Power Plants Near 51231 — Archer, IA

54 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51231 (Archer, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.1179, -95.7417 · County: O'brien

Wind 93%Natural Gas 4%Oil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.0 mi	Highland Wind Project (Ia) Primghar, IA	Wind	502 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
6.2 mi	Primghar Primghar, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Primghar - (Ia)
8.2 mi	O'brien Wind Primghar, IA	Wind	250 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
11.4 mi	Otter Creek Ethanol Poet - Ashton Ashton, IA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Otter Creek Ethanol Llc - Poet Ashton
17.7 mi	Glaciers Edge Wind Project Cleghorn, IA	Wind	212 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
19.3 mi	Sibley No Two Sibley, IA	Oil	1 MW	City Of Sibley - (Ia)
19.9 mi	Sibley One Sibley, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Sibley - (Ia)
20.2 mi	Allendorf Allendorf, IA	Wind	6 MW	E&e Enterprises Llc
20.7 mi	Upland Prairie Spencer, IA	Wind	299 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
21.5 mi	Plymouth Wind Remsen, IA	Wind	203 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
24.6 mi	Earl F Wisdom Spencer, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
25.6 mi	Storm Lake Ii Alta, IA	Wind	80 MW	Allete Clean Energy
26.3 mi	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	100 MW	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc
27.1 mi	Osceola Windpower Llc Harris, IA	Wind	98 MW	Osceola Windpower Llc
27.1 mi	Osceola Windpower Ii Harris, IA	Wind	50 MW	Osceola Windpower Ii
29.1 mi	Flying Cloud Power Partners Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	44 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
30.2 mi	Spencer Gas Turbine Spencer, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Spencer - (Ia)
30.4 mi	Lake Park Lake Park, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Lake Park - (Ia)
30.4 mi	Rock Rapids Rock Rapids, IA	Oil	3 MW	Rock Rapids Municipal Utility
32.1 mi	Wolf Wind Enterprises Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
32.1 mi	Sunset Breeze Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
32.2 mi	Minnesota Breeze Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
32.4 mi	G Flow Wind Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
32.4 mi	Green Acres Breeze Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
33.2 mi	Milford Milford, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Milford - (Ia)
34.3 mi	Storm Lake 1 Alta, IA	Wind	114 MW	Allete Clean Energy
36.2 mi	Worthington Worthington, MN	Wind	20 MW	City Of Worthington - (Mn)
37.1 mi	Poet Biorefining - Hudson Hudson, SD	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Biorefining - Hudson
37.1 mi	Adrian Adrian, MN	Oil	2 MW	Adrian Public Utilities Comm
37.3 mi	South Fork Wind Farm Round Lake, MN	Wind	14 MW	South Fork Wind, Llc
37.9 mi	Alta Municipal Utilities Alta, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Alta - (Ia)
38.2 mi	Ewington Energy Systems, Llc Worthington, MN	Wind	23 MW	Ewington Energy Systems, Llc
39.7 mi	Cisco Brewster, MN	Wind	8 MW	Allete Clean Energy
40.5 mi	Nobles Wind Project Reading, MN	Wind	201 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
41.0 mi	S&p Windfarm Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
41.2 mi	B&k Energy Systems Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
41.3 mi	Community Wind South Rushmore, MN	Wind	30 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
41.3 mi	Dl Windy Acres Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
41.4 mi	Minwind Luverne, MN	Wind	4 MW	Community Renewables, Llc
41.6 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
42.3 mi	Hills Hills, MN	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
43.7 mi	Luverne Luverne, MN	Oil	10 MW	City Of Luverne - (Mn)
43.7 mi	Elk Creek Solar Magnolia, MN	Solar	—	National Grid Renewables
44.2 mi	Intrepid Schaller, IA	Wind	176 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.4 mi	Noble Ridge Llc Wilmont, MN	Wind	2 MW	Renew Energy Inc
44.5 mi	Iowa Lakes Superior Wind Farm Superior, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
44.7 mi	Rock County Wind Fuel, Llc Luverne, MN	Wind	5 MW	Rock County Wind Fuel, Llc
46.7 mi	Nobles 2 Wind Project Wilmont, MN	Wind	250 MW	Nobles 2 Power Partners, Llc
48.0 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.
48.5 mi	Walleye Wind Beaver Creek, MN	Wind	110 MW	Walleye Wind, Llc
48.5 mi	Laverne Battery Beaver Creek, MN	Battery Storage	—	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
48.7 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
49.3 mi	Estherville Estherville, IA	Natural Gas	16 MW	City Of Estherville - (Ia)

Power generation near this area

There are 54 power plants within 50 miles of Archer, Iowa (ZIP 51231), with a combined 3,267 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 35 of the 54 nearby plants. The closest plant is Highland Wind Project (Ia) at 5.0 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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