Power Plants Near 50862 — Sharpsburg, IA

49 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 50862 (Sharpsburg, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.7950, -94.6416 · County: Taylor

Wind 86%Natural Gas 11%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.3 mi	Lenox Lenox, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of Lenox - (Ia)
8.8 mi	Adams Wind Lenox, IA	Wind	154 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
8.9 mi	August Wind Farm Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	August Wind Energy, Llc
9.0 mi	Birch Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Birch Power Llc
13.3 mi	Contrail Wind Farm Bedford, IA	Wind	112 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
14.1 mi	Corning Corning, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Corning - (Ia)
14.3 mi	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning Corning, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning
20.3 mi	Villisca Municipal Power Plant Villisca, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Villisca - (Ia)
22.6 mi	Prescott Wind Farm Prescott, IA	Wind	39 MW	Prescott Wind Energy Llc
23.7 mi	Southern Hills Wind Farm Creston, IA	Wind	254 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
23.8 mi	Creston School Customer Hosted Solar Creston, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
25.4 mi	Creston Solar (50 Mw) Creston, IA	Solar	50 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
26.8 mi	Summit Lake Creston, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
28.6 mi	Rolling Hills Wind Farm Massena, IA	Wind	484 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
30.5 mi	Orient Wind Farm Orient, IA	Wind	501 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
31.6 mi	Bulldog Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Bulldog Wind Energy, Llc
31.7 mi	Cumberland Rose Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Cumberland Rose Wind Energy, Llc
32.2 mi	Clear Creek Wind Maryville, MO	Wind	242 MW	Clear Creek Wind, Llc
35.2 mi	Greenfield Wind Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Greenfield Wind Power, Llc
35.2 mi	Sky Volt Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Sky Volt, Llc
35.9 mi	Nodaway Conception Junction, MO	Natural Gas	316 MW	Associated Electric Coop, Inc
36.4 mi	Greenfield Light Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	—	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
36.4 mi	Downtown Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
37.2 mi	Conception Stanberry, MO	Wind	50 MW	Cr Clearing, Llc
37.3 mi	North Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
37.8 mi	Fontanelle Fontanelle, IA	Wind	2 MW	Forward Fontanelle Power, Llc
38.5 mi	Shenandoah Shenandoah, IA	Oil	20 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.0 mi	Lamoni Municipal Utilities Lamoni, IA	Oil	11 MW	City Of Lamoni - (Ia)
39.8 mi	Shenandoah Hills Wind Farm Blanchard, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
40.0 mi	Rock Creek Wind Project Tarkio, MO	Wind	300 MW	Enel Green Power Na, Inc.
40.1 mi	Macksburg Wind Project Macksburg, IA	Wind	120 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.2 mi	Roseman Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Roseman Energy, Llc
40.4 mi	Green Energy Machine Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Green Energy Machine, Llc
40.6 mi	Stanberry Stanberry, MO	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Stanberry - (Mo)
41.2 mi	White Cloud Wind Project, Llc Tarkio, MO	Wind	237 MW	White Cloud Wind Project, Llc
41.6 mi	Atchison County Wind Westboro, MO	Wind	299 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
42.4 mi	Meadow Ridge Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Meadow Ridge Wind Energy, Llc
42.6 mi	Wolverine Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wolverine Wind Energy, Llc
43.0 mi	Wiota Wiota, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wiota Wind Energy, Llc #1
43.4 mi	Adair Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	175 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.3 mi	Anita Anita, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Anita - (Ia)
45.7 mi	Morning Light Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	111 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.3 mi	Atlantic Atlantic, IA	Natural Gas	10 MW	Atlantic Municipal Utilities
46.5 mi	Arbor Hill Wind Farm Greenfield, IA	Wind	310 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.6 mi	Farmers City Wind Llc Tarkio, MO	Wind	146 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
48.7 mi	Bluegrass Ridge King City, MO	Wind	57 MW	Wind Capital Holdings, Llc
49.2 mi	Wind Gem Stuart, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wind Gem, Llc
49.4 mi	Cow Branch Tarkio, MO	Wind	50 MW	Cow Branch Wind Power, Llc
49.8 mi	Winterset Winterset, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Winterset - (Ia)

Power generation near this area

There are 49 power plants within 50 miles of Sharpsburg, Iowa (ZIP 50862), with a combined 4,247 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 32 of the 49 nearby plants. The closest plant is Lenox at 7.3 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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