Power Plants Near 51061 — Washta, IA

27 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51061 (Washta, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.5781, -95.7295 · County: Cherokee

Wind 67%Coal 29%Natural Gas 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
18.2 mi	Storm Lake 1 Alta, IA	Wind	114 MW	Allete Clean Energy
19.7 mi	Glaciers Edge Wind Project Cleghorn, IA	Wind	212 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
20.5 mi	Intrepid Schaller, IA	Wind	176 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
21.2 mi	Plymouth Wind Remsen, IA	Wind	203 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
22.0 mi	Ida Grove Wind Ida Grove, IA	Wind	301 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
22.2 mi	Ida Grove Ii Ida Grove, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
22.7 mi	Alta Municipal Utilities Alta, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Alta - (Ia)
24.6 mi	Storm Lake Ii Alta, IA	Wind	80 MW	Allete Clean Energy
29.6 mi	Richland (Ia) Odebolt, IA	Wind	131 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
32.5 mi	New Harvest Wind Project Llc Schleswig, IA	Wind	100 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
34.9 mi	Highland Wind Project (Ia) Primghar, IA	Wind	502 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
35.6 mi	Primghar Primghar, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Primghar - (Ia)
35.8 mi	Neal Energy Center Solar Salix, IA	Solar	4 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
35.9 mi	South Sioux City Energy Storage South Sioux City, NE	Other Fossil	2 MW	Dg Nebraska Energy Storage, Llc
37.1 mi	South Sioux City Solar Dakota, NE	Solar	2 MW	Tesla Inc.
37.5 mi	George Neal North Sergeant Bluff, IA	Coal	584 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.5 mi	George Neal South Salix, IA	Coal	696 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.0 mi	Sac County Wind, Llc Sac City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Sac County Wind
42.8 mi	West Receiving Denison, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Denison - (Ia)
43.3 mi	O'brien Wind Primghar, IA	Wind	250 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.2 mi	Victory Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	105 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.8 mi	Earl F Wisdom Spencer, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
47.5 mi	Upland Prairie Spencer, IA	Wind	299 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.3 mi	Otter Creek Ethanol Poet - Ashton Ashton, IA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Otter Creek Ethanol Llc - Poet Ashton
48.4 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
49.1 mi	Spencer Gas Turbine Spencer, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Spencer - (Ia)
49.9 mi	Carroll Wind Farm Carroll, IA	Wind	159 MW	Midamerican Energy Co

Power generation near this area

There are 27 power plants within 50 miles of Washta, Iowa (ZIP 51061), with a combined 4,368 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 15 of the 27 nearby plants. The closest plant is Storm Lake 1 at 18.2 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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