Power Plants Near 50861 — Shannon City, IA

44 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50861 (Shannon City, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.9017, -94.2633 · County: Union

Wind 89%Natural Gas 4%Oil 4%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
12.0 mi	Creston Solar (50 Mw) Creston, IA	Solar	50 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
13.2 mi	Creston School Customer Hosted Solar Creston, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
14.4 mi	Birch Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Birch Power Llc
14.6 mi	August Wind Farm Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	August Wind Energy, Llc
15.3 mi	Summit Lake Creston, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
15.5 mi	Lenox Lenox, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of Lenox - (Ia)
18.0 mi	Southern Hills Wind Farm Creston, IA	Wind	254 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
21.4 mi	Adams Wind Lenox, IA	Wind	154 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
22.3 mi	Orient Wind Farm Orient, IA	Wind	501 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
22.8 mi	Macksburg Wind Project Macksburg, IA	Wind	120 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
23.4 mi	Prescott Wind Farm Prescott, IA	Wind	39 MW	Prescott Wind Energy Llc
24.2 mi	Cumberland Rose Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Cumberland Rose Wind Energy, Llc
24.2 mi	Bulldog Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Bulldog Wind Energy, Llc
25.3 mi	Corning Corning, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Corning - (Ia)
25.9 mi	Lamoni Municipal Utilities Lamoni, IA	Oil	11 MW	City Of Lamoni - (Ia)
28.1 mi	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning Corning, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning
29.2 mi	Greenfield Wind Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Greenfield Wind Power, Llc
29.2 mi	Sky Volt Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Sky Volt, Llc
29.6 mi	Greenfield Light Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	—	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
29.6 mi	Downtown Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
30.3 mi	North Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
32.8 mi	Winterset Winterset, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Winterset - (Ia)
33.6 mi	Rolling Hills Wind Farm Massena, IA	Wind	484 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
33.9 mi	Contrail Wind Farm Bedford, IA	Wind	112 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
34.2 mi	Fontanelle Fontanelle, IA	Wind	2 MW	Forward Fontanelle Power, Llc
34.7 mi	Arbor Hill Wind Farm Greenfield, IA	Wind	310 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
35.0 mi	Meadow Ridge Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Meadow Ridge Wind Energy, Llc
35.2 mi	Wolverine Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wolverine Wind Energy, Llc
37.8 mi	Villisca Municipal Power Plant Villisca, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Villisca - (Ia)
39.1 mi	Arbor Hill Solar Greenfield, IA	Solar	25 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.5 mi	Wind Gem Stuart, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wind Gem, Llc
41.2 mi	Gilliam South Stuart, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
41.3 mi	Roseman Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Roseman Energy, Llc
41.4 mi	Green Energy Machine Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Green Energy Machine, Llc
41.5 mi	Morning Light Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	111 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.7 mi	Adair Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	175 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.7 mi	Stuart (Ia) Stuart, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
45.7 mi	Anita Anita, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Anita - (Ia)
46.5 mi	Wiota Wiota, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wiota Wind Energy, Llc #1
48.2 mi	Indianola Indianola, IA	Oil	41 MW	Indianola Municipal Utilities
49.4 mi	Clear Creek Wind Maryville, MO	Wind	242 MW	Clear Creek Wind, Llc
49.4 mi	Conception Stanberry, MO	Wind	50 MW	Cr Clearing, Llc
49.5 mi	Hy-Vee Customer Hosted 2.25mw Solar Chariton, IA	Solar	2 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
49.8 mi	Stanberry Stanberry, MO	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Stanberry - (Mo)

Power generation near this area

There are 44 power plants within 50 miles of Shannon City, Iowa (ZIP 50861), with a combined 2,888 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 25 of the 44 nearby plants. The closest plant is Creston Solar (50 Mw) at 12.0 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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