Power Plants Near 51501 — Council Bluffs, IA

31 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51501 (Council Bluffs, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.2324, -95.8751 · County: Pottawattamie

Coal 72%Natural Gas 18%Wind 6%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.8 mi	Jones Street Omaha, NE	Oil	130 MW	Omaha Public Power District
3.5 mi	Missouri River Wastewater Treatment Omaha, NE	Biomass	3 MW	City Of Omaha
4.0 mi	Walter Scott Jr Energy Center Council Bluffs, IA	Coal	1,648 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
6.5 mi	Sarpy County Bellevue, NE	Natural Gas	338 MW	Omaha Public Power District
7.6 mi	North Omaha Omaha, NE	Coal	645 MW	Omaha Public Power District
10.7 mi	Papillion Creek Wastewater Bellevue, NE	Biomass	2 MW	City Of Omaha
12.7 mi	Standing Bear Lake Omaha, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
16.9 mi	Fort Calhoun Community Solar Fort Calhoun, NE	Solar	5 MW	Dg Southwest Solar Portfolio 2019, Llc
18.1 mi	Turtle Creek Springfield, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
20.2 mi	Cass County Plattsmouth, NE	Natural Gas	345 MW	Omaha Public Power District
22.3 mi	Elk City Station Bennington, NE	Biomass	6 MW	Omaha Public Power District
22.5 mi	Fort Calhoun Blair, NE	Nuclear	—	Omaha Public Power District
26.4 mi	Platteview Solar Llc Ashland, NE	Solar	81 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
27.4 mi	Big Elk Solar Kennard, NE	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
29.5 mi	Bright Battery Weeping Water, NE	Other Fossil	1 MW	Omaha Public Power District
33.3 mi	Lon Wright Fremont, NE	Coal	172 MW	City Of Fremont - (Ne)
36.3 mi	Walnut Wind Farm Walnut, IA	Wind	165 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
38.2 mi	Nebraska City # 1 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	26 MW	City Of Nebraska City
38.3 mi	Wahoo Wahoo, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Wahoo - (Ne)
39.1 mi	Nebraska City # 2 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Nebraska City
40.6 mi	Harlan Harlan, IA	Oil	3 MW	Harlan Municipal Utilities - (Ia)
41.1 mi	Shenandoah Shenandoah, IA	Oil	20 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.6 mi	Syracuse # 2 Syracuse, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Nebraska City
42.5 mi	Nebraska City Nebraska City, NE	Coal	1,390 MW	Omaha Public Power District
44.4 mi	Terry Bundy Generating Station Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	216 MW	Lincoln Electric System
45.1 mi	Salt Valley Wind Plant Lincoln, NE	Wind	1 MW	Lincoln Electric System
46.1 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Lincoln Lincoln, NE	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
47.0 mi	Atlantic Atlantic, IA	Natural Gas	10 MW	Atlantic Municipal Utilities
47.4 mi	Burt County Solar Hybrid Tekamah, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc
49.0 mi	Farmers City Wind Llc Tarkio, MO	Wind	146 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
49.0 mi	Shenandoah Hills Wind Farm Blanchard, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co

Power generation near this area

There are 31 power plants within 50 miles of Council Bluffs, Iowa (ZIP 51501), with a combined 5,395 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 31 nearby plants. The closest plant is Jones Street at 2.8 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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