Power Plants Near 51012 — Cherokee, IA

36 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51012 (Cherokee, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.7482, -95.5568 · County: Cherokee

Wind 95%Natural Gas 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
8.8 mi	Storm Lake 1 Alta, IA	Wind	114 MW	Allete Clean Energy
10.0 mi	Storm Lake Ii Alta, IA	Wind	80 MW	Allete Clean Energy
13.4 mi	Glaciers Edge Wind Project Cleghorn, IA	Wind	212 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
13.9 mi	Alta Municipal Utilities Alta, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Alta - (Ia)
17.8 mi	Intrepid Schaller, IA	Wind	176 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
20.6 mi	Plymouth Wind Remsen, IA	Wind	203 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
23.5 mi	Highland Wind Project (Ia) Primghar, IA	Wind	502 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
23.7 mi	Primghar Primghar, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Primghar - (Ia)
28.0 mi	Ida Grove Wind Ida Grove, IA	Wind	301 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
29.5 mi	Ida Grove Ii Ida Grove, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
31.4 mi	O'brien Wind Primghar, IA	Wind	250 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
31.5 mi	Richland (Ia) Odebolt, IA	Wind	131 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
32.3 mi	Earl F Wisdom Spencer, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
33.4 mi	Upland Prairie Spencer, IA	Wind	299 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
34.4 mi	Spencer Gas Turbine Spencer, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Spencer - (Ia)
36.4 mi	Sac County Wind, Llc Sac City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Sac County Wind
36.5 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
38.2 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
38.6 mi	Otter Creek Ethanol Poet - Ashton Ashton, IA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Otter Creek Ethanol Llc - Poet Ashton
41.1 mi	New Harvest Wind Project Llc Schleswig, IA	Wind	100 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
42.7 mi	Pomeroy Wind Farm Fonda, IA	Wind	286 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.9 mi	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	100 MW	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc
44.9 mi	Milford Milford, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Milford - (Ia)
45.2 mi	Allendorf Allendorf, IA	Wind	6 MW	E&e Enterprises Llc
45.3 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
45.9 mi	Sibley No Two Sibley, IA	Oil	1 MW	City Of Sibley - (Ia)
46.2 mi	Sibley One Sibley, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Sibley - (Ia)
46.2 mi	Flying Cloud Power Partners Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	44 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
47.3 mi	Pocahontas Prairie Wind Farm Pomeroy, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
47.7 mi	Osceola Windpower Llc Harris, IA	Wind	98 MW	Osceola Windpower Llc
47.7 mi	Osceola Windpower Ii Harris, IA	Wind	50 MW	Osceola Windpower Ii
48.4 mi	South Sioux City Energy Storage South Sioux City, NE	Other Fossil	2 MW	Dg Nebraska Energy Storage, Llc
48.7 mi	Lake Park Lake Park, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Lake Park - (Ia)
48.8 mi	Victory Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	105 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.2 mi	South Sioux City Solar Dakota, NE	Solar	2 MW	Tesla Inc.
49.5 mi	Neal Energy Center Solar Salix, IA	Solar	4 MW	Midamerican Energy Co

Power generation near this area

There are 36 power plants within 50 miles of Cherokee, Iowa (ZIP 51012), with a combined 3,632 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 22 of the 36 nearby plants. The closest plant is Storm Lake 1 at 8.8 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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