Power Plants Near 51540 — Hastings, IA
42 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51540 (Hastings, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.
Centroid: 41.0132, -95.5008 · County: Mills
| Distance | Plant | Fuel | Capacity | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18.0 mi | Shenandoah Shenandoah, IA | Oil | 20 MW | Midamerican Energy Co |
| 19.7 mi | Papillion Creek Wastewater Bellevue, NE | Biomass | 2 MW | City Of Omaha |
| 21.1 mi | Walter Scott Jr Energy Center Council Bluffs, IA | Coal | 1,648 MW | Midamerican Energy Co |
| 24.6 mi | Cass County Plattsmouth, NE | Natural Gas | 345 MW | Omaha Public Power District |
| 25.9 mi | Missouri River Wastewater Treatment Omaha, NE | Biomass | 3 MW | City Of Omaha |
| 26.8 mi | Sarpy County Bellevue, NE | Natural Gas | 338 MW | Omaha Public Power District |
| 27.1 mi | Shenandoah Hills Wind Farm Blanchard, IA | Wind | — | Midamerican Energy Co |
| 27.4 mi | Jones Street Omaha, NE | Oil | 130 MW | Omaha Public Power District |
| 27.5 mi | Villisca Municipal Power Plant Villisca, IA | Oil | 4 MW | City Of Villisca - (Ia) |
| 29.3 mi | Nebraska City # 1 Nebraska City, NE | Natural Gas | 26 MW | City Of Nebraska City |
| 30.3 mi | Farmers City Wind Llc Tarkio, MO | Wind | 146 MW | Avangrid Power Llc |
| 30.7 mi | Nebraska City Nebraska City, NE | Coal | 1,390 MW | Omaha Public Power District |
| 30.7 mi | Nebraska City # 2 Nebraska City, NE | Natural Gas | 14 MW | City Of Nebraska City |
| 31.8 mi | North Omaha Omaha, NE | Coal | 645 MW | Omaha Public Power District |
| 33.2 mi | Walnut Wind Farm Walnut, IA | Wind | 165 MW | Midamerican Energy Co |
| 34.2 mi | Atchison County Wind Westboro, MO | Wind | 299 MW | Union Electric Co - (Mo) |
| 35.2 mi | Turtle Creek Springfield, NE | Natural Gas | — | Omaha Public Power District |
| 36.7 mi | Bright Battery Weeping Water, NE | Other Fossil | 1 MW | Omaha Public Power District |
| 36.9 mi | Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning Corning, IA | Natural Gas | 5 MW | Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning |
| 37.3 mi | Standing Bear Lake Omaha, NE | Natural Gas | — | Omaha Public Power District |
| 37.8 mi | Atlantic Atlantic, IA | Natural Gas | 10 MW | Atlantic Municipal Utilities |
| 38.7 mi | Cow Branch Tarkio, MO | Wind | 50 MW | Cow Branch Wind Power, Llc |
| 39.9 mi | Rolling Hills Wind Farm Massena, IA | Wind | 484 MW | Midamerican Energy Co |
| 40.0 mi | Corning Corning, IA | Oil | 7 MW | City Of Corning - (Ia) |
| 40.3 mi | Fort Calhoun Community Solar Fort Calhoun, NE | Solar | 5 MW | Dg Southwest Solar Portfolio 2019, Llc |
| 41.4 mi | Loess Hills Rock Port, MO | Wind | 5 MW | Loess Hills Wind Farm Llc |
| 41.7 mi | Wiota Wiota, IA | Wind | 2 MW | Wiota Wind Energy, Llc #1 |
| 42.4 mi | Contrail Wind Farm Bedford, IA | Wind | 112 MW | Midamerican Energy Co |
| 42.4 mi | Syracuse # 2 Syracuse, NE | Natural Gas | 4 MW | City Of Nebraska City |
| 43.7 mi | Adams Wind Lenox, IA | Wind | 154 MW | Midamerican Energy Co |
| 44.7 mi | Harlan Harlan, IA | Oil | 3 MW | Harlan Municipal Utilities - (Ia) |
| 45.2 mi | Rock Creek Wind Project Tarkio, MO | Wind | 300 MW | Enel Green Power Na, Inc. |
| 45.5 mi | Cooper Nuclear Station Brownville, NE | Nuclear | 801 MW | Nebraska Public Power District |
| 45.9 mi | Exira Brayton, IA | Natural Gas | 182 MW | Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny |
| 46.0 mi | Roseman Anita, IA | Wind | 2 MW | Roseman Energy, Llc |
| 46.1 mi | Green Energy Machine Anita, IA | Wind | 2 MW | Green Energy Machine, Llc |
| 46.1 mi | Fort Calhoun Blair, NE | Nuclear | — | Omaha Public Power District |
| 46.8 mi | Elk City Station Bennington, NE | Biomass | 6 MW | Omaha Public Power District |
| 46.8 mi | Auburn Auburn, NE | Natural Gas | 19 MW | Auburn Board Of Public Works |
| 47.2 mi | Prescott Wind Farm Prescott, IA | Wind | 39 MW | Prescott Wind Energy Llc |
| 47.4 mi | Platteview Solar Llc Ashland, NE | Solar | 81 MW | Aes Distributed Energy |
| 48.4 mi | Anita Anita, IA | Oil | 3 MW | City Of Anita - (Ia) |
Power generation near this area
There are 42 power plants within 50 miles of Hastings, Iowa (ZIP 51540), with a combined 7,451 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 14 of the 42 nearby plants. The closest plant is Shenandoah at 18.0 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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