Power Plants Near 51350 — Melvin, IA

68 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51350 (Melvin, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.2845, -95.5930 · County: Osceola

Wind 93%Natural Gas 4%Oil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.0 mi	O'brien Wind Primghar, IA	Wind	250 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
8.2 mi	Allendorf Allendorf, IA	Wind	6 MW	E&e Enterprises Llc
10.7 mi	Sibley One Sibley, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Sibley - (Ia)
10.9 mi	Otter Creek Ethanol Poet - Ashton Ashton, IA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Otter Creek Ethanol Llc - Poet Ashton
11.1 mi	Sibley No Two Sibley, IA	Oil	1 MW	City Of Sibley - (Ia)
13.4 mi	Upland Prairie Spencer, IA	Wind	299 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
13.4 mi	Osceola Windpower Llc Harris, IA	Wind	98 MW	Osceola Windpower Llc
13.4 mi	Osceola Windpower Ii Harris, IA	Wind	50 MW	Osceola Windpower Ii
13.7 mi	Primghar Primghar, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Primghar - (Ia)
14.2 mi	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	100 MW	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc
14.5 mi	Highland Wind Project (Ia) Primghar, IA	Wind	502 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
16.4 mi	Flying Cloud Power Partners Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	44 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
17.2 mi	Lake Park Lake Park, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Lake Park - (Ia)
19.0 mi	Earl F Wisdom Spencer, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
22.5 mi	Wolf Wind Enterprises Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
22.5 mi	Sunset Breeze Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
22.5 mi	Milford Milford, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Milford - (Ia)
22.6 mi	Minnesota Breeze Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
22.8 mi	G Flow Wind Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
22.9 mi	Green Acres Breeze Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
23.6 mi	South Fork Wind Farm Round Lake, MN	Wind	14 MW	South Fork Wind, Llc
24.1 mi	Worthington Worthington, MN	Wind	20 MW	City Of Worthington - (Mn)
24.6 mi	Spencer Gas Turbine Spencer, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Spencer - (Ia)
24.7 mi	Ewington Energy Systems, Llc Worthington, MN	Wind	23 MW	Ewington Energy Systems, Llc
26.0 mi	Cisco Brewster, MN	Wind	8 MW	Allete Clean Energy
27.5 mi	S&p Windfarm Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
27.6 mi	B&k Energy Systems Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
27.7 mi	Dl Windy Acres Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
29.6 mi	Nobles Wind Project Reading, MN	Wind	201 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
29.7 mi	Adrian Adrian, MN	Oil	2 MW	Adrian Public Utilities Comm
30.6 mi	Glaciers Edge Wind Project Cleghorn, IA	Wind	212 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
30.6 mi	Rock Rapids Rock Rapids, IA	Oil	3 MW	Rock Rapids Municipal Utility
31.5 mi	Community Wind South Rushmore, MN	Wind	30 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
32.0 mi	Storm Lake Ii Alta, IA	Wind	80 MW	Allete Clean Energy
32.7 mi	Iowa Lakes Superior Wind Farm Superior, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
34.3 mi	Lakefield Utilities Lakefield, MN	Oil	3 MW	City Of Lakefield - (Mn)
34.7 mi	Lakefield Wind Project Llc Lakefield, MN	Wind	206 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
35.0 mi	Noble Ridge Llc Wilmont, MN	Wind	2 MW	Renew Energy Inc
35.2 mi	Plymouth Wind Remsen, IA	Wind	203 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.2 mi	Nobles 2 Wind Project Wilmont, MN	Wind	250 MW	Nobles 2 Power Partners, Llc
37.5 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
37.6 mi	Elk Creek Solar Magnolia, MN	Solar	—	National Grid Renewables
38.5 mi	Estherville Estherville, IA	Natural Gas	16 MW	City Of Estherville - (Ia)
39.7 mi	Iowa Lakes Community College Wind Farm Estherville, IA	Wind	2 MW	Iowa Lakes Community College
39.8 mi	Luverne Luverne, MN	Oil	10 MW	City Of Luverne - (Mn)
40.3 mi	Minwind Luverne, MN	Wind	4 MW	Community Renewables, Llc
41.7 mi	Rock County Wind Fuel, Llc Luverne, MN	Wind	5 MW	Rock County Wind Fuel, Llc
42.3 mi	Hills Hills, MN	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
42.3 mi	Storm Lake 1 Alta, IA	Wind	114 MW	Allete Clean Energy
42.5 mi	Graettinger Graettinger, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Graettinger - (Ia)
44.7 mi	Fenton Wind Farm Chandler, MN	Wind	206 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
44.7 mi	Alta Municipal Utilities Alta, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Alta - (Ia)
45.2 mi	Elm Creek Wind Ii Llc Trimont, MN	Wind	149 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
45.7 mi	Elm Creek Wind Llc Trimont, MN	Wind	99 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
46.1 mi	Champepaden Wind Power Chandler, MN	Wind	—	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
46.4 mi	Poet Biorefining - Hudson Hudson, SD	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Biorefining - Hudson
46.9 mi	Laverne Battery Beaver Creek, MN	Battery Storage	—	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
46.9 mi	Walleye Wind Beaver Creek, MN	Wind	110 MW	Walleye Wind, Llc
46.9 mi	Windom Windom, MN	Oil	5 MW	City Of Windom
47.5 mi	Moulton Wind Power Chandler, MN	Wind	—	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
47.8 mi	Valley View Transmission Llc Chandler, MN	Wind	10 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
47.9 mi	Eastridge Wind Project Porter, MN	Wind	10 MW	Eastridge Wind Project
48.1 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
48.7 mi	Auriga Community Solar Slayton, MN	Solar	1 MW	National Grid Renewables
48.9 mi	Slayton Solar Slayton, MN	Solar	2 MW	Ecos Energy Llc
48.9 mi	Uss Slayton Solar Llc (Csg) Slayton, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
49.6 mi	Leo Community Solar Hadley, MN	Solar	1 MW	National Grid Renewables
49.7 mi	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg Emmetsburg, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg

Power generation near this area

There are 68 power plants within 50 miles of Melvin, Iowa (ZIP 51350), with a combined 3,584 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 42 of the 68 nearby plants. The closest plant is O'brien Wind at 6.0 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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