Power Plants Near 51011 — Chatsworth, IA

25 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51011 (Chatsworth, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.9163, -96.5145 · County: Sioux

Wind 43%Coal 37%Natural Gas 13%Oil 4%Hydroelectric 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
12.6 mi	Poet Biorefining - Hudson Hudson, SD	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Biorefining - Hudson
24.1 mi	Spirit Mound Vermillion, SD	Oil	135 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
29.5 mi	Plymouth Wind Remsen, IA	Wind	203 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
31.9 mi	South Sioux City Solar Dakota, NE	Solar	2 MW	Tesla Inc.
33.8 mi	South Sioux City Energy Storage South Sioux City, NE	Other Fossil	2 MW	Dg Nebraska Energy Storage, Llc
37.8 mi	Glaciers Edge Wind Project Cleghorn, IA	Wind	212 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
38.6 mi	Poet Biorefining - Chancellor Chancellor, SD	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining- Chancellor
39.5 mi	Rock Rapids Rock Rapids, IA	Oil	3 MW	Rock Rapids Municipal Utility
40.7 mi	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project Dixon, NE	Wind	318 MW	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project, Llc
41.2 mi	Neal Energy Center Solar Salix, IA	Solar	4 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.4 mi	George Neal North Sergeant Bluff, IA	Coal	584 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.5 mi	Yankton Yankton, SD	Natural Gas	13 MW	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)
43.0 mi	Hills Hills, MN	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
43.2 mi	George Neal South Salix, IA	Coal	696 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.3 mi	Otter Creek Ethanol Poet - Ashton Ashton, IA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Otter Creek Ethanol Llc - Poet Ashton
44.5 mi	Laurel Laurel, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Laurel - (Ne)
44.8 mi	Highland Wind Project (Ia) Primghar, IA	Wind	502 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.5 mi	Minwind Luverne, MN	Wind	4 MW	Community Renewables, Llc
45.6 mi	Emerson Emerson, NE	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Emerson - (Ne)
46.4 mi	Primghar Primghar, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Primghar - (Ia)
47.8 mi	Pathfinder Sioux Falls, SD	Natural Gas	—	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
47.9 mi	Angus Anson Sioux Falls, SD	Natural Gas	406 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
48.1 mi	Wakefield Wakefield, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wakefield - (Ne)
49.0 mi	O'brien Wind Primghar, IA	Wind	250 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.2 mi	Gavins Point Crofton, NE	Hydroelectric	132 MW	Usace-Omaha

Power generation near this area

There are 25 power plants within 50 miles of Chatsworth, Iowa (ZIP 51011), with a combined 3,493 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 25 nearby plants. The closest plant is Poet Biorefining - Hudson at 12.6 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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