Power Plants Near 51005 — Aurelia, IA

31 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51005 (Aurelia, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.6912, -95.4381 · County: Cherokee

Wind 95%Natural Gas 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.7 mi	Storm Lake 1 Alta, IA	Wind	114 MW	Allete Clean Energy
7.0 mi	Alta Municipal Utilities Alta, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Alta - (Ia)
10.5 mi	Storm Lake Ii Alta, IA	Wind	80 MW	Allete Clean Energy
11.0 mi	Intrepid Schaller, IA	Wind	176 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
20.6 mi	Glaciers Edge Wind Project Cleghorn, IA	Wind	212 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
23.2 mi	Ida Grove Wind Ida Grove, IA	Wind	301 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
25.1 mi	Richland (Ia) Odebolt, IA	Wind	131 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
25.2 mi	Ida Grove Ii Ida Grove, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
27.6 mi	Plymouth Wind Remsen, IA	Wind	203 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
29.0 mi	Primghar Primghar, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Primghar - (Ia)
29.1 mi	Highland Wind Project (Ia) Primghar, IA	Wind	502 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
29.3 mi	Sac County Wind, Llc Sac City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Sac County Wind
31.7 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
33.7 mi	Earl F Wisdom Spencer, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
34.7 mi	Spencer Gas Turbine Spencer, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Spencer - (Ia)
35.9 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
35.9 mi	Pomeroy Wind Farm Fonda, IA	Wind	286 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
35.9 mi	Upland Prairie Spencer, IA	Wind	299 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
36.4 mi	O'brien Wind Primghar, IA	Wind	250 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
36.7 mi	New Harvest Wind Project Llc Schleswig, IA	Wind	100 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
39.4 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
40.6 mi	Pocahontas Prairie Wind Farm Pomeroy, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.7 mi	Victory Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	105 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.5 mi	Otter Creek Ethanol Poet - Ashton Ashton, IA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Otter Creek Ethanol Llc - Poet Ashton
44.8 mi	Carroll Wind Farm Carroll, IA	Wind	159 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.6 mi	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	100 MW	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc
46.2 mi	Milford Milford, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Milford - (Ia)
46.4 mi	West Receiving Denison, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Denison - (Ia)
48.8 mi	Flying Cloud Power Partners Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	44 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
48.8 mi	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg Emmetsburg, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg
50.0 mi	Allendorf Allendorf, IA	Wind	6 MW	E&e Enterprises Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 31 power plants within 50 miles of Aurelia, Iowa (ZIP 51005), with a combined 3,631 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 21 of the 31 nearby plants. The closest plant is Storm Lake 1 at 1.7 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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