Power Plants Near 51528 — Dow City, IA

27 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51528 (Dow City, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.9134, -95.4862 · County: Crawford

Wind 69%Coal 23%Natural Gas 7%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
9.8 mi	West Receiving Denison, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Denison - (Ia)
17.2 mi	New Harvest Wind Project Llc Schleswig, IA	Wind	100 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
19.2 mi	Silver Queen Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	—	Silver Queen Wind Farm, Llc
20.6 mi	Harlan Harlan, IA	Oil	3 MW	Harlan Municipal Utilities - (Ia)
23.1 mi	Victory Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	105 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
23.2 mi	Manning Manning, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Manning
28.6 mi	Ida Grove Ii Ida Grove, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
30.7 mi	Ida Grove Wind Ida Grove, IA	Wind	301 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
30.9 mi	Carroll Area Wind Farm Templeton, IA	Wind	21 MW	Sriv Partnership Llc
31.7 mi	Heartland Divide Ii Audubon, IA	Wind	200 MW	Heartland Divide Ii
33.3 mi	Carroll Wind Farm Carroll, IA	Wind	159 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
33.8 mi	Richland (Ia) Odebolt, IA	Wind	131 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
34.4 mi	Walnut Wind Farm Walnut, IA	Wind	165 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.9 mi	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc Melville, IA	Wind	104 MW	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc
38.5 mi	Burt County Solar Hybrid Tekamah, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc
40.2 mi	Exira Brayton, IA	Natural Gas	182 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
40.8 mi	Fort Calhoun Blair, NE	Nuclear	—	Omaha Public Power District
41.4 mi	Fort Calhoun Community Solar Fort Calhoun, NE	Solar	5 MW	Dg Southwest Solar Portfolio 2019, Llc
41.5 mi	Coon Rapids Ii Coon Rapids, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Coon Rapids
42.9 mi	Atlantic Atlantic, IA	Natural Gas	10 MW	Atlantic Municipal Utilities
43.2 mi	Sac County Wind, Llc Sac City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Sac County Wind
44.2 mi	Burt County Wind Oakland, NE	Wind	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
45.0 mi	Intrepid Schaller, IA	Wind	176 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.8 mi	North Omaha Omaha, NE	Coal	645 MW	Omaha Public Power District
47.8 mi	Wiota Wiota, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wiota Wind Energy, Llc #1
48.2 mi	Eclipse Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	207 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.3 mi	Anita Anita, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Anita - (Ia)

Power generation near this area

There are 27 power plants within 50 miles of Dow City, Iowa (ZIP 51528), with a combined 2,815 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 16 of the 27 nearby plants. The closest plant is West Receiving at 9.8 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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