Power Plants Near 51056 — Smithland, IA

27 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51056 (Smithland, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.2408, -95.9486 · County: Woodbury

Wind 60%Coal 39%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
21.4 mi	Neal Energy Center Solar Salix, IA	Solar	4 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
21.5 mi	George Neal South Salix, IA	Coal	696 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
22.8 mi	George Neal North Sergeant Bluff, IA	Coal	584 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
25.7 mi	Ida Grove Ii Ida Grove, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
26.6 mi	New Harvest Wind Project Llc Schleswig, IA	Wind	100 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
26.9 mi	South Sioux City Energy Storage South Sioux City, NE	Other Fossil	2 MW	Dg Nebraska Energy Storage, Llc
28.1 mi	Ida Grove Wind Ida Grove, IA	Wind	301 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
29.2 mi	South Sioux City Solar Dakota, NE	Solar	2 MW	Tesla Inc.
29.8 mi	Burt County Solar Hybrid Tekamah, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc
31.8 mi	Burt County Wind Oakland, NE	Wind	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
33.6 mi	West Receiving Denison, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Denison - (Ia)
33.8 mi	Lyons Lyons, NE	Oil	3 MW	City Of Lyons - (Ne)
37.9 mi	Richland (Ia) Odebolt, IA	Wind	131 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
38.3 mi	Intrepid Schaller, IA	Wind	176 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.7 mi	Pender Pender, NE	Oil	5 MW	City Of Pender - (Ne)
40.0 mi	Emerson Emerson, NE	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Emerson - (Ne)
41.5 mi	Storm Lake 1 Alta, IA	Wind	114 MW	Allete Clean Energy
41.6 mi	Plymouth Wind Remsen, IA	Wind	203 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.8 mi	Victory Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	105 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.9 mi	Glaciers Edge Wind Project Cleghorn, IA	Wind	212 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
44.5 mi	Alta Municipal Utilities Alta, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Alta - (Ia)
45.0 mi	Silver Queen Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	—	Silver Queen Wind Farm, Llc
45.9 mi	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project Dixon, NE	Wind	318 MW	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project, Llc
46.8 mi	Wakefield Wakefield, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wakefield - (Ne)
47.8 mi	West Point Municipal West Point, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of West Point - (Ne)
49.2 mi	Cuming County Renewables, Llc Wisner, NE	Wind	3 MW	Cuming County Renewables. Llc
49.9 mi	Storm Lake Ii Alta, IA	Wind	80 MW	Allete Clean Energy

Power generation near this area

There are 27 power plants within 50 miles of Smithland, Iowa (ZIP 51056), with a combined 3,255 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 14 of the 27 nearby plants. The closest plant is Neal Energy Center Solar at 21.4 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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