Power Plants Near 51245 — Primghar, IA

53 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51245 (Primghar, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.0759, -95.6533 · County: O'brien

Wind 92%Natural Gas 5%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
0.3 mi	Highland Wind Project (Ia) Primghar, IA	Wind	502 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
1.6 mi	Primghar Primghar, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Primghar - (Ia)
8.7 mi	O'brien Wind Primghar, IA	Wind	250 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
15.9 mi	Otter Creek Ethanol Poet - Ashton Ashton, IA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Otter Creek Ethanol Llc - Poet Ashton
16.0 mi	Glaciers Edge Wind Project Cleghorn, IA	Wind	212 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
17.8 mi	Upland Prairie Spencer, IA	Wind	299 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
20.5 mi	Storm Lake Ii Alta, IA	Wind	80 MW	Allete Clean Energy
20.8 mi	Earl F Wisdom Spencer, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
21.7 mi	Plymouth Wind Remsen, IA	Wind	203 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
22.4 mi	Allendorf Allendorf, IA	Wind	6 MW	E&e Enterprises Llc
22.7 mi	Sibley No Two Sibley, IA	Oil	1 MW	City Of Sibley - (Ia)
23.0 mi	Sibley One Sibley, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Sibley - (Ia)
25.0 mi	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	100 MW	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc
26.1 mi	Spencer Gas Turbine Spencer, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Spencer - (Ia)
27.2 mi	Osceola Windpower Llc Harris, IA	Wind	98 MW	Osceola Windpower Llc
27.2 mi	Osceola Windpower Ii Harris, IA	Wind	50 MW	Osceola Windpower Ii
28.1 mi	Flying Cloud Power Partners Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	44 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
29.6 mi	Storm Lake 1 Alta, IA	Wind	114 MW	Allete Clean Energy
29.8 mi	Lake Park Lake Park, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Lake Park - (Ia)
30.8 mi	Milford Milford, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Milford - (Ia)
33.0 mi	Alta Municipal Utilities Alta, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Alta - (Ia)
35.4 mi	Wolf Wind Enterprises Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
35.5 mi	Sunset Breeze Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
35.6 mi	Minnesota Breeze Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
35.6 mi	Rock Rapids Rock Rapids, IA	Oil	3 MW	Rock Rapids Municipal Utility
35.8 mi	G Flow Wind Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
35.8 mi	Green Acres Breeze Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
36.9 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
38.0 mi	South Fork Wind Farm Round Lake, MN	Wind	14 MW	South Fork Wind, Llc
38.6 mi	Worthington Worthington, MN	Wind	20 MW	City Of Worthington - (Mn)
39.3 mi	Ewington Energy Systems, Llc Worthington, MN	Wind	23 MW	Ewington Energy Systems, Llc
39.7 mi	Intrepid Schaller, IA	Wind	176 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.5 mi	Cisco Brewster, MN	Wind	8 MW	Allete Clean Energy
41.2 mi	Adrian Adrian, MN	Oil	2 MW	Adrian Public Utilities Comm
41.6 mi	Poet Biorefining - Hudson Hudson, SD	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Biorefining - Hudson
42.0 mi	S&p Windfarm Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
42.1 mi	B&k Energy Systems Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
42.3 mi	Dl Windy Acres Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
42.4 mi	Iowa Lakes Superior Wind Farm Superior, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
43.5 mi	Nobles Wind Project Reading, MN	Wind	201 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
43.5 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
44.7 mi	Community Wind South Rushmore, MN	Wind	30 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
46.6 mi	Minwind Luverne, MN	Wind	4 MW	Community Renewables, Llc
46.6 mi	Estherville Estherville, IA	Natural Gas	16 MW	City Of Estherville - (Ia)
46.9 mi	Graettinger Graettinger, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Graettinger - (Ia)
47.3 mi	Iowa Lakes Community College Wind Farm Estherville, IA	Wind	2 MW	Iowa Lakes Community College
47.5 mi	Hills Hills, MN	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
47.9 mi	Lakefield Utilities Lakefield, MN	Oil	3 MW	City Of Lakefield - (Mn)
48.0 mi	Noble Ridge Llc Wilmont, MN	Wind	2 MW	Renew Energy Inc
48.2 mi	Elk Creek Solar Magnolia, MN	Solar	—	National Grid Renewables
48.3 mi	Lakefield Wind Project Llc Lakefield, MN	Wind	206 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
48.6 mi	Luverne Luverne, MN	Oil	10 MW	City Of Luverne - (Mn)
49.7 mi	Rock County Wind Fuel, Llc Luverne, MN	Wind	5 MW	Rock County Wind Fuel, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 53 power plants within 50 miles of Primghar, Iowa (ZIP 51245), with a combined 2,912 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 34 of the 53 nearby plants. The closest plant is Highland Wind Project (Ia) at 0.3 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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