Power Plants Near 51531 — Elk Horn, IA

50 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51531 (Elk Horn, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.5829, -95.0700 · County: Shelby

Wind 51%Coal 40%Natural Gas 5%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
9.1 mi	Exira Brayton, IA	Natural Gas	182 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
12.0 mi	Heartland Divide Ii Audubon, IA	Wind	200 MW	Heartland Divide Ii
12.5 mi	Atlantic Atlantic, IA	Natural Gas	10 MW	Atlantic Municipal Utilities
12.6 mi	Walnut Wind Farm Walnut, IA	Wind	165 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
13.4 mi	Harlan Harlan, IA	Oil	3 MW	Harlan Municipal Utilities - (Ia)
16.4 mi	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc Melville, IA	Wind	104 MW	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc
16.6 mi	Wiota Wiota, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wiota Wind Energy, Llc #1
18.4 mi	Anita Anita, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Anita - (Ia)
20.0 mi	Eclipse Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	207 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
21.9 mi	Green Energy Machine Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Green Energy Machine, Llc
22.0 mi	Roseman Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Roseman Energy, Llc
22.4 mi	Manning Manning, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Manning
23.7 mi	Adair Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	175 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
26.5 mi	Carroll Area Wind Farm Templeton, IA	Wind	21 MW	Sriv Partnership Llc
27.1 mi	Morning Light Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	111 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
28.3 mi	Coon Rapids Ii Coon Rapids, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Coon Rapids
29.2 mi	Silver Queen Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	—	Silver Queen Wind Farm, Llc
30.7 mi	Rolling Hills Wind Farm Massena, IA	Wind	484 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
30.9 mi	Fontanelle Fontanelle, IA	Wind	2 MW	Forward Fontanelle Power, Llc
33.9 mi	West Receiving Denison, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Denison - (Ia)
34.9 mi	Wolverine Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wolverine Wind Energy, Llc
34.9 mi	Meadow Ridge Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Meadow Ridge Wind Energy, Llc
36.4 mi	Greenfield Wind Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Greenfield Wind Power, Llc
36.4 mi	Sky Volt Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Sky Volt, Llc
36.8 mi	North Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
37.0 mi	Downtown Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
37.0 mi	Greenfield Light Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	—	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
37.0 mi	Victory Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	105 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.1 mi	Panora Panora, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Panora - (Ia)
38.6 mi	Wind Gem Stuart, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wind Gem, Llc
38.9 mi	Gilliam South Stuart, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
39.3 mi	Stuart (Ia) Stuart, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
40.0 mi	Prescott Wind Farm Prescott, IA	Wind	39 MW	Prescott Wind Energy Llc
40.7 mi	Carroll Wind Farm Carroll, IA	Wind	159 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.9 mi	Bulldog Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Bulldog Wind Energy, Llc
41.1 mi	Cumberland Rose Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Cumberland Rose Wind Energy, Llc
42.5 mi	Arbor Hill Solar Greenfield, IA	Solar	25 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.8 mi	Orient Wind Farm Orient, IA	Wind	501 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.6 mi	Arbor Hill Wind Farm Greenfield, IA	Wind	310 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.2 mi	New Harvest Wind Project Llc Schleswig, IA	Wind	100 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
44.7 mi	Corning Corning, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Corning - (Ia)
44.9 mi	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning Corning, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning
45.2 mi	Southern Hills Wind Farm Creston, IA	Wind	254 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.2 mi	Villisca Municipal Power Plant Villisca, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Villisca - (Ia)
47.5 mi	Grand Junction Grand Junction, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Grand Junction - (Ia)
48.6 mi	North Omaha Omaha, NE	Coal	645 MW	Omaha Public Power District
48.7 mi	Walter Scott Jr Energy Center Council Bluffs, IA	Coal	1,648 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.1 mi	Fort Calhoun Community Solar Fort Calhoun, NE	Solar	5 MW	Dg Southwest Solar Portfolio 2019, Llc
49.6 mi	Summit Lake Creston, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
49.8 mi	Jones Street Omaha, NE	Oil	130 MW	Omaha Public Power District

Power generation near this area

There are 50 power plants within 50 miles of Elk Horn, Iowa (ZIP 51531), with a combined 5,779 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 27 of the 50 nearby plants. The closest plant is Exira at 9.1 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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