Power Plants Near 51459 — Ralston, IA

51 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51459 (Ralston, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.0414, -94.6321 · County: Carroll

Wind 90%Natural Gas 5%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
12.0 mi	Coon Rapids Ii Coon Rapids, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Coon Rapids
13.5 mi	Grand Junction Grand Junction, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Grand Junction - (Ia)
14.0 mi	Hardin Hilltop Wind Llc Jefferson, IA	Wind	15 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
14.8 mi	Carroll Area Wind Farm Templeton, IA	Wind	21 MW	Sriv Partnership Llc
17.4 mi	Carroll Wind Farm Carroll, IA	Wind	159 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
19.0 mi	Junction Hilltop Wind Farm Dana, IA	Wind	8 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
20.4 mi	Rippey Wind Farm Grand Junction, IA	Wind	50 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
22.7 mi	Manning Manning, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Manning
24.2 mi	Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Oil	3 MW	Gowrie Municipal Utilities
24.4 mi	Beaver Creek Wind Ogden, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
24.4 mi	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc Melville, IA	Wind	104 MW	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc
25.8 mi	Silver Queen Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	—	Silver Queen Wind Farm, Llc
26.0 mi	Victory Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	105 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
26.1 mi	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie
26.9 mi	Heartland Divide Ii Audubon, IA	Wind	200 MW	Heartland Divide Ii
27.6 mi	Panora Panora, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Panora - (Ia)
29.6 mi	Perry Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Perry, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
30.1 mi	Ogden Ogden, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Ogden - (Ia)
31.1 mi	Lundgren Wind Project Otho, IA	Wind	251 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.1 mi	Sac County Wind, Llc Sac City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Sac County Wind
32.6 mi	Dayton (Ia) Dayton, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dayton - (Ia)
33.7 mi	Eclipse Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	207 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
36.4 mi	Pocahontas Prairie Wind Farm Pomeroy, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.6 mi	West Receiving Denison, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Denison - (Ia)
37.7 mi	Richland (Ia) Odebolt, IA	Wind	131 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
38.0 mi	Pomeroy Wind Farm Fonda, IA	Wind	286 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.3 mi	Exira Brayton, IA	Natural Gas	182 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
39.8 mi	Fareway Customer Hosted 1 Mw Solar Boone, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
40.5 mi	Great Pathfinder Wind Stratford, IA	Wind	224 MW	Great Pathfinder Wind
40.5 mi	Stuart (Ia) Stuart, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
40.7 mi	Morning Light Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	111 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.8 mi	Gilliam South Stuart, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
41.8 mi	Anita Anita, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Anita - (Ia)
42.2 mi	New Harvest Wind Project Llc Schleswig, IA	Wind	100 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
42.3 mi	Wind Gem Stuart, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wind Gem, Llc
42.7 mi	Adair Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	175 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.0 mi	Arbor Hill Solar Greenfield, IA	Solar	25 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.6 mi	Harlan Harlan, IA	Oil	3 MW	Harlan Municipal Utilities - (Ia)
45.4 mi	Holliday Creek Solar Fort Dodge, IA	Solar	100 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.8 mi	Ida Grove Wind Ida Grove, IA	Wind	301 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.8 mi	Wolverine Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wolverine Wind Energy, Llc
46.0 mi	Meadow Ridge Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Meadow Ridge Wind Energy, Llc
46.6 mi	Green Energy Machine Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Green Energy Machine, Llc
46.6 mi	Wiota Wiota, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wiota Wind Energy, Llc #1
46.7 mi	Ida Grove Ii Ida Grove, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.7 mi	Roseman Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Roseman Energy, Llc
47.6 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
47.6 mi	Atlantic Atlantic, IA	Natural Gas	10 MW	Atlantic Municipal Utilities
48.0 mi	Arbor Hill Wind Farm Greenfield, IA	Wind	310 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.0 mi	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc Ames, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc
48.6 mi	Fontanelle Fontanelle, IA	Wind	2 MW	Forward Fontanelle Power, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 51 power plants within 50 miles of Ralston, Iowa (ZIP 51459), with a combined 3,844 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 31 of the 51 nearby plants. The closest plant is Coon Rapids Ii at 12.0 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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