Power Plants Near 51534 — Glenwood, IA

37 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51534 (Glenwood, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.0470, -95.7389 · County: Mills

Coal 59%Natural Gas 15%Nuclear 12%Wind 10%Oil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.1 mi	Papillion Creek Wastewater Bellevue, NE	Biomass	2 MW	City Of Omaha
10.6 mi	Walter Scott Jr Energy Center Council Bluffs, IA	Coal	1,648 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
13.6 mi	Cass County Plattsmouth, NE	Natural Gas	345 MW	Omaha Public Power District
14.7 mi	Missouri River Wastewater Treatment Omaha, NE	Biomass	3 MW	City Of Omaha
14.8 mi	Sarpy County Bellevue, NE	Natural Gas	338 MW	Omaha Public Power District
17.1 mi	Jones Street Omaha, NE	Oil	130 MW	Omaha Public Power District
22.2 mi	North Omaha Omaha, NE	Coal	645 MW	Omaha Public Power District
22.6 mi	Turtle Creek Springfield, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
25.9 mi	Nebraska City # 1 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	26 MW	City Of Nebraska City
26.0 mi	Bright Battery Weeping Water, NE	Other Fossil	1 MW	Omaha Public Power District
26.2 mi	Standing Bear Lake Omaha, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
26.9 mi	Shenandoah Shenandoah, IA	Oil	20 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
27.2 mi	Nebraska City # 2 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Nebraska City
29.5 mi	Nebraska City Nebraska City, NE	Coal	1,390 MW	Omaha Public Power District
31.5 mi	Fort Calhoun Community Solar Fort Calhoun, NE	Solar	5 MW	Dg Southwest Solar Portfolio 2019, Llc
34.4 mi	Shenandoah Hills Wind Farm Blanchard, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
34.4 mi	Syracuse # 2 Syracuse, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Nebraska City
34.5 mi	Farmers City Wind Llc Tarkio, MO	Wind	146 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
34.8 mi	Platteview Solar Llc Ashland, NE	Solar	81 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
35.5 mi	Elk City Station Bennington, NE	Biomass	6 MW	Omaha Public Power District
37.1 mi	Fort Calhoun Blair, NE	Nuclear	—	Omaha Public Power District
38.2 mi	Walnut Wind Farm Walnut, IA	Wind	165 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.1 mi	Villisca Municipal Power Plant Villisca, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Villisca - (Ia)
40.9 mi	Atchison County Wind Westboro, MO	Wind	299 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
41.3 mi	Big Elk Solar Kennard, NE	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
43.4 mi	Cow Branch Tarkio, MO	Wind	50 MW	Cow Branch Wind Power, Llc
44.9 mi	Loess Hills Rock Port, MO	Wind	5 MW	Loess Hills Wind Farm Llc
45.8 mi	Atlantic Atlantic, IA	Natural Gas	10 MW	Atlantic Municipal Utilities
45.9 mi	Auburn Auburn, NE	Natural Gas	19 MW	Auburn Board Of Public Works
45.9 mi	Lon Wright Fremont, NE	Coal	172 MW	City Of Fremont - (Ne)
46.6 mi	Terry Bundy Generating Station Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	216 MW	Lincoln Electric System
46.8 mi	Harlan Harlan, IA	Oil	3 MW	Harlan Municipal Utilities - (Ia)
46.8 mi	Wahoo Wahoo, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Wahoo - (Ne)
47.2 mi	Salt Valley Wind Plant Lincoln, NE	Wind	1 MW	Lincoln Electric System
47.4 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Lincoln Lincoln, NE	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
47.6 mi	Cooper Nuclear Station Brownville, NE	Nuclear	801 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
49.5 mi	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning Corning, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning

Power generation near this area

There are 37 power plants within 50 miles of Glenwood, Iowa (ZIP 51534), with a combined 6,577 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 12 of the 37 nearby plants. The closest plant is Papillion Creek Wastewater at 7.1 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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