Power Plants Near 51201 — Sheldon, IA

55 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51201 (Sheldon, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.1808, -95.8401 · County: O'brien

Wind 84%Natural Gas 15%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.7 mi	Otter Creek Ethanol Poet - Ashton Ashton, IA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Otter Creek Ethanol Llc - Poet Ashton
11.0 mi	O'brien Wind Primghar, IA	Wind	250 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
11.6 mi	Highland Wind Project (Ia) Primghar, IA	Wind	502 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
12.6 mi	Primghar Primghar, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Primghar - (Ia)
15.6 mi	Sibley No Two Sibley, IA	Oil	1 MW	City Of Sibley - (Ia)
16.5 mi	Sibley One Sibley, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Sibley - (Ia)
18.4 mi	Allendorf Allendorf, IA	Wind	6 MW	E&e Enterprises Llc
22.3 mi	Glaciers Edge Wind Project Cleghorn, IA	Wind	212 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
23.9 mi	Rock Rapids Rock Rapids, IA	Oil	3 MW	Rock Rapids Municipal Utility
23.9 mi	Plymouth Wind Remsen, IA	Wind	203 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
24.8 mi	Upland Prairie Spencer, IA	Wind	299 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
27.4 mi	Osceola Windpower Llc Harris, IA	Wind	98 MW	Osceola Windpower Llc
27.4 mi	Osceola Windpower Ii Harris, IA	Wind	50 MW	Osceola Windpower Ii
27.8 mi	Sunset Breeze Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
27.8 mi	Wolf Wind Enterprises Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
28.0 mi	Minnesota Breeze Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
28.2 mi	Green Acres Breeze Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
28.2 mi	G Flow Wind Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
28.4 mi	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	100 MW	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc
29.4 mi	Earl F Wisdom Spencer, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
30.8 mi	Flying Cloud Power Partners Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	44 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
31.5 mi	Lake Park Lake Park, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Lake Park - (Ia)
31.9 mi	Adrian Adrian, MN	Oil	2 MW	Adrian Public Utilities Comm
32.1 mi	Storm Lake Ii Alta, IA	Wind	80 MW	Allete Clean Energy
32.6 mi	Poet Biorefining - Hudson Hudson, SD	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Biorefining - Hudson
33.4 mi	Worthington Worthington, MN	Wind	20 MW	City Of Worthington - (Mn)
34.9 mi	Minwind Luverne, MN	Wind	4 MW	Community Renewables, Llc
35.2 mi	Spencer Gas Turbine Spencer, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Spencer - (Ia)
35.7 mi	Hills Hills, MN	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
36.2 mi	Milford Milford, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Milford - (Ia)
36.5 mi	South Fork Wind Farm Round Lake, MN	Wind	14 MW	South Fork Wind, Llc
36.7 mi	Nobles Wind Project Reading, MN	Wind	201 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
36.9 mi	Community Wind South Rushmore, MN	Wind	30 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
36.9 mi	Ewington Energy Systems, Llc Worthington, MN	Wind	23 MW	Ewington Energy Systems, Llc
37.4 mi	Luverne Luverne, MN	Oil	10 MW	City Of Luverne - (Mn)
38.0 mi	Elk Creek Solar Magnolia, MN	Solar	—	National Grid Renewables
38.3 mi	Rock County Wind Fuel, Llc Luverne, MN	Wind	5 MW	Rock County Wind Fuel, Llc
38.7 mi	Cisco Brewster, MN	Wind	8 MW	Allete Clean Energy
39.7 mi	Noble Ridge Llc Wilmont, MN	Wind	2 MW	Renew Energy Inc
39.8 mi	S&p Windfarm Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
40.0 mi	B&k Energy Systems Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
40.2 mi	Dl Windy Acres Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
40.6 mi	Storm Lake 1 Alta, IA	Wind	114 MW	Allete Clean Energy
42.0 mi	Walleye Wind Beaver Creek, MN	Wind	110 MW	Walleye Wind, Llc
42.0 mi	Laverne Battery Beaver Creek, MN	Battery Storage	—	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
42.1 mi	Nobles 2 Wind Project Wilmont, MN	Wind	250 MW	Nobles 2 Power Partners, Llc
44.4 mi	Alta Municipal Utilities Alta, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Alta - (Ia)
46.9 mi	Iowa Lakes Superior Wind Farm Superior, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
47.2 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
47.3 mi	Fenton Wind Farm Chandler, MN	Wind	206 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
47.9 mi	Lakefield Utilities Lakefield, MN	Oil	3 MW	City Of Lakefield - (Mn)
48.4 mi	Lakefield Wind Project Llc Lakefield, MN	Wind	206 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
49.5 mi	Angus Anson Sioux Falls, SD	Natural Gas	406 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
49.6 mi	Pathfinder Sioux Falls, SD	Natural Gas	—	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
50.0 mi	Champepaden Wind Power Chandler, MN	Wind	—	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.

Power generation near this area

There are 55 power plants within 50 miles of Sheldon, Iowa (ZIP 51201), with a combined 3,678 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 36 of the 55 nearby plants. The closest plant is Otter Creek Ethanol Poet - Ashton at 6.7 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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