Power Plants Near 51462 — Scranton, IA

60 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51462 (Scranton, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.0124, -94.5518 · County: Greene

Wind 82%Natural Gas 10%Oil 4%Solar 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
9.4 mi	Grand Junction Grand Junction, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Grand Junction - (Ia)
10.7 mi	Hardin Hilltop Wind Llc Jefferson, IA	Wind	15 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
11.8 mi	Coon Rapids Ii Coon Rapids, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Coon Rapids
15.7 mi	Junction Hilltop Wind Farm Dana, IA	Wind	8 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
16.1 mi	Rippey Wind Farm Grand Junction, IA	Wind	50 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
17.9 mi	Carroll Area Wind Farm Templeton, IA	Wind	21 MW	Sriv Partnership Llc
20.9 mi	Beaver Creek Wind Ogden, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
22.0 mi	Carroll Wind Farm Carroll, IA	Wind	159 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
23.0 mi	Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Oil	3 MW	Gowrie Municipal Utilities
23.9 mi	Panora Panora, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Panora - (Ia)
24.5 mi	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc Melville, IA	Wind	104 MW	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc
25.1 mi	Perry Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Perry, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
25.2 mi	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie Gowrie, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining - Gowrie
25.9 mi	Manning Manning, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Manning
26.0 mi	Ogden Ogden, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Ogden - (Ia)
28.0 mi	Heartland Divide Ii Audubon, IA	Wind	200 MW	Heartland Divide Ii
29.6 mi	Lundgren Wind Project Otho, IA	Wind	251 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
29.8 mi	Silver Queen Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	—	Silver Queen Wind Farm, Llc
30.1 mi	Dayton (Ia) Dayton, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dayton - (Ia)
30.5 mi	Victory Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	105 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.4 mi	Eclipse Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	207 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
35.8 mi	Fareway Customer Hosted 1 Mw Solar Boone, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
36.2 mi	Sac County Wind, Llc Sac City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Sac County Wind
37.2 mi	Stuart (Ia) Stuart, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
37.3 mi	Great Pathfinder Wind Stratford, IA	Wind	224 MW	Great Pathfinder Wind
37.5 mi	Gilliam South Stuart, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
38.6 mi	Morning Light Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	111 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
38.8 mi	Pocahontas Prairie Wind Farm Pomeroy, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.0 mi	Wind Gem Stuart, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wind Gem, Llc
39.3 mi	Exira Brayton, IA	Natural Gas	182 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
40.5 mi	Arbor Hill Solar Greenfield, IA	Solar	25 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.7 mi	Pomeroy Wind Farm Fonda, IA	Wind	286 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.8 mi	Anita Anita, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Anita - (Ia)
41.1 mi	Adair Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	175 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.7 mi	West Receiving Denison, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Denison - (Ia)
42.2 mi	Richland (Ia) Odebolt, IA	Wind	131 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
43.1 mi	Wolverine Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wolverine Wind Energy, Llc
43.4 mi	Meadow Ridge Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Meadow Ridge Wind Energy, Llc
43.8 mi	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc Ames, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 4 Llc
44.6 mi	Arbor Hill Wind Farm Greenfield, IA	Wind	310 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.8 mi	Holliday Creek Solar Fort Dodge, IA	Solar	100 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.4 mi	Green Energy Machine Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Green Energy Machine, Llc
45.5 mi	Roseman Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Roseman Energy, Llc
46.0 mi	Wiota Wiota, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wiota Wind Energy, Llc #1
46.0 mi	Isu Customer Hosted 1mw Solar Project Ames, IA	Solar	1 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
46.5 mi	Fontanelle Fontanelle, IA	Wind	2 MW	Forward Fontanelle Power, Llc
46.7 mi	New Harvest Wind Project Llc Schleswig, IA	Wind	100 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
46.8 mi	Harlan Harlan, IA	Oil	3 MW	Harlan Municipal Utilities - (Ia)
46.8 mi	Iowa State University Ames, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Iowa State University
47.7 mi	Atlantic Atlantic, IA	Natural Gas	10 MW	Atlantic Municipal Utilities
48.0 mi	Ia - City Of Ames - Airport Road Ames, IA	Solar	2 MW	Forefront Power, Llc
48.3 mi	North Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
48.4 mi	Ames Electric Services Power Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	109 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
48.6 mi	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc Huxley, IA	Wind	3 MW	Michelangelo Wind 1 Llc
49.2 mi	Downtown Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
49.2 mi	Greenfield Light Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	—	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
49.2 mi	Webster City Webster City, IA	Oil	21 MW	City Of Webster City - (Ia)
49.7 mi	Ames Gt Ames, IA	Oil	79 MW	City Of Ames - (Ia)
49.9 mi	West Diesel Generation Unit Pocahontas, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Pocahontas - (Ia)
50.0 mi	Ncah Central Utility Plant Ames, IA	Natural Gas	15 MW	National Centers For Animal Health

Power generation near this area

There are 60 power plants within 50 miles of Scranton, Iowa (ZIP 51462), with a combined 3,625 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 30 of the 60 nearby plants. The closest plant is Grand Junction at 9.4 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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