Power Plants Near 51046 — Paullina, IA

42 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51046 (Paullina, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.9703, -95.7083 · County: O'brien

Wind 94%Natural Gas 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
8.0 mi	Highland Wind Project (Ia) Primghar, IA	Wind	502 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
8.1 mi	Glaciers Edge Wind Project Cleghorn, IA	Wind	212 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
9.1 mi	Primghar Primghar, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Primghar - (Ia)
14.7 mi	Plymouth Wind Remsen, IA	Wind	203 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
16.5 mi	O'brien Wind Primghar, IA	Wind	250 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
17.7 mi	Storm Lake Ii Alta, IA	Wind	80 MW	Allete Clean Energy
21.7 mi	Otter Creek Ethanol Poet - Ashton Ashton, IA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Otter Creek Ethanol Llc - Poet Ashton
24.4 mi	Upland Prairie Spencer, IA	Wind	299 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
24.8 mi	Storm Lake 1 Alta, IA	Wind	114 MW	Allete Clean Energy
26.3 mi	Earl F Wisdom Spencer, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
29.0 mi	Alta Municipal Utilities Alta, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Alta - (Ia)
29.5 mi	Sibley No Two Sibley, IA	Oil	1 MW	City Of Sibley - (Ia)
29.9 mi	Allendorf Allendorf, IA	Wind	6 MW	E&e Enterprises Llc
30.0 mi	Sibley One Sibley, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Sibley - (Ia)
30.9 mi	Spencer Gas Turbine Spencer, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Spencer - (Ia)
32.4 mi	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	100 MW	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc
34.6 mi	Intrepid Schaller, IA	Wind	176 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
35.0 mi	Osceola Windpower Llc Harris, IA	Wind	98 MW	Osceola Windpower Llc
35.0 mi	Osceola Windpower Ii Harris, IA	Wind	50 MW	Osceola Windpower Ii
35.5 mi	Flying Cloud Power Partners Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	44 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
37.4 mi	Milford Milford, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Milford - (Ia)
37.4 mi	Lake Park Lake Park, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Lake Park - (Ia)
39.3 mi	Rock Rapids Rock Rapids, IA	Oil	3 MW	Rock Rapids Municipal Utility
39.8 mi	Poet Biorefining - Hudson Hudson, SD	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Biorefining - Hudson
40.0 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
42.3 mi	Wolf Wind Enterprises Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
42.4 mi	Sunset Breeze Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
42.5 mi	Minnesota Breeze Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
42.7 mi	G Flow Wind Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
42.7 mi	Green Acres Breeze Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
44.2 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
44.9 mi	Ida Grove Wind Ida Grove, IA	Wind	301 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.8 mi	South Fork Wind Farm Round Lake, MN	Wind	14 MW	South Fork Wind, Llc
46.1 mi	Worthington Worthington, MN	Wind	20 MW	City Of Worthington - (Mn)
46.2 mi	Ida Grove Ii Ida Grove, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
47.1 mi	Ewington Energy Systems, Llc Worthington, MN	Wind	23 MW	Ewington Energy Systems, Llc
47.4 mi	Adrian Adrian, MN	Oil	2 MW	Adrian Public Utilities Comm
48.3 mi	Cisco Brewster, MN	Wind	8 MW	Allete Clean Energy
48.6 mi	Richland (Ia) Odebolt, IA	Wind	131 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
49.2 mi	Iowa Lakes Superior Wind Farm Superior, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
49.8 mi	S&p Windfarm Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
49.9 mi	B&k Energy Systems Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster

Power generation near this area

There are 42 power plants within 50 miles of Paullina, Iowa (ZIP 51046), with a combined 3,062 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 29 of the 42 nearby plants. The closest plant is Highland Wind Project (Ia) at 8.0 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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