Power Plants Near 51503 — Council Bluffs, IA

32 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51503 (Council Bluffs, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.2616, -95.8251 · County: Pottawattamie

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

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.1 mi	Jones Street Omaha, NE	Oil	130 MW	Omaha Public Power District
5.7 mi	Walter Scott Jr Energy Center Council Bluffs, IA	Coal	1,648 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
6.7 mi	Missouri River Wastewater Treatment Omaha, NE	Biomass	3 MW	City Of Omaha
7.8 mi	North Omaha Omaha, NE	Coal	645 MW	Omaha Public Power District
9.8 mi	Sarpy County Bellevue, NE	Natural Gas	338 MW	Omaha Public Power District
13.0 mi	Papillion Creek Wastewater Bellevue, NE	Biomass	2 MW	City Of Omaha
14.5 mi	Standing Bear Lake Omaha, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
16.4 mi	Fort Calhoun Community Solar Fort Calhoun, NE	Solar	5 MW	Dg Southwest Solar Portfolio 2019, Llc
21.3 mi	Turtle Creek Springfield, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
22.2 mi	Fort Calhoun Blair, NE	Nuclear	—	Omaha Public Power District
22.8 mi	Cass County Plattsmouth, NE	Natural Gas	345 MW	Omaha Public Power District
23.8 mi	Elk City Station Bennington, NE	Biomass	6 MW	Omaha Public Power District
28.4 mi	Big Elk Solar Kennard, NE	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
29.2 mi	Platteview Solar Llc Ashland, NE	Solar	81 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
32.7 mi	Bright Battery Weeping Water, NE	Other Fossil	1 MW	Omaha Public Power District
33.1 mi	Walnut Wind Farm Walnut, IA	Wind	165 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
35.0 mi	Lon Wright Fremont, NE	Coal	172 MW	City Of Fremont - (Ne)
37.4 mi	Harlan Harlan, IA	Oil	3 MW	Harlan Municipal Utilities - (Ia)
40.2 mi	Nebraska City # 1 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	26 MW	City Of Nebraska City
41.0 mi	Wahoo Wahoo, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Wahoo - (Ne)
41.2 mi	Shenandoah Shenandoah, IA	Oil	20 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.2 mi	Nebraska City # 2 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Nebraska City
44.0 mi	Atlantic Atlantic, IA	Natural Gas	10 MW	Atlantic Municipal Utilities
44.3 mi	Nebraska City Nebraska City, NE	Coal	1,390 MW	Omaha Public Power District
44.5 mi	Syracuse # 2 Syracuse, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Nebraska City
46.6 mi	Burt County Solar Hybrid Tekamah, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc
47.7 mi	Terry Bundy Generating Station Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	216 MW	Lincoln Electric System
48.3 mi	Salt Valley Wind Plant Lincoln, NE	Wind	1 MW	Lincoln Electric System
49.3 mi	Villisca Municipal Power Plant Villisca, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Villisca - (Ia)
49.4 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Lincoln Lincoln, NE	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
49.4 mi	Shenandoah Hills Wind Farm Blanchard, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
50.0 mi	Farmers City Wind Llc Tarkio, MO	Wind	146 MW	Avangrid Power Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 32 power plants within 50 miles of Council Bluffs, Iowa (ZIP 51503), with a combined 5,399 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 32 nearby plants. The closest plant is Jones Street at 5.1 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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