Power Plants Near 51047 — Peterson, IA

45 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51047 (Peterson, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.9328, -95.3377 · County: Clay

Wind 94%Natural Gas 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.2 mi	Storm Lake Ii Alta, IA	Wind	80 MW	Allete Clean Energy
16.3 mi	Earl F Wisdom Spencer, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
17.3 mi	Storm Lake 1 Alta, IA	Wind	114 MW	Allete Clean Energy
17.6 mi	Spencer Gas Turbine Spencer, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Spencer - (Ia)
18.0 mi	Alta Municipal Utilities Alta, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Alta - (Ia)
18.1 mi	Primghar Primghar, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Primghar - (Ia)
19.0 mi	Upland Prairie Spencer, IA	Wind	299 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
19.0 mi	Highland Wind Project (Ia) Primghar, IA	Wind	502 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
22.4 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
22.5 mi	Glaciers Edge Wind Project Cleghorn, IA	Wind	212 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
23.5 mi	O'brien Wind Primghar, IA	Wind	250 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
25.3 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
26.2 mi	Intrepid Schaller, IA	Wind	176 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
28.5 mi	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	100 MW	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc
28.8 mi	Milford Milford, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Milford - (Ia)
31.2 mi	Plymouth Wind Remsen, IA	Wind	203 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
31.6 mi	Flying Cloud Power Partners Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	44 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
33.6 mi	Otter Creek Ethanol Poet - Ashton Ashton, IA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Otter Creek Ethanol Llc - Poet Ashton
34.4 mi	Lake Park Lake Park, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Lake Park - (Ia)
34.6 mi	Osceola Windpower Llc Harris, IA	Wind	98 MW	Osceola Windpower Llc
34.6 mi	Osceola Windpower Ii Harris, IA	Wind	50 MW	Osceola Windpower Ii
35.6 mi	Allendorf Allendorf, IA	Wind	6 MW	E&e Enterprises Llc
36.5 mi	Graettinger Graettinger, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Graettinger - (Ia)
36.8 mi	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg Emmetsburg, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg
36.9 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
38.0 mi	Sibley One Sibley, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Sibley - (Ia)
38.2 mi	Sibley No Two Sibley, IA	Oil	1 MW	City Of Sibley - (Ia)
38.5 mi	Pomeroy Wind Farm Fonda, IA	Wind	286 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.4 mi	Sac County Wind, Llc Sac City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Sac County Wind
39.7 mi	Iowa Lakes Superior Wind Farm Superior, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
39.8 mi	Richland (Ia) Odebolt, IA	Wind	131 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
40.1 mi	Ida Grove Wind Ida Grove, IA	Wind	301 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.9 mi	Iowa Lakes Community College Wind Farm Estherville, IA	Wind	2 MW	Iowa Lakes Community College
40.9 mi	Estherville Estherville, IA	Natural Gas	16 MW	City Of Estherville - (Ia)
42.3 mi	Ida Grove Ii Ida Grove, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.7 mi	Pocahontas Prairie Wind Farm Pomeroy, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.1 mi	Palo Alto Wind Farm Emmetsburg, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.2 mi	West Bend West Bent, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of West Bend
45.3 mi	South Fork Wind Farm Round Lake, MN	Wind	14 MW	South Fork Wind, Llc
47.5 mi	Ewington Energy Systems, Llc Worthington, MN	Wind	23 MW	Ewington Energy Systems, Llc
47.9 mi	Cisco Brewster, MN	Wind	8 MW	Allete Clean Energy
49.7 mi	Dl Windy Acres Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
49.7 mi	B&k Energy Systems Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
49.7 mi	S&p Windfarm Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
49.9 mi	Wolf Wind Enterprises Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 45 power plants within 50 miles of Peterson, Iowa (ZIP 51047), with a combined 3,853 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 30 of the 45 nearby plants. The closest plant is Storm Lake Ii at 7.2 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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