Power Plants Near 51527 — Defiance, IA

30 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51527 (Defiance, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.8053, -95.3537 · County: Shelby

Wind 67%Coal 21%Natural Gas 6%Oil 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.3 mi	Harlan Harlan, IA	Oil	3 MW	Harlan Municipal Utilities - (Ia)
15.0 mi	West Receiving Denison, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Denison - (Ia)
17.8 mi	Silver Queen Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	—	Silver Queen Wind Farm, Llc
17.8 mi	Manning Manning, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Manning
22.7 mi	Heartland Divide Ii Audubon, IA	Wind	200 MW	Heartland Divide Ii
24.4 mi	Victory Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	105 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
24.9 mi	New Harvest Wind Project Llc Schleswig, IA	Wind	100 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
25.1 mi	Walnut Wind Farm Walnut, IA	Wind	165 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
25.8 mi	Carroll Area Wind Farm Templeton, IA	Wind	21 MW	Sriv Partnership Llc
29.2 mi	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc Melville, IA	Wind	104 MW	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc
30.1 mi	Exira Brayton, IA	Natural Gas	182 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
32.9 mi	Carroll Wind Farm Carroll, IA	Wind	159 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.9 mi	Atlantic Atlantic, IA	Natural Gas	10 MW	Atlantic Municipal Utilities
34.9 mi	Coon Rapids Ii Coon Rapids, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Coon Rapids
36.4 mi	Ida Grove Ii Ida Grove, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.7 mi	Wiota Wiota, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wiota Wind Energy, Llc #1
38.2 mi	Ida Grove Wind Ida Grove, IA	Wind	301 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
38.6 mi	Eclipse Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	207 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.1 mi	Richland (Ia) Odebolt, IA	Wind	131 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
39.3 mi	Anita Anita, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Anita - (Ia)
41.4 mi	Fort Calhoun Community Solar Fort Calhoun, NE	Solar	5 MW	Dg Southwest Solar Portfolio 2019, Llc
42.2 mi	Fort Calhoun Blair, NE	Nuclear	—	Omaha Public Power District
43.0 mi	Green Energy Machine Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Green Energy Machine, Llc
43.1 mi	Roseman Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Roseman Energy, Llc
44.3 mi	Adair Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	175 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.9 mi	North Omaha Omaha, NE	Coal	645 MW	Omaha Public Power District
45.4 mi	Burt County Solar Hybrid Tekamah, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc
46.4 mi	Sac County Wind, Llc Sac City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Sac County Wind
47.0 mi	Morning Light Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	111 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.3 mi	Jones Street Omaha, NE	Oil	130 MW	Omaha Public Power District

Power generation near this area

There are 30 power plants within 50 miles of Defiance, Iowa (ZIP 51527), with a combined 3,058 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 18 of the 30 nearby plants. The closest plant is Harlan at 11.3 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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