Power Plants Near 51018 — Cushing, IA

24 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51018 (Cushing, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.4642, -95.6775 · County: Woodbury

Wind 67%Coal 32%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
14.6 mi	Ida Grove Ii Ida Grove, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
15.1 mi	Ida Grove Wind Ida Grove, IA	Wind	301 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
18.8 mi	Intrepid Schaller, IA	Wind	176 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
20.8 mi	Storm Lake 1 Alta, IA	Wind	114 MW	Allete Clean Energy
23.9 mi	Alta Municipal Utilities Alta, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Alta - (Ia)
24.1 mi	Richland (Ia) Odebolt, IA	Wind	131 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
24.3 mi	New Harvest Wind Project Llc Schleswig, IA	Wind	100 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
27.9 mi	Glaciers Edge Wind Project Cleghorn, IA	Wind	212 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
29.4 mi	Plymouth Wind Remsen, IA	Wind	203 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
29.5 mi	Storm Lake Ii Alta, IA	Wind	80 MW	Allete Clean Energy
34.5 mi	West Receiving Denison, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Denison - (Ia)
34.9 mi	Sac County Wind, Llc Sac City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Sac County Wind
35.4 mi	Neal Energy Center Solar Salix, IA	Solar	4 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
36.7 mi	George Neal South Salix, IA	Coal	696 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
36.9 mi	Victory Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	105 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.1 mi	George Neal North Sergeant Bluff, IA	Coal	584 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.3 mi	South Sioux City Energy Storage South Sioux City, NE	Other Fossil	2 MW	Dg Nebraska Energy Storage, Llc
38.9 mi	South Sioux City Solar Dakota, NE	Solar	2 MW	Tesla Inc.
42.4 mi	Silver Queen Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	—	Silver Queen Wind Farm, Llc
42.6 mi	Highland Wind Project (Ia) Primghar, IA	Wind	502 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.1 mi	Primghar Primghar, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Primghar - (Ia)
43.5 mi	Carroll Wind Farm Carroll, IA	Wind	159 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.1 mi	Pomeroy Wind Farm Fonda, IA	Wind	286 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.7 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)

Power generation near this area

There are 24 power plants within 50 miles of Cushing, Iowa (ZIP 51018), with a combined 3,954 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 15 of the 24 nearby plants. The closest plant is Ida Grove Ii at 14.6 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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