Power Plants Near 51358 — Ruthven, IA

62 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51358 (Ruthven, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.1448, -94.8842 · County: Palo Alto

Wind 84%Natural Gas 14%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.0 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
9.4 mi	Graettinger Graettinger, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Graettinger - (Ia)
12.7 mi	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg Emmetsburg, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg
13.1 mi	Spencer Gas Turbine Spencer, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Spencer - (Ia)
17.0 mi	Iowa Lakes Community College Wind Farm Estherville, IA	Wind	2 MW	Iowa Lakes Community College
17.5 mi	Palo Alto Wind Farm Emmetsburg, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
17.9 mi	Estherville Estherville, IA	Natural Gas	16 MW	City Of Estherville - (Ia)
18.3 mi	Milford Milford, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Milford - (Ia)
18.8 mi	Earl F Wisdom Spencer, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
20.5 mi	Laurens Laurens, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Laurens - (Ia)
21.3 mi	Iowa Lakes Superior Wind Farm Superior, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
23.8 mi	Upland Prairie Spencer, IA	Wind	299 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
25.5 mi	West Bend West Bent, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of West Bend
26.1 mi	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	100 MW	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc
26.9 mi	Flying Cloud Power Partners Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	44 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
29.3 mi	Lake Park Lake Park, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Lake Park - (Ia)
30.7 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
32.9 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
33.3 mi	Osceola Windpower Llc Harris, IA	Wind	98 MW	Osceola Windpower Llc
33.3 mi	Osceola Windpower Ii Harris, IA	Wind	50 MW	Osceola Windpower Ii
33.6 mi	Storm Lake Ii Alta, IA	Wind	80 MW	Allete Clean Energy
35.1 mi	Bancroft Bancroft, IA	Oil	4 MW	Bancroft Municipal Utilities
37.0 mi	Fairmont Wind Fairmont, MN	Wind	5 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
37.3 mi	Elm Creek Wind Ii Llc Trimont, MN	Wind	149 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
37.5 mi	O'brien Wind Primghar, IA	Wind	250 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.5 mi	Fox Lake Sherburn, MN	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
37.6 mi	Primghar Primghar, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Primghar - (Ia)
38.3 mi	Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project Algona, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
38.8 mi	Alta Municipal Utilities Alta, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Alta - (Ia)
39.1 mi	Lakefield Wind Project Llc Lakefield, MN	Wind	206 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
39.2 mi	Highland Wind Project (Ia) Primghar, IA	Wind	502 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.3 mi	South Fork Wind Farm Round Lake, MN	Wind	14 MW	South Fork Wind, Llc
39.3 mi	Lakefield Utilities Lakefield, MN	Oil	3 MW	City Of Lakefield - (Mn)
39.4 mi	Pomeroy Wind Farm Fonda, IA	Wind	286 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.4 mi	Kossuth County Wind Lu Verne, IA	Wind	70 MW	Kossuth County Wind, Llc
39.5 mi	Kossuth Lu Verne, IA	Wind	152 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
40.0 mi	Welcome Wind Turbine Welcome, MN	Wind	2 MW	Federated Rural Electric Assn
40.6 mi	Lakota Wind Wind Farm Lakota, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
41.1 mi	Storm Lake 1 Alta, IA	Wind	114 MW	Allete Clean Energy
41.2 mi	Fairmont (Mn) Fairmont, MN	Natural Gas	39 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
41.3 mi	Cisco Brewster, MN	Wind	8 MW	Allete Clean Energy
41.5 mi	Pocahontas Prairie Wind Farm Pomeroy, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.5 mi	Plum Creek Wind Algona, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
41.6 mi	Allendorf Allendorf, IA	Wind	6 MW	E&e Enterprises Llc
42.2 mi	Elm Creek Wind Llc Trimont, MN	Wind	99 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
42.3 mi	Ewington Energy Systems, Llc Worthington, MN	Wind	23 MW	Ewington Energy Systems, Llc
42.6 mi	Dl Windy Acres Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
42.8 mi	B&k Energy Systems Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
43.0 mi	S&p Windfarm Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
43.0 mi	Oreg 3 Inc Trimont, MN	Other Fossil	5 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
43.8 mi	Ledyard Windpower, Llc Lakota, IA	Wind	207 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
44.9 mi	Trimont Area Wind Farm Trimont, MN	Wind	101 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
45.2 mi	Lakefield Junction Trimont, MN	Natural Gas	538 MW	Great River Energy
46.0 mi	Sibley One Sibley, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Sibley - (Ia)
46.6 mi	Intrepid Schaller, IA	Wind	176 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.9 mi	Sibley No Two Sibley, IA	Oil	1 MW	City Of Sibley - (Ia)
47.5 mi	Big Blue Blue Earth, MN	Wind	36 MW	Big Blue Wind Farm Llc (Mn)
47.5 mi	Otter Creek Ethanol Poet - Ashton Ashton, IA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Otter Creek Ethanol Llc - Poet Ashton
47.9 mi	Golden Plains Buffalo Center, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.9 mi	Glaciers Edge Wind Project Cleghorn, IA	Wind	212 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
49.0 mi	Odell Wind Farm Mountain Lake, MN	Wind	200 MW	Algonquin Power Co
49.7 mi	Worthington Worthington, MN	Wind	20 MW	City Of Worthington - (Mn)

Power generation near this area

There are 62 power plants within 50 miles of Ruthven, Iowa (ZIP 51358), with a combined 5,000 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 40 of the 62 nearby plants. The closest plant is Crosswind Energy Project at 7.0 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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