Power Plants Near 50858 — Orient, IA

56 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50858 (Orient, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.2192, -94.3705 · County: Adair

Wind 65%Natural Gas 30%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.7 mi	Orient Wind Farm Orient, IA	Wind	501 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
3.4 mi	Cumberland Rose Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Cumberland Rose Wind Energy, Llc
3.7 mi	Bulldog Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Bulldog Wind Energy, Llc
7.4 mi	Summit Lake Creston, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
7.5 mi	Greenfield Light Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	—	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
7.5 mi	Downtown Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
7.7 mi	Greenfield Wind Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Greenfield Wind Power, Llc
7.7 mi	Sky Volt Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Sky Volt, Llc
8.0 mi	North Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
9.0 mi	Southern Hills Wind Farm Creston, IA	Wind	254 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
10.1 mi	Creston School Customer Hosted Solar Creston, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
10.6 mi	Creston Solar (50 Mw) Creston, IA	Solar	50 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
12.4 mi	Meadow Ridge Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Meadow Ridge Wind Energy, Llc
12.6 mi	Wolverine Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wolverine Wind Energy, Llc
13.3 mi	Fontanelle Fontanelle, IA	Wind	2 MW	Forward Fontanelle Power, Llc
13.9 mi	Macksburg Wind Project Macksburg, IA	Wind	120 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
14.0 mi	Prescott Wind Farm Prescott, IA	Wind	39 MW	Prescott Wind Energy Llc
14.0 mi	Arbor Hill Wind Farm Greenfield, IA	Wind	310 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
17.4 mi	Wind Gem Stuart, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wind Gem, Llc
18.0 mi	Arbor Hill Solar Greenfield, IA	Solar	25 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
19.3 mi	Gilliam South Stuart, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
19.4 mi	Morning Light Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	111 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
19.9 mi	Stuart (Ia) Stuart, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
20.3 mi	Winterset Winterset, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Winterset - (Ia)
20.8 mi	Adair Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	175 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
21.0 mi	Rolling Hills Wind Farm Massena, IA	Wind	484 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
22.5 mi	Roseman Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Roseman Energy, Llc
22.6 mi	Green Energy Machine Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Green Energy Machine, Llc
24.9 mi	Corning Corning, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Corning - (Ia)
25.4 mi	Lenox Lenox, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of Lenox - (Ia)
25.8 mi	Anita Anita, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Anita - (Ia)
26.0 mi	Adams Wind Lenox, IA	Wind	154 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
28.2 mi	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning Corning, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning
28.3 mi	Eclipse Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	207 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
28.8 mi	Wiota Wiota, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wiota Wind Energy, Llc #1
31.7 mi	Birch Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Birch Power Llc
31.9 mi	August Wind Farm Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	August Wind Energy, Llc
32.9 mi	Panora Panora, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Panora - (Ia)
35.0 mi	Exira Brayton, IA	Natural Gas	182 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
35.2 mi	Atlantic Atlantic, IA	Natural Gas	10 MW	Atlantic Municipal Utilities
37.7 mi	Villisca Municipal Power Plant Villisca, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Villisca - (Ia)
40.7 mi	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc Melville, IA	Wind	104 MW	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc
43.0 mi	Indianola Indianola, IA	Oil	41 MW	Indianola Municipal Utilities
45.0 mi	Perry Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Perry, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
45.1 mi	Contrail Wind Farm Bedford, IA	Wind	112 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.1 mi	Heartland Divide Ii Audubon, IA	Wind	200 MW	Heartland Divide Ii
46.6 mi	River Hills Des Moines, IA	Natural Gas	128 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
47.2 mi	Lamoni Municipal Utilities Lamoni, IA	Oil	11 MW	City Of Lamoni - (Ia)
47.6 mi	Sycamore (Ia) Johnston, IA	Natural Gas	158 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
47.8 mi	Walnut Wind Farm Walnut, IA	Wind	165 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
47.8 mi	Coon Rapids Ii Coon Rapids, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Coon Rapids
48.7 mi	Des Moines Wastewater Reclamation Fac Des Moines, IA	Biomass	3 MW	Des Moines Metro Wrf
48.9 mi	Anderson Erickson Des Moines, IA	Oil	2 MW	Anderson Erickson Dairy
49.4 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Des Moines Des Moines, IA	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
49.5 mi	Greater Des Moines Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	576 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.7 mi	Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	180 MW	Midamerican Energy Co

Power generation near this area

There are 56 power plants within 50 miles of Orient, Iowa (ZIP 50858), with a combined 4,522 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 27 of the 56 nearby plants. The closest plant is Orient Wind Farm at 2.7 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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