Power Plants Near 51248 — Sanborn, IA

57 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51248 (Sanborn, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.1890, -95.6622 · County: O'brien

Wind 94%Natural Gas 4%Oil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.1 mi	O'brien Wind Primghar, IA	Wind	250 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
7.3 mi	Primghar Primghar, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Primghar - (Ia)
7.5 mi	Highland Wind Project (Ia) Primghar, IA	Wind	502 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
9.5 mi	Otter Creek Ethanol Poet - Ashton Ashton, IA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Otter Creek Ethanol Llc - Poet Ashton
14.7 mi	Allendorf Allendorf, IA	Wind	6 MW	E&e Enterprises Llc
15.0 mi	Sibley No Two Sibley, IA	Oil	1 MW	City Of Sibley - (Ia)
15.3 mi	Sibley One Sibley, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Sibley - (Ia)
15.8 mi	Upland Prairie Spencer, IA	Wind	299 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
20.2 mi	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	100 MW	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc
20.5 mi	Earl F Wisdom Spencer, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
20.7 mi	Osceola Windpower Llc Harris, IA	Wind	98 MW	Osceola Windpower Llc
20.7 mi	Osceola Windpower Ii Harris, IA	Wind	50 MW	Osceola Windpower Ii
22.9 mi	Flying Cloud Power Partners Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	44 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
23.3 mi	Glaciers Edge Wind Project Cleghorn, IA	Wind	212 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
24.1 mi	Lake Park Lake Park, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Lake Park - (Ia)
26.3 mi	Spencer Gas Turbine Spencer, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Spencer - (Ia)
27.3 mi	Storm Lake Ii Alta, IA	Wind	80 MW	Allete Clean Energy
27.5 mi	Milford Milford, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Milford - (Ia)
27.7 mi	Wolf Wind Enterprises Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
27.7 mi	Sunset Breeze Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
27.8 mi	Plymouth Wind Remsen, IA	Wind	203 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
27.9 mi	Minnesota Breeze Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
28.0 mi	G Flow Wind Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
28.1 mi	Green Acres Breeze Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
30.4 mi	Rock Rapids Rock Rapids, IA	Oil	3 MW	Rock Rapids Municipal Utility
30.8 mi	Worthington Worthington, MN	Wind	20 MW	City Of Worthington - (Mn)
31.1 mi	South Fork Wind Farm Round Lake, MN	Wind	14 MW	South Fork Wind, Llc
32.1 mi	Ewington Energy Systems, Llc Worthington, MN	Wind	23 MW	Ewington Energy Systems, Llc
33.5 mi	Cisco Brewster, MN	Wind	8 MW	Allete Clean Energy
33.8 mi	Adrian Adrian, MN	Oil	2 MW	Adrian Public Utilities Comm
34.9 mi	S&p Windfarm Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
35.0 mi	B&k Energy Systems Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
35.2 mi	Dl Windy Acres Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
35.6 mi	Nobles Wind Project Reading, MN	Wind	201 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
36.9 mi	Community Wind South Rushmore, MN	Wind	30 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
37.0 mi	Storm Lake 1 Alta, IA	Wind	114 MW	Allete Clean Energy
38.6 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
38.6 mi	Iowa Lakes Superior Wind Farm Superior, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
40.0 mi	Alta Municipal Utilities Alta, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Alta - (Ia)
40.2 mi	Noble Ridge Llc Wilmont, MN	Wind	2 MW	Renew Energy Inc
41.0 mi	Minwind Luverne, MN	Wind	4 MW	Community Renewables, Llc
41.1 mi	Elk Creek Solar Magnolia, MN	Solar	—	National Grid Renewables
41.6 mi	Poet Biorefining - Hudson Hudson, SD	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Biorefining - Hudson
41.6 mi	Lakefield Utilities Lakefield, MN	Oil	3 MW	City Of Lakefield - (Mn)
42.0 mi	Luverne Luverne, MN	Oil	10 MW	City Of Luverne - (Mn)
42.1 mi	Lakefield Wind Project Llc Lakefield, MN	Wind	206 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
42.4 mi	Hills Hills, MN	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
42.6 mi	Nobles 2 Wind Project Wilmont, MN	Wind	250 MW	Nobles 2 Power Partners, Llc
43.4 mi	Rock County Wind Fuel, Llc Luverne, MN	Wind	5 MW	Rock County Wind Fuel, Llc
43.8 mi	Estherville Estherville, IA	Natural Gas	16 MW	City Of Estherville - (Ia)
44.7 mi	Iowa Lakes Community College Wind Farm Estherville, IA	Wind	2 MW	Iowa Lakes Community College
46.1 mi	Graettinger Graettinger, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Graettinger - (Ia)
47.0 mi	Intrepid Schaller, IA	Wind	176 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
47.3 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
47.9 mi	Walleye Wind Beaver Creek, MN	Wind	110 MW	Walleye Wind, Llc
48.0 mi	Laverne Battery Beaver Creek, MN	Battery Storage	—	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
49.2 mi	Fenton Wind Farm Chandler, MN	Wind	206 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.

Power generation near this area

There are 57 power plants within 50 miles of Sanborn, Iowa (ZIP 51248), with a combined 3,478 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 37 of the 57 nearby plants. The closest plant is O'brien Wind at 2.1 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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