Power Plants Near 51541 — Henderson, IA

45 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51541 (Henderson, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.1254, -95.4586 · County: Mills

Coal 53%Wind 30%Natural Gas 13%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
20.2 mi	Walter Scott Jr Energy Center Council Bluffs, IA	Coal	1,648 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
21.7 mi	Papillion Creek Wastewater Bellevue, NE	Biomass	2 MW	City Of Omaha
24.9 mi	Shenandoah Shenandoah, IA	Oil	20 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
25.1 mi	Missouri River Wastewater Treatment Omaha, NE	Biomass	3 MW	City Of Omaha
25.3 mi	Walnut Wind Farm Walnut, IA	Wind	165 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
25.7 mi	Jones Street Omaha, NE	Oil	130 MW	Omaha Public Power District
26.8 mi	Sarpy County Bellevue, NE	Natural Gas	338 MW	Omaha Public Power District
28.1 mi	Villisca Municipal Power Plant Villisca, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Villisca - (Ia)
28.9 mi	North Omaha Omaha, NE	Coal	645 MW	Omaha Public Power District
29.1 mi	Cass County Plattsmouth, NE	Natural Gas	345 MW	Omaha Public Power District
30.8 mi	Atlantic Atlantic, IA	Natural Gas	10 MW	Atlantic Municipal Utilities
34.3 mi	Shenandoah Hills Wind Farm Blanchard, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
35.4 mi	Wiota Wiota, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wiota Wind Energy, Llc #1
35.5 mi	Standing Bear Lake Omaha, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
35.9 mi	Rolling Hills Wind Farm Massena, IA	Wind	484 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
36.2 mi	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning Corning, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning
36.4 mi	Fort Calhoun Community Solar Fort Calhoun, NE	Solar	5 MW	Dg Southwest Solar Portfolio 2019, Llc
36.6 mi	Harlan Harlan, IA	Oil	3 MW	Harlan Municipal Utilities - (Ia)
36.8 mi	Nebraska City # 1 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	26 MW	City Of Nebraska City
37.0 mi	Turtle Creek Springfield, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
38.2 mi	Farmers City Wind Llc Tarkio, MO	Wind	146 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
38.3 mi	Nebraska City # 2 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Nebraska City
38.6 mi	Nebraska City Nebraska City, NE	Coal	1,390 MW	Omaha Public Power District
38.8 mi	Exira Brayton, IA	Natural Gas	182 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
38.9 mi	Corning Corning, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Corning - (Ia)
40.3 mi	Roseman Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Roseman Energy, Llc
40.4 mi	Green Energy Machine Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Green Energy Machine, Llc
41.4 mi	Atchison County Wind Westboro, MO	Wind	299 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
41.5 mi	Bright Battery Weeping Water, NE	Other Fossil	1 MW	Omaha Public Power District
42.1 mi	Anita Anita, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Anita - (Ia)
42.2 mi	Fort Calhoun Blair, NE	Nuclear	—	Omaha Public Power District
43.4 mi	Adams Wind Lenox, IA	Wind	154 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.4 mi	Prescott Wind Farm Prescott, IA	Wind	39 MW	Prescott Wind Energy Llc
45.0 mi	Elk City Station Bennington, NE	Biomass	6 MW	Omaha Public Power District
45.5 mi	Contrail Wind Farm Bedford, IA	Wind	112 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.1 mi	Adair Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	175 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.4 mi	Cow Branch Tarkio, MO	Wind	50 MW	Cow Branch Wind Power, Llc
48.1 mi	Platteview Solar Llc Ashland, NE	Solar	81 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
48.5 mi	Fontanelle Fontanelle, IA	Wind	2 MW	Forward Fontanelle Power, Llc
48.7 mi	Syracuse # 2 Syracuse, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Nebraska City
49.3 mi	Loess Hills Rock Port, MO	Wind	5 MW	Loess Hills Wind Farm Llc
49.4 mi	Heartland Divide Ii Audubon, IA	Wind	200 MW	Heartland Divide Ii
49.6 mi	Big Elk Solar Kennard, NE	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
49.9 mi	Lenox Lenox, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of Lenox - (Ia)
49.9 mi	Eclipse Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	207 MW	Midamerican Energy Co

Power generation near this area

There are 45 power plants within 50 miles of Henderson, Iowa (ZIP 51541), with a combined 6,921 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 17 of the 45 nearby plants. The closest plant is Walter Scott Jr Energy Center at 20.2 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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