Power Plants Near 51460 — Ricketts, IA

29 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51460 (Ricketts, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.1304, -95.5746 · County: Crawford

Wind 60%Coal 39%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.2 mi	New Harvest Wind Project Llc Schleswig, IA	Wind	100 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
13.2 mi	West Receiving Denison, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Denison - (Ia)
14.8 mi	Ida Grove Ii Ida Grove, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
17.5 mi	Ida Grove Wind Ida Grove, IA	Wind	301 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
22.8 mi	Victory Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	105 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
24.0 mi	Richland (Ia) Odebolt, IA	Wind	131 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
24.4 mi	Silver Queen Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	—	Silver Queen Wind Farm, Llc
31.7 mi	Manning Manning, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Manning
31.9 mi	Intrepid Schaller, IA	Wind	176 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
33.1 mi	Carroll Wind Farm Carroll, IA	Wind	159 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
35.8 mi	Sac County Wind, Llc Sac City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Sac County Wind
36.1 mi	Harlan Harlan, IA	Oil	3 MW	Harlan Municipal Utilities - (Ia)
37.7 mi	Carroll Area Wind Farm Templeton, IA	Wind	21 MW	Sriv Partnership Llc
38.5 mi	Burt County Solar Hybrid Tekamah, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc
39.5 mi	Storm Lake 1 Alta, IA	Wind	114 MW	Allete Clean Energy
40.0 mi	Alta Municipal Utilities Alta, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Alta - (Ia)
42.0 mi	George Neal South Salix, IA	Coal	696 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.0 mi	Neal Energy Center Solar Salix, IA	Solar	4 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.0 mi	Burt County Wind Oakland, NE	Wind	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
43.3 mi	George Neal North Sergeant Bluff, IA	Coal	584 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.7 mi	Heartland Divide Ii Audubon, IA	Wind	200 MW	Heartland Divide Ii
47.4 mi	South Sioux City Energy Storage South Sioux City, NE	Other Fossil	2 MW	Dg Nebraska Energy Storage, Llc
47.7 mi	Lyons Lyons, NE	Oil	3 MW	City Of Lyons - (Ne)
49.2 mi	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc Melville, IA	Wind	104 MW	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc
49.3 mi	Coon Rapids Ii Coon Rapids, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Coon Rapids
49.5 mi	Fort Calhoun Blair, NE	Nuclear	—	Omaha Public Power District
49.7 mi	South Sioux City Solar Dakota, NE	Solar	2 MW	Tesla Inc.
49.9 mi	Storm Lake Ii Alta, IA	Wind	80 MW	Allete Clean Energy
50.0 mi	Walnut Wind Farm Walnut, IA	Wind	165 MW	Midamerican Energy Co

Power generation near this area

There are 29 power plants within 50 miles of Ricketts, Iowa (ZIP 51460), with a combined 3,250 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 16 of the 29 nearby plants. The closest plant is New Harvest Wind Project Llc at 7.2 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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