Power Plants Near 51247 — Rock Valley, IA

41 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51247 (Rock Valley, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.2014, -96.3103 · County: Sioux

Wind 82%Natural Gas 13%Oil 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.1 mi	Poet Biorefining - Hudson Hudson, SD	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Biorefining - Hudson
17.3 mi	Rock Rapids Rock Rapids, IA	Oil	3 MW	Rock Rapids Municipal Utility
22.8 mi	Hills Hills, MN	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
24.5 mi	Minwind Luverne, MN	Wind	4 MW	Community Renewables, Llc
25.7 mi	Otter Creek Ethanol Poet - Ashton Ashton, IA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Otter Creek Ethanol Llc - Poet Ashton
30.4 mi	Walleye Wind Beaver Creek, MN	Wind	110 MW	Walleye Wind, Llc
30.5 mi	Laverne Battery Beaver Creek, MN	Battery Storage	—	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
30.5 mi	Rock County Wind Fuel, Llc Luverne, MN	Wind	5 MW	Rock County Wind Fuel, Llc
31.0 mi	Plymouth Wind Remsen, IA	Wind	203 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
31.3 mi	Sibley No Two Sibley, IA	Oil	1 MW	City Of Sibley - (Ia)
31.8 mi	Luverne Luverne, MN	Oil	10 MW	City Of Luverne - (Mn)
32.2 mi	Angus Anson Sioux Falls, SD	Natural Gas	406 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
32.3 mi	Pathfinder Sioux Falls, SD	Natural Gas	—	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
32.6 mi	Sibley One Sibley, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Sibley - (Ia)
34.0 mi	Highland Wind Project (Ia) Primghar, IA	Wind	502 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
34.6 mi	O'brien Wind Primghar, IA	Wind	250 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
34.7 mi	Poet Biorefining - Chancellor Chancellor, SD	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining- Chancellor
35.4 mi	Primghar Primghar, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Primghar - (Ia)
35.6 mi	Adrian Adrian, MN	Oil	2 MW	Adrian Public Utilities Comm
35.9 mi	Glaciers Edge Wind Project Cleghorn, IA	Wind	212 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
36.7 mi	Elk Creek Solar Magnolia, MN	Solar	—	National Grid Renewables
36.7 mi	Allendorf Allendorf, IA	Wind	6 MW	E&e Enterprises Llc
37.4 mi	Sunset Breeze Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
37.5 mi	Wolf Wind Enterprises Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
37.6 mi	Minnesota Breeze Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
37.6 mi	Green Acres Breeze Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
37.8 mi	G Flow Wind Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
40.2 mi	Spirit Mound Vermillion, SD	Oil	135 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
43.3 mi	Prairie Rose Wind Farm Hardwick, MN	Wind	200 MW	Enel Green Power Na, Inc.
43.6 mi	Community Wind South Rushmore, MN	Wind	30 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
44.6 mi	Noble Ridge Llc Wilmont, MN	Wind	2 MW	Renew Energy Inc
45.8 mi	Nobles Wind Project Reading, MN	Wind	201 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
46.1 mi	Worthington Worthington, MN	Wind	20 MW	City Of Worthington - (Mn)
46.7 mi	Nobles 2 Wind Project Wilmont, MN	Wind	250 MW	Nobles 2 Power Partners, Llc
47.3 mi	Fenton Wind Farm Chandler, MN	Wind	206 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
47.6 mi	Osceola Windpower Llc Harris, IA	Wind	98 MW	Osceola Windpower Llc
47.6 mi	Osceola Windpower Ii Harris, IA	Wind	50 MW	Osceola Windpower Ii
48.4 mi	Upland Prairie Spencer, IA	Wind	299 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
49.5 mi	Antlia Community Solar Edgerton, MN	Solar	2 MW	Antlia Community Solar
49.5 mi	Johnson Solar Csg Edgerton, MN	Solar	5 MW	National Grid Renewables
49.5 mi	Hilltop Power Edgerton, MN	Wind	2 MW	Hilltop Power, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 41 power plants within 50 miles of Rock Valley, Iowa (ZIP 51247), with a combined 3,241 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 24 of the 41 nearby plants. The closest plant is Poet Biorefining - Hudson at 11.1 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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