Power Plants Near 51037 — Meriden, IA

37 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51037 (Meriden, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.7874, -95.6408 · County: Cherokee

Wind 69%Coal 27%Natural Gas 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
8.4 mi	Glaciers Edge Wind Project Cleghorn, IA	Wind	212 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
12.5 mi	Storm Lake Ii Alta, IA	Wind	80 MW	Allete Clean Energy
13.8 mi	Storm Lake 1 Alta, IA	Wind	114 MW	Allete Clean Energy
15.7 mi	Plymouth Wind Remsen, IA	Wind	203 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
18.9 mi	Alta Municipal Utilities Alta, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Alta - (Ia)
20.3 mi	Highland Wind Project (Ia) Primghar, IA	Wind	502 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
20.7 mi	Primghar Primghar, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Primghar - (Ia)
22.6 mi	Intrepid Schaller, IA	Wind	176 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
28.5 mi	O'brien Wind Primghar, IA	Wind	250 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
31.9 mi	Ida Grove Wind Ida Grove, IA	Wind	301 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.3 mi	Earl F Wisdom Spencer, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
32.5 mi	Upland Prairie Spencer, IA	Wind	299 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
33.1 mi	Ida Grove Ii Ida Grove, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
34.8 mi	Otter Creek Ethanol Poet - Ashton Ashton, IA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Otter Creek Ethanol Llc - Poet Ashton
35.2 mi	Spencer Gas Turbine Spencer, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Spencer - (Ia)
36.1 mi	Richland (Ia) Odebolt, IA	Wind	131 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
40.3 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
40.5 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
41.5 mi	Sac County Wind, Llc Sac City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Sac County Wind
41.8 mi	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	100 MW	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc
42.3 mi	Allendorf Allendorf, IA	Wind	6 MW	E&e Enterprises Llc
42.5 mi	Sibley No Two Sibley, IA	Oil	1 MW	City Of Sibley - (Ia)
42.9 mi	Sibley One Sibley, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Sibley - (Ia)
44.6 mi	New Harvest Wind Project Llc Schleswig, IA	Wind	100 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
44.8 mi	Milford Milford, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Milford - (Ia)
45.0 mi	Flying Cloud Power Partners Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	44 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
45.8 mi	Osceola Windpower Llc Harris, IA	Wind	98 MW	Osceola Windpower Llc
45.8 mi	Osceola Windpower Ii Harris, IA	Wind	50 MW	Osceola Windpower Ii
46.0 mi	South Sioux City Energy Storage South Sioux City, NE	Other Fossil	2 MW	Dg Nebraska Energy Storage, Llc
46.5 mi	South Sioux City Solar Dakota, NE	Solar	2 MW	Tesla Inc.
47.3 mi	Lake Park Lake Park, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Lake Park - (Ia)
47.4 mi	Poet Biorefining - Hudson Hudson, SD	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Biorefining - Hudson
47.5 mi	Pomeroy Wind Farm Fonda, IA	Wind	286 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
47.8 mi	Neal Energy Center Solar Salix, IA	Solar	4 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.3 mi	George Neal North Sergeant Bluff, IA	Coal	584 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.7 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
49.8 mi	George Neal South Salix, IA	Coal	696 MW	Midamerican Energy Co

Power generation near this area

There are 37 power plants within 50 miles of Meriden, Iowa (ZIP 51037), with a combined 4,731 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 20 of the 37 nearby plants. The closest plant is Glaciers Edge Wind Project at 8.4 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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