Power Plants Near 51238 — Hospers, IA

48 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51238 (Hospers, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.0793, -95.9142 · County: Sioux

Wind 94%Natural Gas 4%Oil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
13.0 mi	Highland Wind Project (Ia) Primghar, IA	Wind	502 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
14.5 mi	Otter Creek Ethanol Poet - Ashton Ashton, IA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Otter Creek Ethanol Llc - Poet Ashton
14.6 mi	Primghar Primghar, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Primghar - (Ia)
16.4 mi	Plymouth Wind Remsen, IA	Wind	203 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
16.6 mi	Glaciers Edge Wind Project Cleghorn, IA	Wind	212 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
16.8 mi	O'brien Wind Primghar, IA	Wind	250 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
23.5 mi	Sibley No Two Sibley, IA	Oil	1 MW	City Of Sibley - (Ia)
24.4 mi	Sibley One Sibley, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Sibley - (Ia)
26.3 mi	Allendorf Allendorf, IA	Wind	6 MW	E&e Enterprises Llc
27.4 mi	Rock Rapids Rock Rapids, IA	Oil	3 MW	Rock Rapids Municipal Utility
28.4 mi	Poet Biorefining - Hudson Hudson, SD	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Biorefining - Hudson
29.8 mi	Upland Prairie Spencer, IA	Wind	299 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
30.5 mi	Storm Lake Ii Alta, IA	Wind	80 MW	Allete Clean Energy
33.6 mi	Earl F Wisdom Spencer, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
34.9 mi	Osceola Windpower Llc Harris, IA	Wind	98 MW	Osceola Windpower Llc
34.9 mi	Osceola Windpower Ii Harris, IA	Wind	50 MW	Osceola Windpower Ii
35.0 mi	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	100 MW	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc
35.3 mi	Sunset Breeze Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
35.4 mi	Wolf Wind Enterprises Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
35.5 mi	Minnesota Breeze Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
35.7 mi	Green Acres Breeze Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
35.7 mi	G Flow Wind Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
37.4 mi	Storm Lake 1 Alta, IA	Wind	114 MW	Allete Clean Energy
37.6 mi	Flying Cloud Power Partners Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	44 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
38.3 mi	Minwind Luverne, MN	Wind	4 MW	Community Renewables, Llc
38.4 mi	Hills Hills, MN	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
38.6 mi	Adrian Adrian, MN	Oil	2 MW	Adrian Public Utilities Comm
38.7 mi	Lake Park Lake Park, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Lake Park - (Ia)
39.1 mi	Spencer Gas Turbine Spencer, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Spencer - (Ia)
41.2 mi	Worthington Worthington, MN	Wind	20 MW	City Of Worthington - (Mn)
41.8 mi	Alta Municipal Utilities Alta, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Alta - (Ia)
42.2 mi	Milford Milford, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Milford - (Ia)
42.3 mi	Luverne Luverne, MN	Oil	10 MW	City Of Luverne - (Mn)
42.6 mi	Rock County Wind Fuel, Llc Luverne, MN	Wind	5 MW	Rock County Wind Fuel, Llc
43.9 mi	Elk Creek Solar Magnolia, MN	Solar	—	National Grid Renewables
44.2 mi	Community Wind South Rushmore, MN	Wind	30 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
44.3 mi	Nobles Wind Project Reading, MN	Wind	201 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
44.3 mi	South Fork Wind Farm Round Lake, MN	Wind	14 MW	South Fork Wind, Llc
44.8 mi	Ewington Energy Systems, Llc Worthington, MN	Wind	23 MW	Ewington Energy Systems, Llc
45.4 mi	Walleye Wind Beaver Creek, MN	Wind	110 MW	Walleye Wind, Llc
45.4 mi	Laverne Battery Beaver Creek, MN	Battery Storage	—	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
46.5 mi	Cisco Brewster, MN	Wind	8 MW	Allete Clean Energy
46.8 mi	Noble Ridge Llc Wilmont, MN	Wind	2 MW	Renew Energy Inc
46.9 mi	Intrepid Schaller, IA	Wind	176 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
47.7 mi	S&p Windfarm Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
47.9 mi	B&k Energy Systems Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
48.1 mi	Dl Windy Acres Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
49.2 mi	Nobles 2 Wind Project Wilmont, MN	Wind	250 MW	Nobles 2 Power Partners, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 48 power plants within 50 miles of Hospers, Iowa (ZIP 51238), with a combined 3,002 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 32 of the 48 nearby plants. The closest plant is Highland Wind Project (Ia) at 13.0 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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