Power Plants Near 51035 — Marcus, IA

36 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51035 (Marcus, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.8200, -95.8034 · County: Cherokee

Wind 67%Coal 29%Natural Gas 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.3 mi	Glaciers Edge Wind Project Cleghorn, IA	Wind	212 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
7.2 mi	Plymouth Wind Remsen, IA	Wind	203 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
19.5 mi	Highland Wind Project (Ia) Primghar, IA	Wind	502 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
20.2 mi	Storm Lake Ii Alta, IA	Wind	80 MW	Allete Clean Energy
20.5 mi	Primghar Primghar, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Primghar - (Ia)
22.2 mi	Storm Lake 1 Alta, IA	Wind	114 MW	Allete Clean Energy
27.3 mi	Alta Municipal Utilities Alta, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Alta - (Ia)
27.8 mi	O'brien Wind Primghar, IA	Wind	250 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
30.3 mi	Intrepid Schaller, IA	Wind	176 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
31.4 mi	Otter Creek Ethanol Poet - Ashton Ashton, IA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Otter Creek Ethanol Llc - Poet Ashton
35.3 mi	Upland Prairie Spencer, IA	Wind	299 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
36.3 mi	Earl F Wisdom Spencer, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
37.5 mi	Ida Grove Wind Ida Grove, IA	Wind	301 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
38.3 mi	Ida Grove Ii Ida Grove, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.1 mi	Poet Biorefining - Hudson Hudson, SD	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Biorefining - Hudson
39.9 mi	Sibley No Two Sibley, IA	Oil	1 MW	City Of Sibley - (Ia)
40.2 mi	Spencer Gas Turbine Spencer, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Spencer - (Ia)
40.6 mi	Sibley One Sibley, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Sibley - (Ia)
40.7 mi	South Sioux City Energy Storage South Sioux City, NE	Other Fossil	2 MW	Dg Nebraska Energy Storage, Llc
40.9 mi	South Sioux City Solar Dakota, NE	Solar	2 MW	Tesla Inc.
41.0 mi	Allendorf Allendorf, IA	Wind	6 MW	E&e Enterprises Llc
43.1 mi	Richland (Ia) Odebolt, IA	Wind	131 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
43.6 mi	Neal Energy Center Solar Salix, IA	Solar	4 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.7 mi	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	100 MW	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc
45.0 mi	George Neal North Sergeant Bluff, IA	Coal	584 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.8 mi	George Neal South Salix, IA	Coal	696 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.0 mi	Rock Rapids Rock Rapids, IA	Oil	3 MW	Rock Rapids Municipal Utility
46.5 mi	Osceola Windpower Llc Harris, IA	Wind	98 MW	Osceola Windpower Llc
46.5 mi	Osceola Windpower Ii Harris, IA	Wind	50 MW	Osceola Windpower Ii
46.9 mi	Flying Cloud Power Partners Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	44 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
47.2 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
48.1 mi	Milford Milford, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Milford - (Ia)
48.3 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
48.8 mi	Lake Park Lake Park, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Lake Park - (Ia)
49.2 mi	New Harvest Wind Project Llc Schleswig, IA	Wind	100 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
49.5 mi	Sac County Wind, Llc Sac City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Sac County Wind

Power generation near this area

There are 36 power plants within 50 miles of Marcus, Iowa (ZIP 51035), with a combined 4,443 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 19 of the 36 nearby plants. The closest plant is Glaciers Edge Wind Project at 3.3 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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