Power Plants Near 51242 — Lester, IA

85 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51242 (Lester, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.4443, -96.3361 · County: Lyon

Wind 86%Natural Gas 12%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.0 mi	Hills Hills, MN	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
7.9 mi	Minwind Luverne, MN	Wind	4 MW	Community Renewables, Llc
8.4 mi	Rock Rapids Rock Rapids, IA	Oil	3 MW	Rock Rapids Municipal Utility
13.7 mi	Walleye Wind Beaver Creek, MN	Wind	110 MW	Walleye Wind, Llc
13.7 mi	Laverne Battery Beaver Creek, MN	Battery Storage	—	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
14.1 mi	Rock County Wind Fuel, Llc Luverne, MN	Wind	5 MW	Rock County Wind Fuel, Llc
16.0 mi	Luverne Luverne, MN	Oil	10 MW	City Of Luverne - (Mn)
18.6 mi	Angus Anson Sioux Falls, SD	Natural Gas	406 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
18.7 mi	Pathfinder Sioux Falls, SD	Natural Gas	—	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
22.2 mi	Elk Creek Solar Magnolia, MN	Solar	—	National Grid Renewables
24.2 mi	Adrian Adrian, MN	Oil	2 MW	Adrian Public Utilities Comm
25.0 mi	Poet Biorefining - Hudson Hudson, SD	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Biorefining - Hudson
26.5 mi	Prairie Rose Wind Farm Hardwick, MN	Wind	200 MW	Enel Green Power Na, Inc.
28.9 mi	Otter Creek Ethanol Poet - Ashton Ashton, IA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Otter Creek Ethanol Llc - Poet Ashton
29.4 mi	Sunset Breeze Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
29.5 mi	Green Acres Breeze Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
29.6 mi	Minnesota Breeze Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
29.6 mi	Sibley No Two Sibley, IA	Oil	1 MW	City Of Sibley - (Ia)
29.6 mi	Wolf Wind Enterprises Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
29.7 mi	G Flow Wind Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
30.7 mi	Sibley One Sibley, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Sibley - (Ia)
31.7 mi	Poet Biorefining - Chancellor Chancellor, SD	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining- Chancellor
32.3 mi	Noble Ridge Llc Wilmont, MN	Wind	2 MW	Renew Energy Inc
32.4 mi	Fenton Wind Farm Chandler, MN	Wind	206 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
32.5 mi	Community Wind South Rushmore, MN	Wind	30 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
33.2 mi	Hilltop Power Edgerton, MN	Wind	2 MW	Hilltop Power, Llc
33.2 mi	Johnson Solar Csg Edgerton, MN	Solar	5 MW	National Grid Renewables
33.4 mi	Antlia Community Solar Edgerton, MN	Solar	2 MW	Antlia Community Solar
34.0 mi	Nobles 2 Wind Project Wilmont, MN	Wind	250 MW	Nobles 2 Power Partners, Llc
35.4 mi	Valley View Transmission Llc Chandler, MN	Wind	10 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
35.4 mi	Allendorf Allendorf, IA	Wind	6 MW	E&e Enterprises Llc
36.0 mi	Nobles Wind Project Reading, MN	Wind	201 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
36.9 mi	Champepaden Wind Power Chandler, MN	Wind	—	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
37.4 mi	Uilk Wind Llc Pipestone, MN	Wind	5 MW	Renew Energy Inc
37.5 mi	Tofteland Windfarm Llc Pipestone, MN	Wind	2 MW	Tofteland Windfarm Llc
37.8 mi	Bisson Windfarm Llc Pipestone, MN	Wind	2 MW	Bisson Windfarm Llc
38.0 mi	Dg Green Arrow Pipestone, MN	Solar	—	Dg Green Arrow Llc
38.0 mi	Moulton Wind Power Chandler, MN	Wind	—	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
38.1 mi	Westridge Windfarm Llc Woodstock, MN	Wind	2 MW	Westridge Windfarm Llc
38.1 mi	Tg Windfarm Llc Pipestone, MN	Wind	2 MW	Tg Windfarm Llc
38.4 mi	Cg Windfarm Llc Woodstock, MN	Wind	2 MW	Cg Windfarm Llc
38.7 mi	Worthington Worthington, MN	Wind	20 MW	City Of Worthington - (Mn)
39.5 mi	Pipestone City Solar Llc Csg Pipestone, MN	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
