Power Plants Near 51334 — Estherville, IA

72 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51334 (Estherville, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.4017, -94.8180 · County: Emmet

Wind 81%Natural Gas 16%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.1 mi	Iowa Lakes Community College Wind Farm Estherville, IA	Wind	2 MW	Iowa Lakes Community College
1.3 mi	Estherville Estherville, IA	Natural Gas	16 MW	City Of Estherville - (Ia)
8.7 mi	Iowa Lakes Superior Wind Farm Superior, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
11.7 mi	Graettinger Graettinger, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Graettinger - (Ia)
17.4 mi	Milford Milford, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Milford - (Ia)
19.1 mi	Palo Alto Wind Farm Emmetsburg, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
19.5 mi	Fox Lake Sherburn, MN	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
19.8 mi	Elm Creek Wind Ii Llc Trimont, MN	Wind	149 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
22.1 mi	Fairmont Wind Fairmont, MN	Wind	5 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
22.5 mi	Welcome Wind Turbine Welcome, MN	Wind	2 MW	Federated Rural Electric Assn
23.2 mi	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg Emmetsburg, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg
24.2 mi	Spencer Gas Turbine Spencer, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Spencer - (Ia)
24.2 mi	Flying Cloud Power Partners Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	44 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
25.0 mi	Oreg 3 Inc Trimont, MN	Other Fossil	5 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
25.0 mi	Fairmont (Mn) Fairmont, MN	Natural Gas	39 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
25.0 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
25.0 mi	Lake Park Lake Park, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Lake Park - (Ia)
25.2 mi	Elm Creek Wind Llc Trimont, MN	Wind	99 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
25.4 mi	Lakefield Wind Project Llc Lakefield, MN	Wind	206 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
25.7 mi	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	100 MW	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc
25.8 mi	Lakefield Utilities Lakefield, MN	Oil	3 MW	City Of Lakefield - (Mn)
27.1 mi	Trimont Area Wind Farm Trimont, MN	Wind	101 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
27.4 mi	Lakefield Junction Trimont, MN	Natural Gas	538 MW	Great River Energy
27.7 mi	Earl F Wisdom Spencer, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
29.9 mi	Upland Prairie Spencer, IA	Wind	299 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
30.1 mi	Osceola Windpower Llc Harris, IA	Wind	98 MW	Osceola Windpower Llc
30.1 mi	Osceola Windpower Ii Harris, IA	Wind	50 MW	Osceola Windpower Ii
30.7 mi	South Fork Wind Farm Round Lake, MN	Wind	14 MW	South Fork Wind, Llc
31.1 mi	Bancroft Bancroft, IA	Oil	4 MW	Bancroft Municipal Utilities
31.7 mi	Odell Wind Farm Mountain Lake, MN	Wind	200 MW	Algonquin Power Co
31.8 mi	Cisco Brewster, MN	Wind	8 MW	Allete Clean Energy
32.5 mi	Dl Windy Acres Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
32.8 mi	B&k Energy Systems Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
33.1 mi	S&p Windfarm Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
33.5 mi	Ewington Energy Systems, Llc Worthington, MN	Wind	23 MW	Ewington Energy Systems, Llc
33.7 mi	Lakota Wind Wind Farm Lakota, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
34.4 mi	Odin Wind Farm Llc Mountainlake, MN	Wind	20 MW	Aspenall Energies (Delaware), Llc
34.6 mi	Big Blue Blue Earth, MN	Wind	36 MW	Big Blue Wind Farm Llc (Mn)
35.1 mi	Truman Truman, MN	Oil	6 MW	City Of Truman
35.5 mi	Windom Windom, MN	Oil	5 MW	City Of Windom
35.7 mi	Ledyard Windpower, Llc Lakota, IA	Wind	207 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
35.8 mi	West Bend West Bent, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of West Bend
36.9 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
37.5 mi	Blue Breezes Ii Llc Blue Earth, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
37.6 mi	Blue Breezes Llc Blue Earth, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
37.8 mi	Mountain Lake Mountain Lake, MN	Wind	9 MW	City Of Mountain Lake - (Mn)
38.3 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
39.4 mi	Blue Earth Blue Earth, MN	Oil	11 MW	Blue Earth Light & Water
40.3 mi	Golden Plains Buffalo Center, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
40.9 mi	Allendorf Allendorf, IA	Wind	6 MW	E&e Enterprises Llc
41.3 mi	Plum Creek Wind Algona, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
41.5 mi	Windom Wind Project Bingham Lake, MN	Wind	16 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
41.8 mi	St James St James, MN	Oil	12 MW	City Of St James - (Mn)
42.5 mi	Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project Algona, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
42.8 mi	Worthington Worthington, MN	Wind	20 MW	City Of Worthington - (Mn)
42.9 mi	O'brien Wind Primghar, IA	Wind	250 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.7 mi	Kossuth Lu Verne, IA	Wind	152 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
44.8 mi	Kossuth County Wind Lu Verne, IA	Wind	70 MW	Kossuth County Wind, Llc
45.6 mi	Sibley One Sibley, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Sibley - (Ia)
46.1 mi	Primghar Primghar, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Primghar - (Ia)
46.8 mi	Sibley No Two Sibley, IA	Oil	1 MW	City Of Sibley - (Ia)
47.0 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
47.3 mi	Crystal Lake 3 Llc Britt, IA	Wind	66 MW	Crystal Lake 3 Llc
47.7 mi	Highland Wind Project (Ia) Primghar, IA	Wind	502 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.7 mi	Storm Lake Ii Alta, IA	Wind	80 MW	Allete Clean Energy
49.1 mi	Madelia City Of Madelia, MN	Oil	12 MW	City Of Madelia - (Mn)
49.4 mi	Nobles Wind Project Reading, MN	Wind	201 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
49.6 mi	Wolf Wind Enterprises Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
49.7 mi	G Flow Wind Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
49.7 mi	Minnesota Breeze Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
49.8 mi	Sunset Breeze Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
49.9 mi	Green Acres Breeze Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 72 power plants within 50 miles of Estherville, Iowa (ZIP 51334), with a combined 4,489 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 47 of the 72 nearby plants. The closest plant is Iowa Lakes Community College Wind Farm at 1.1 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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