Power Plants Near 51301 — Spencer, IA

61 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51301 (Spencer, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.1451, -95.1457 · County: Clay

Wind 82%Natural Gas 16%Oil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
0.1 mi	Spencer Gas Turbine Spencer, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Spencer - (Ia)
5.7 mi	Earl F Wisdom Spencer, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
11.1 mi	Upland Prairie Spencer, IA	Wind	299 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
12.5 mi	Milford Milford, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Milford - (Ia)
13.1 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
16.5 mi	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	100 MW	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc
18.6 mi	Flying Cloud Power Partners Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	44 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
21.0 mi	Graettinger Graettinger, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Graettinger - (Ia)
21.5 mi	Lake Park Lake Park, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Lake Park - (Ia)
22.3 mi	Iowa Lakes Superior Wind Farm Superior, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
23.4 mi	Estherville Estherville, IA	Natural Gas	16 MW	City Of Estherville - (Ia)
23.5 mi	Iowa Lakes Community College Wind Farm Estherville, IA	Wind	2 MW	Iowa Lakes Community College
24.0 mi	Osceola Windpower Llc Harris, IA	Wind	98 MW	Osceola Windpower Llc
24.0 mi	Osceola Windpower Ii Harris, IA	Wind	50 MW	Osceola Windpower Ii
24.4 mi	O'brien Wind Primghar, IA	Wind	250 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
24.6 mi	Primghar Primghar, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Primghar - (Ia)
24.7 mi	Storm Lake Ii Alta, IA	Wind	80 MW	Allete Clean Energy
25.3 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
25.6 mi	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg Emmetsburg, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg
26.1 mi	Highland Wind Project (Ia) Primghar, IA	Wind	502 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
30.2 mi	Allendorf Allendorf, IA	Wind	6 MW	E&e Enterprises Llc
30.4 mi	Palo Alto Wind Farm Emmetsburg, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.7 mi	South Fork Wind Farm Round Lake, MN	Wind	14 MW	South Fork Wind, Llc
33.5 mi	Alta Municipal Utilities Alta, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Alta - (Ia)
34.2 mi	Storm Lake 1 Alta, IA	Wind	114 MW	Allete Clean Energy
34.3 mi	Sibley One Sibley, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Sibley - (Ia)
34.6 mi	Otter Creek Ethanol Poet - Ashton Ashton, IA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Otter Creek Ethanol Llc - Poet Ashton
35.0 mi	Sibley No Two Sibley, IA	Oil	1 MW	City Of Sibley - (Ia)
35.1 mi	Cisco Brewster, MN	Wind	8 MW	Allete Clean Energy
35.4 mi	Ewington Energy Systems, Llc Worthington, MN	Wind	23 MW	Ewington Energy Systems, Llc
36.6 mi	Lakefield Utilities Lakefield, MN	Oil	3 MW	City Of Lakefield - (Mn)
36.6 mi	Lakefield Wind Project Llc Lakefield, MN	Wind	206 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
36.7 mi	Dl Windy Acres Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
36.8 mi	B&k Energy Systems Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
36.9 mi	S&p Windfarm Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
37.2 mi	Glaciers Edge Wind Project Cleghorn, IA	Wind	212 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
37.6 mi	West Bend West Bent, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of West Bend
37.6 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
39.6 mi	Elm Creek Wind Ii Llc Trimont, MN	Wind	149 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
41.0 mi	Worthington Worthington, MN	Wind	20 MW	City Of Worthington - (Mn)
41.9 mi	Intrepid Schaller, IA	Wind	176 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.6 mi	Fox Lake Sherburn, MN	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
43.2 mi	Elm Creek Wind Llc Trimont, MN	Wind	99 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
43.7 mi	Wolf Wind Enterprises Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
43.7 mi	Pomeroy Wind Farm Fonda, IA	Wind	286 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.8 mi	Sunset Breeze Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
43.9 mi	Minnesota Breeze Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
43.9 mi	G Flow Wind Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
44.1 mi	Green Acres Breeze Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
45.3 mi	Plymouth Wind Remsen, IA	Wind	203 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.0 mi	Fairmont Wind Fairmont, MN	Wind	5 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
46.0 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
46.5 mi	Welcome Wind Turbine Welcome, MN	Wind	2 MW	Federated Rural Electric Assn
46.9 mi	Oreg 3 Inc Trimont, MN	Other Fossil	5 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
46.9 mi	Pocahontas Prairie Wind Farm Pomeroy, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
47.2 mi	Trimont Area Wind Farm Trimont, MN	Wind	101 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
47.6 mi	Lakefield Junction Trimont, MN	Natural Gas	538 MW	Great River Energy
47.9 mi	Bancroft Bancroft, IA	Oil	4 MW	Bancroft Municipal Utilities
48.0 mi	Nobles Wind Project Reading, MN	Wind	201 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
49.2 mi	Fairmont (Mn) Fairmont, MN	Natural Gas	39 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
50.0 mi	Windom Windom, MN	Oil	5 MW	City Of Windom

Power generation near this area

There are 61 power plants within 50 miles of Spencer, Iowa (ZIP 51301), with a combined 4,538 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 38 of the 61 nearby plants. The closest plant is Spencer Gas Turbine at 0.1 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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