39.5 mi	O'brien Wind Primghar, IA	Wind	250 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.6 mi	Woodstock Windfarm Woodstock, MN	Wind	9 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
39.8 mi	Northern Lights Wind Llc Pipestone, MN	Wind	2 MW	Northern Lights Wind Llc (Longroad)
39.8 mi	Eastridge Wind Project Porter, MN	Wind	10 MW	Eastridge Wind Project
39.9 mi	Windshare Llc Chandler, MN	Wind	5 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
40.1 mi	Greenback Energy Pipestone, MN	Wind	2 MW	Greenback Energy, Llc (Longroad)
40.2 mi	Lucky Wind Pipestone, MN	Wind	2 MW	Lucky Wind, Llc (Longroad)
40.4 mi	Carstensen Wind Pipestone, MN	Wind	2 MW	Carstensen Wind, Llc (Longroad)
40.4 mi	Stahl Wind Energy Pipestone, MN	Wind	2 MW	Stahl Wind Energy, Llc (Longroad)
40.6 mi	Viking Wind Partners Lake Wilson, MN	Wind	—	Allete Clean Energy
40.8 mi	Kas Brothers Windfarm Woodstock, MN	Wind	2 MW	Kas Brothers Windfarm Llc
41.2 mi	K-Brink Windfarm Llc Woodstock, MN	Wind	2 MW	K-Brink Windfarm, Llc
41.6 mi	Lake Wilson Solar Lake Wilson, MN	Solar	1 MW	Lake Wilson Solar, Llc
41.8 mi	Chanarambie Power Partners, Llc Lake Wilson, MN	Wind	—	Allete Clean Energy
41.8 mi	Northern Wind Lake Wilson, MN	Wind	100 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
41.9 mi	Ridgewind Woodstock, MN	Wind	25 MW	Ridgewind Power Partners Llc
42.0 mi	Windcurrent Farms Llc Woodstock, MN	Wind	2 MW	Windcurrent Farms Llc
42.4 mi	Rock Aetna Power Partners Woodstock, MN	Wind	20 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
42.4 mi	Bavaria Solar Llc Lake Wilson, MN	Solar	—	Bavaria Solar Llc
42.5 mi	Highland Wind Project (Ia) Primghar, IA	Wind	502 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.0 mi	Fey Windfarm Llc Woodstock, MN	Wind	2 MW	Fey Windfarm Llc
43.4 mi	Primghar Primghar, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Primghar - (Ia)
43.6 mi	Boeve Windfarm Llc Woodstock, MN	Wind	2 MW	Boeve Windfarm Llc
43.8 mi	Platt Solar Hadley, MN	Solar	1 MW	Cannon River Llc
44.1 mi	Leo Community Solar Hadley, MN	Solar	1 MW	National Grid Renewables
45.1 mi	Moraine Wind Llc Woodstock, MN	Wind	51 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
45.5 mi	Capella Community Solar Pipestone, MN	Solar	5 MW	Capella Community Solar
46.1 mi	Plymouth Wind Remsen, IA	Wind	203 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.1 mi	Osceola Windpower Llc Harris, IA	Wind	98 MW	Osceola Windpower Llc
46.1 mi	Osceola Windpower Ii Harris, IA	Wind	50 MW	Osceola Windpower Ii
46.5 mi	Auriga Community Solar Slayton, MN	Solar	1 MW	National Grid Renewables
46.7 mi	Slayton Solar Slayton, MN	Solar	2 MW	Ecos Energy Llc
46.8 mi	Stoneray Power Partners, Llc Woodstock, MN	Wind	100 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
46.8 mi	Uss Slayton Solar Llc (Csg) Slayton, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
47.6 mi	Ewington Energy Systems, Llc Worthington, MN	Wind	23 MW	Ewington Energy Systems, Llc
48.6 mi	Lake Benton Ii Ruthton, MN	Wind	100 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
48.7 mi	Moraine Ii Wind Llc Woodstock, MN	Wind	50 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
49.2 mi	South Fork Wind Farm Round Lake, MN	Wind	14 MW	South Fork Wind, Llc
49.3 mi	Glaciers Edge Wind Project Cleghorn, IA	Wind	212 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
49.8 mi	Shane's Wind Machine Ruthton, MN	Wind	1 MW	Shane's Wind Machine Llc
49.9 mi	S&p Windfarm Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
49.9 mi	Cisco Brewster, MN	Wind	8 MW	Allete Clean Energy

Power generation near this area

There are 85 power plants within 50 miles of Lester, Iowa (ZIP 51242), with a combined 3,381 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 59 of the 85 nearby plants. The closest plant is Hills at 6.0 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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