Power Plants Near 51031 — Le Mars, IA

25 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51031 (Le Mars, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.7962, -96.1704 · County: Plymouth

Wind 62%Coal 34%Oil 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
12.1 mi	Plymouth Wind Remsen, IA	Wind	203 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
20.7 mi	Glaciers Edge Wind Project Cleghorn, IA	Wind	212 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
25.9 mi	Poet Biorefining - Hudson Hudson, SD	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Biorefining - Hudson
27.1 mi	South Sioux City Solar Dakota, NE	Solar	2 MW	Tesla Inc.
27.8 mi	South Sioux City Energy Storage South Sioux City, NE	Other Fossil	2 MW	Dg Nebraska Energy Storage, Llc
32.6 mi	Highland Wind Project (Ia) Primghar, IA	Wind	502 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
33.3 mi	Neal Energy Center Solar Salix, IA	Solar	4 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
34.1 mi	Primghar Primghar, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Primghar - (Ia)
34.2 mi	George Neal North Sergeant Bluff, IA	Coal	584 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
35.6 mi	George Neal South Salix, IA	Coal	696 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.8 mi	Otter Creek Ethanol Poet - Ashton Ashton, IA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Otter Creek Ethanol Llc - Poet Ashton
38.9 mi	Storm Lake Ii Alta, IA	Wind	80 MW	Allete Clean Energy
39.3 mi	O'brien Wind Primghar, IA	Wind	250 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.6 mi	Storm Lake 1 Alta, IA	Wind	114 MW	Allete Clean Energy
42.1 mi	Spirit Mound Vermillion, SD	Oil	135 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
43.8 mi	Rock Rapids Rock Rapids, IA	Oil	3 MW	Rock Rapids Municipal Utility
44.4 mi	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project Dixon, NE	Wind	318 MW	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project, Llc
44.8 mi	Alta Municipal Utilities Alta, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Alta - (Ia)
45.8 mi	Emerson Emerson, NE	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Emerson - (Ne)
45.9 mi	Intrepid Schaller, IA	Wind	176 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.6 mi	Sibley No Two Sibley, IA	Oil	1 MW	City Of Sibley - (Ia)
47.7 mi	Sibley One Sibley, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Sibley - (Ia)
48.6 mi	Ida Grove Ii Ida Grove, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.8 mi	Ida Grove Wind Ida Grove, IA	Wind	301 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.7 mi	Allendorf Allendorf, IA	Wind	6 MW	E&e Enterprises Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 25 power plants within 50 miles of Le Mars, Iowa (ZIP 51031), with a combined 3,813 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 11 of the 25 nearby plants. The closest plant is Plymouth Wind at 12.1 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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