Power Plants Near 51340 — Fostoria, IA

56 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51340 (Fostoria, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.0824, -95.1511 · County: Clay

Wind 94%Natural Gas 4%Oil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.3 mi	Spencer Gas Turbine Spencer, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Spencer - (Ia)
7.6 mi	Earl F Wisdom Spencer, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
11.8 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
13.2 mi	Upland Prairie Spencer, IA	Wind	299 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
16.8 mi	Milford Milford, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Milford - (Ia)
20.1 mi	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	100 MW	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc
21.0 mi	Storm Lake Ii Alta, IA	Wind	80 MW	Allete Clean Energy
22.2 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
22.5 mi	Flying Cloud Power Partners Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	44 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
23.0 mi	Graettinger Graettinger, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Graettinger - (Ia)
24.0 mi	Primghar Primghar, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Primghar - (Ia)
25.2 mi	O'brien Wind Primghar, IA	Wind	250 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
25.4 mi	Lake Park Lake Park, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Lake Park - (Ia)
25.5 mi	Highland Wind Project (Ia) Primghar, IA	Wind	502 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
25.6 mi	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg Emmetsburg, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg
26.5 mi	Iowa Lakes Superior Wind Farm Superior, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
26.9 mi	Iowa Lakes Community College Wind Farm Estherville, IA	Wind	2 MW	Iowa Lakes Community College
27.0 mi	Estherville Estherville, IA	Natural Gas	16 MW	City Of Estherville - (Ia)
27.5 mi	Osceola Windpower Llc Harris, IA	Wind	98 MW	Osceola Windpower Llc
27.5 mi	Osceola Windpower Ii Harris, IA	Wind	50 MW	Osceola Windpower Ii
29.3 mi	Alta Municipal Utilities Alta, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Alta - (Ia)
30.1 mi	Storm Lake 1 Alta, IA	Wind	114 MW	Allete Clean Energy
31.6 mi	Palo Alto Wind Farm Emmetsburg, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.7 mi	Allendorf Allendorf, IA	Wind	6 MW	E&e Enterprises Llc
34.6 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
34.9 mi	Glaciers Edge Wind Project Cleghorn, IA	Wind	212 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
35.8 mi	Otter Creek Ethanol Poet - Ashton Ashton, IA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Otter Creek Ethanol Llc - Poet Ashton
36.5 mi	Sibley One Sibley, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Sibley - (Ia)
36.6 mi	West Bend West Bent, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of West Bend
36.7 mi	South Fork Wind Farm Round Lake, MN	Wind	14 MW	South Fork Wind, Llc
37.1 mi	Sibley No Two Sibley, IA	Oil	1 MW	City Of Sibley - (Ia)
37.6 mi	Intrepid Schaller, IA	Wind	176 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.1 mi	Cisco Brewster, MN	Wind	8 MW	Allete Clean Energy
39.4 mi	Ewington Energy Systems, Llc Worthington, MN	Wind	23 MW	Ewington Energy Systems, Llc
40.1 mi	Pomeroy Wind Farm Fonda, IA	Wind	286 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.8 mi	Dl Windy Acres Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
40.9 mi	B&k Energy Systems Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
40.9 mi	Lakefield Utilities Lakefield, MN	Oil	3 MW	City Of Lakefield - (Mn)
40.9 mi	Lakefield Wind Project Llc Lakefield, MN	Wind	206 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
41.0 mi	S&p Windfarm Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
43.2 mi	Plymouth Wind Remsen, IA	Wind	203 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.4 mi	Pocahontas Prairie Wind Farm Pomeroy, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.8 mi	Elm Creek Wind Ii Llc Trimont, MN	Wind	149 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
44.5 mi	Worthington Worthington, MN	Wind	20 MW	City Of Worthington - (Mn)
46.0 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
46.4 mi	Sac County Wind, Llc Sac City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Sac County Wind
46.5 mi	Fox Lake Sherburn, MN	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
46.6 mi	Wolf Wind Enterprises Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
46.8 mi	Sunset Breeze Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
46.8 mi	Minnesota Breeze Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
46.9 mi	G Flow Wind Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
47.0 mi	Green Acres Breeze Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
47.5 mi	Elm Creek Wind Llc Trimont, MN	Wind	99 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
49.1 mi	Fairmont Wind Fairmont, MN	Wind	5 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
49.2 mi	Bancroft Bancroft, IA	Oil	4 MW	Bancroft Municipal Utilities
49.8 mi	Richland (Ia) Odebolt, IA	Wind	131 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co

Power generation near this area

There are 56 power plants within 50 miles of Fostoria, Iowa (ZIP 51340), with a combined 3,858 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 37 of the 56 nearby plants. The closest plant is Spencer Gas Turbine at 4.3 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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