Power Plants Near 51551 — Malvern, IA

40 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51551 (Malvern, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.0074, -95.5840 · County: Mills

Coal 50%Wind 23%Natural Gas 13%Nuclear 11%Oil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
15.7 mi	Papillion Creek Wastewater Bellevue, NE	Biomass	2 MW	City Of Omaha
17.9 mi	Walter Scott Jr Energy Center Council Bluffs, IA	Coal	1,648 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
19.6 mi	Shenandoah Shenandoah, IA	Oil	20 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
20.2 mi	Cass County Plattsmouth, NE	Natural Gas	345 MW	Omaha Public Power District
22.5 mi	Missouri River Wastewater Treatment Omaha, NE	Biomass	3 MW	City Of Omaha
23.1 mi	Sarpy County Bellevue, NE	Natural Gas	338 MW	Omaha Public Power District
24.4 mi	Jones Street Omaha, NE	Oil	130 MW	Omaha Public Power District
26.4 mi	Nebraska City # 1 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	26 MW	City Of Nebraska City
27.9 mi	Nebraska City # 2 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Nebraska City
28.1 mi	Shenandoah Hills Wind Farm Blanchard, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
28.5 mi	Nebraska City Nebraska City, NE	Coal	1,390 MW	Omaha Public Power District
29.1 mi	North Omaha Omaha, NE	Coal	645 MW	Omaha Public Power District
30.0 mi	Farmers City Wind Llc Tarkio, MO	Wind	146 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
31.0 mi	Turtle Creek Springfield, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
31.7 mi	Villisca Municipal Power Plant Villisca, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Villisca - (Ia)
32.4 mi	Bright Battery Weeping Water, NE	Other Fossil	1 MW	Omaha Public Power District
34.0 mi	Standing Bear Lake Omaha, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
35.0 mi	Atchison County Wind Westboro, MO	Wind	299 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
35.6 mi	Walnut Wind Farm Walnut, IA	Wind	165 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
38.0 mi	Fort Calhoun Community Solar Fort Calhoun, NE	Solar	5 MW	Dg Southwest Solar Portfolio 2019, Llc
38.6 mi	Syracuse # 2 Syracuse, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Nebraska City
38.7 mi	Cow Branch Tarkio, MO	Wind	50 MW	Cow Branch Wind Power, Llc
41.0 mi	Loess Hills Rock Port, MO	Wind	5 MW	Loess Hills Wind Farm Llc
41.1 mi	Atlantic Atlantic, IA	Natural Gas	10 MW	Atlantic Municipal Utilities
41.2 mi	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning Corning, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning
43.3 mi	Platteview Solar Llc Ashland, NE	Solar	81 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
43.5 mi	Elk City Station Bennington, NE	Biomass	6 MW	Omaha Public Power District
43.7 mi	Fort Calhoun Blair, NE	Nuclear	—	Omaha Public Power District
44.1 mi	Rolling Hills Wind Farm Massena, IA	Wind	484 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.3 mi	Corning Corning, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Corning - (Ia)
44.6 mi	Cooper Nuclear Station Brownville, NE	Nuclear	801 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
44.9 mi	Auburn Auburn, NE	Natural Gas	19 MW	Auburn Board Of Public Works
45.4 mi	Wiota Wiota, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wiota Wind Energy, Llc #1
45.8 mi	Contrail Wind Farm Bedford, IA	Wind	112 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.2 mi	Harlan Harlan, IA	Oil	3 MW	Harlan Municipal Utilities - (Ia)
46.5 mi	Rock Creek Wind Project Tarkio, MO	Wind	300 MW	Enel Green Power Na, Inc.
48.0 mi	Adams Wind Lenox, IA	Wind	154 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.0 mi	Big Elk Solar Kennard, NE	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
49.2 mi	Exira Brayton, IA	Natural Gas	182 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
49.9 mi	Roseman Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Roseman Energy, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 40 power plants within 50 miles of Malvern, Iowa (ZIP 51551), with a combined 7,408 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 12 of the 40 nearby plants. The closest plant is Papillion Creek Wastewater at 15.7 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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