Power Plants Near 51002 — Alta, IA

33 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51002 (Alta, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.6771, -95.3129 · County: Buena Vista

Wind 95%Natural Gas 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
0.6 mi	Alta Municipal Utilities Alta, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Alta - (Ia)
4.7 mi	Storm Lake 1 Alta, IA	Wind	114 MW	Allete Clean Energy
8.5 mi	Intrepid Schaller, IA	Wind	176 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
12.3 mi	Storm Lake Ii Alta, IA	Wind	80 MW	Allete Clean Energy
22.1 mi	Richland (Ia) Odebolt, IA	Wind	131 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
22.9 mi	Ida Grove Wind Ida Grove, IA	Wind	301 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
24.0 mi	Sac County Wind, Llc Sac City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Sac County Wind
25.3 mi	Ida Grove Ii Ida Grove, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
26.3 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
26.6 mi	Glaciers Edge Wind Project Cleghorn, IA	Wind	212 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
29.5 mi	Pomeroy Wind Farm Fonda, IA	Wind	286 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.3 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
32.5 mi	Primghar Primghar, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Primghar - (Ia)
32.8 mi	Highland Wind Project (Ia) Primghar, IA	Wind	502 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
33.1 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
33.4 mi	Spencer Gas Turbine Spencer, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Spencer - (Ia)
33.5 mi	Earl F Wisdom Spencer, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
33.9 mi	Plymouth Wind Remsen, IA	Wind	203 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
34.1 mi	Pocahontas Prairie Wind Farm Pomeroy, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
36.3 mi	New Harvest Wind Project Llc Schleswig, IA	Wind	100 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
36.7 mi	Upland Prairie Spencer, IA	Wind	299 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
39.4 mi	O'brien Wind Primghar, IA	Wind	250 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.8 mi	Victory Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	105 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.6 mi	Carroll Wind Farm Carroll, IA	Wind	159 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.4 mi	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg Emmetsburg, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg
45.4 mi	West Receiving Denison, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Denison - (Ia)
45.6 mi	Milford Milford, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Milford - (Ia)
46.2 mi	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	100 MW	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc
47.5 mi	Silver Queen Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	—	Silver Queen Wind Farm, Llc
48.1 mi	West Bend West Bent, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of West Bend
48.2 mi	Graettinger Graettinger, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Graettinger - (Ia)
48.3 mi	Otter Creek Ethanol Poet - Ashton Ashton, IA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Otter Creek Ethanol Llc - Poet Ashton
49.2 mi	Flying Cloud Power Partners Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	44 MW	Avangrid Power Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 33 power plants within 50 miles of Alta, Iowa (ZIP 51002), with a combined 3,635 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 21 of the 33 nearby plants. The closest plant is Alta Municipal Utilities at 0.6 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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