Power Plants Near 51525 — Carson, IA

46 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51525 (Carson, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.2367, -95.4181 · County: Pottawattamie

Coal 53%Wind 32%Natural Gas 13%Oil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
17.5 mi	Walnut Wind Farm Walnut, IA	Wind	165 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
22.3 mi	Walter Scott Jr Energy Center Council Bluffs, IA	Coal	1,648 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
24.7 mi	Atlantic Atlantic, IA	Natural Gas	10 MW	Atlantic Municipal Utilities
26.0 mi	Papillion Creek Wastewater Bellevue, NE	Biomass	2 MW	City Of Omaha
26.2 mi	Jones Street Omaha, NE	Oil	130 MW	Omaha Public Power District
26.7 mi	Missouri River Wastewater Treatment Omaha, NE	Biomass	3 MW	City Of Omaha
28.1 mi	North Omaha Omaha, NE	Coal	645 MW	Omaha Public Power District
28.7 mi	Harlan Harlan, IA	Oil	3 MW	Harlan Municipal Utilities - (Ia)
29.1 mi	Sarpy County Bellevue, NE	Natural Gas	338 MW	Omaha Public Power District
30.1 mi	Wiota Wiota, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wiota Wind Energy, Llc #1
30.9 mi	Villisca Municipal Power Plant Villisca, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Villisca - (Ia)
32.2 mi	Exira Brayton, IA	Natural Gas	182 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
32.3 mi	Shenandoah Shenandoah, IA	Oil	20 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
33.6 mi	Rolling Hills Wind Farm Massena, IA	Wind	484 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
34.0 mi	Fort Calhoun Community Solar Fort Calhoun, NE	Solar	5 MW	Dg Southwest Solar Portfolio 2019, Llc
34.7 mi	Cass County Plattsmouth, NE	Natural Gas	345 MW	Omaha Public Power District
35.5 mi	Standing Bear Lake Omaha, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
35.7 mi	Roseman Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Roseman Energy, Llc
35.7 mi	Green Energy Machine Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Green Energy Machine, Llc
36.7 mi	Anita Anita, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Anita - (Ia)
37.4 mi	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning Corning, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning
39.4 mi	Fort Calhoun Blair, NE	Nuclear	—	Omaha Public Power District
39.5 mi	Corning Corning, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Corning - (Ia)
40.3 mi	Turtle Creek Springfield, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
41.2 mi	Adair Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	175 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.7 mi	Shenandoah Hills Wind Farm Blanchard, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
41.9 mi	Heartland Divide Ii Audubon, IA	Wind	200 MW	Heartland Divide Ii
43.0 mi	Prescott Wind Farm Prescott, IA	Wind	39 MW	Prescott Wind Energy Llc
43.9 mi	Eclipse Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	207 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.5 mi	Nebraska City # 1 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	26 MW	City Of Nebraska City
44.6 mi	Elk City Station Bennington, NE	Biomass	6 MW	Omaha Public Power District
44.6 mi	Fontanelle Fontanelle, IA	Wind	2 MW	Forward Fontanelle Power, Llc
44.6 mi	Adams Wind Lenox, IA	Wind	154 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.7 mi	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc Melville, IA	Wind	104 MW	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc
45.9 mi	Nebraska City # 2 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Nebraska City
46.0 mi	Farmers City Wind Llc Tarkio, MO	Wind	146 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
46.2 mi	Morning Light Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	111 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.4 mi	Nebraska City Nebraska City, NE	Coal	1,390 MW	Omaha Public Power District
47.0 mi	Bright Battery Weeping Water, NE	Other Fossil	1 MW	Omaha Public Power District
48.3 mi	Big Elk Solar Kennard, NE	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
48.6 mi	Greenfield Wind Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Greenfield Wind Power, Llc
48.6 mi	Sky Volt Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Sky Volt, Llc
48.9 mi	Atchison County Wind Westboro, MO	Wind	299 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
49.8 mi	Contrail Wind Farm Bedford, IA	Wind	112 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.9 mi	Greenfield Light Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	—	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
49.9 mi	Downtown Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)

Power generation near this area

There are 46 power plants within 50 miles of Carson, Iowa (ZIP 51525), with a combined 6,997 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 19 of the 46 nearby plants. The closest plant is Walnut Wind Farm at 17.5 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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