill Wind Farm Greenfield, IA	Wind	310 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.4 mi	Morning Light Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	111 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.5 mi	Clear Creek Wind Maryville, MO	Wind	242 MW	Clear Creek Wind, Llc
40.1 mi	Anita Anita, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Anita - (Ia)
42.1 mi	Wind Gem Stuart, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wind Gem, Llc
42.4 mi	Winterset Winterset, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Winterset - (Ia)
42.9 mi	Atlantic Atlantic, IA	Natural Gas	10 MW	Atlantic Municipal Utilities
42.9 mi	Nodaway Conception Junction, MO	Natural Gas	316 MW	Associated Electric Coop, Inc
43.2 mi	Arbor Hill Solar Greenfield, IA	Solar	25 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.4 mi	Shenandoah Shenandoah, IA	Oil	20 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.7 mi	Conception Stanberry, MO	Wind	50 MW	Cr Clearing, Llc
44.0 mi	Gilliam South Stuart, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
44.7 mi	Stuart (Ia) Stuart, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
45.8 mi	Shenandoah Hills Wind Farm Blanchard, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
46.4 mi	Stanberry Stanberry, MO	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Stanberry - (Mo)
46.8 mi	Eclipse Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	207 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
47.3 mi	Rock Creek Wind Project Tarkio, MO	Wind	300 MW	Enel Green Power Na, Inc.
47.4 mi	Exira Brayton, IA	Natural Gas	182 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
48.2 mi	Atchison County Wind Westboro, MO	Wind	299 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
48.5 mi	White Cloud Wind Project, Llc Tarkio, MO	Wind	237 MW	White Cloud Wind Project, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 51 power plants within 50 miles of Lenox, Iowa (ZIP 50851), with a combined 4,415 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 30 of the 51 nearby plants. The closest plant is Lenox at 0.3 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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