Power Plants Near 51533 — Emerson, IA

44 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51533 (Emerson, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.0284, -95.4106 · County: Mills

Coal 47%Wind 28%Natural Gas 12%Nuclear 10%Oil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
17.9 mi	Shenandoah Shenandoah, IA	Oil	20 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
23.2 mi	Villisca Municipal Power Plant Villisca, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Villisca - (Ia)
24.2 mi	Papillion Creek Wastewater Bellevue, NE	Biomass	2 MW	City Of Omaha
24.7 mi	Walter Scott Jr Energy Center Council Bluffs, IA	Coal	1,648 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
27.3 mi	Shenandoah Hills Wind Farm Blanchard, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
29.4 mi	Cass County Plattsmouth, NE	Natural Gas	345 MW	Omaha Public Power District
29.6 mi	Missouri River Wastewater Treatment Omaha, NE	Biomass	3 MW	City Of Omaha
30.6 mi	Walnut Wind Farm Walnut, IA	Wind	165 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
30.8 mi	Sarpy County Bellevue, NE	Natural Gas	338 MW	Omaha Public Power District
30.8 mi	Jones Street Omaha, NE	Oil	130 MW	Omaha Public Power District
31.9 mi	Farmers City Wind Llc Tarkio, MO	Wind	146 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
32.3 mi	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning Corning, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning
33.1 mi	Nebraska City # 1 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	26 MW	City Of Nebraska City
33.9 mi	Atlantic Atlantic, IA	Natural Gas	10 MW	Atlantic Municipal Utilities
34.0 mi	Nebraska City Nebraska City, NE	Coal	1,390 MW	Omaha Public Power District
34.5 mi	Atchison County Wind Westboro, MO	Wind	299 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
34.6 mi	Nebraska City # 2 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Nebraska City
34.7 mi	North Omaha Omaha, NE	Coal	645 MW	Omaha Public Power District
35.1 mi	Rolling Hills Wind Farm Massena, IA	Wind	484 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
35.3 mi	Corning Corning, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Corning - (Ia)
37.4 mi	Wiota Wiota, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wiota Wind Energy, Llc #1
39.2 mi	Contrail Wind Farm Bedford, IA	Wind	112 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.3 mi	Adams Wind Lenox, IA	Wind	154 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.7 mi	Turtle Creek Springfield, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
39.8 mi	Cow Branch Tarkio, MO	Wind	50 MW	Cow Branch Wind Power, Llc
40.7 mi	Standing Bear Lake Omaha, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
41.5 mi	Bright Battery Weeping Water, NE	Other Fossil	1 MW	Omaha Public Power District
41.5 mi	Roseman Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Roseman Energy, Llc
41.6 mi	Green Energy Machine Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Green Energy Machine, Llc
42.2 mi	Exira Brayton, IA	Natural Gas	182 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
42.4 mi	Prescott Wind Farm Prescott, IA	Wind	39 MW	Prescott Wind Energy Llc
42.8 mi	Fort Calhoun Community Solar Fort Calhoun, NE	Solar	5 MW	Dg Southwest Solar Portfolio 2019, Llc
42.9 mi	Harlan Harlan, IA	Oil	3 MW	Harlan Municipal Utilities - (Ia)
43.0 mi	Loess Hills Rock Port, MO	Wind	5 MW	Loess Hills Wind Farm Llc
44.1 mi	Anita Anita, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Anita - (Ia)
44.8 mi	Rock Creek Wind Project Tarkio, MO	Wind	300 MW	Enel Green Power Na, Inc.
45.6 mi	Lenox Lenox, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of Lenox - (Ia)
46.9 mi	Syracuse # 2 Syracuse, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Nebraska City
47.4 mi	Adair Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	175 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
47.5 mi	Cooper Nuclear Station Brownville, NE	Nuclear	801 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
48.5 mi	Fort Calhoun Blair, NE	Nuclear	—	Omaha Public Power District
48.7 mi	Fontanelle Fontanelle, IA	Wind	2 MW	Forward Fontanelle Power, Llc
49.5 mi	Southern Hills Wind Farm Creston, IA	Wind	254 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.8 mi	Auburn Auburn, NE	Natural Gas	19 MW	Auburn Board Of Public Works

Power generation near this area

There are 44 power plants within 50 miles of Emerson, Iowa (ZIP 51533), with a combined 7,800 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 17 of the 44 nearby plants. The closest plant is Shenandoah at 17.9 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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