Power Plants Near 51048 — Pierson, IA

25 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51048 (Pierson, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.5335, -95.8922 · County: Woodbury

Wind 68%Coal 31%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
21.5 mi	Plymouth Wind Remsen, IA	Wind	203 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
23.5 mi	Glaciers Edge Wind Project Cleghorn, IA	Wind	212 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
26.3 mi	Ida Grove Ii Ida Grove, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
27.0 mi	Storm Lake 1 Alta, IA	Wind	114 MW	Allete Clean Energy
27.0 mi	Ida Grove Wind Ida Grove, IA	Wind	301 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
27.1 mi	Neal Energy Center Solar Salix, IA	Solar	4 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
27.1 mi	South Sioux City Energy Storage South Sioux City, NE	Other Fossil	2 MW	Dg Nebraska Energy Storage, Llc
28.4 mi	South Sioux City Solar Dakota, NE	Solar	2 MW	Tesla Inc.
28.7 mi	George Neal North Sergeant Bluff, IA	Coal	584 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
28.7 mi	Intrepid Schaller, IA	Wind	176 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
28.9 mi	George Neal South Salix, IA	Coal	696 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
31.5 mi	Alta Municipal Utilities Alta, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Alta - (Ia)
32.6 mi	Storm Lake Ii Alta, IA	Wind	80 MW	Allete Clean Energy
34.7 mi	New Harvest Wind Project Llc Schleswig, IA	Wind	100 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
35.9 mi	Richland (Ia) Odebolt, IA	Wind	131 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
39.6 mi	Highland Wind Project (Ia) Primghar, IA	Wind	502 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.6 mi	Primghar Primghar, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Primghar - (Ia)
44.5 mi	West Receiving Denison, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Denison - (Ia)
46.3 mi	Emerson Emerson, NE	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Emerson - (Ne)
46.4 mi	Sac County Wind, Llc Sac City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Sac County Wind
48.0 mi	O'brien Wind Primghar, IA	Wind	250 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.5 mi	Victory Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	105 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.9 mi	Poet Biorefining - Hudson Hudson, SD	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Biorefining - Hudson
49.0 mi	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project Dixon, NE	Wind	318 MW	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project, Llc
49.4 mi	Burt County Solar Hybrid Tekamah, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 25 power plants within 50 miles of Pierson, Iowa (ZIP 51048), with a combined 4,075 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 14 of the 25 nearby plants. The closest plant is Plymouth Wind at 21.5 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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