Power Plants Near 51553 — Minden, IA

36 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51553 (Minden, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.4654, -95.5519 · County: Pottawattamie

Coal 49%Wind 29%Natural Gas 17%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
16.3 mi	Walnut Wind Farm Walnut, IA	Wind	165 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
17.4 mi	Harlan Harlan, IA	Oil	3 MW	Harlan Municipal Utilities - (Ia)
22.4 mi	North Omaha Omaha, NE	Coal	645 MW	Omaha Public Power District
23.5 mi	Fort Calhoun Community Solar Fort Calhoun, NE	Solar	5 MW	Dg Southwest Solar Portfolio 2019, Llc
24.3 mi	Jones Street Omaha, NE	Oil	130 MW	Omaha Public Power District
24.8 mi	Walter Scott Jr Energy Center Council Bluffs, IA	Coal	1,648 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
26.7 mi	Missouri River Wastewater Treatment Omaha, NE	Biomass	3 MW	City Of Omaha
27.5 mi	Fort Calhoun Blair, NE	Nuclear	—	Omaha Public Power District
28.9 mi	Atlantic Atlantic, IA	Natural Gas	10 MW	Atlantic Municipal Utilities
29.8 mi	Sarpy County Bellevue, NE	Natural Gas	338 MW	Omaha Public Power District
29.9 mi	Standing Bear Lake Omaha, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
31.5 mi	Papillion Creek Wastewater Bellevue, NE	Biomass	2 MW	City Of Omaha
32.9 mi	Exira Brayton, IA	Natural Gas	182 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
35.4 mi	Wiota Wiota, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wiota Wind Energy, Llc #1
36.7 mi	Heartland Divide Ii Audubon, IA	Wind	200 MW	Heartland Divide Ii
36.8 mi	Elk City Station Bennington, NE	Biomass	6 MW	Omaha Public Power District
38.4 mi	Big Elk Solar Kennard, NE	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
39.6 mi	West Receiving Denison, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Denison - (Ia)
40.5 mi	Manning Manning, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Manning
40.7 mi	Anita Anita, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Anita - (Ia)
41.1 mi	Turtle Creek Springfield, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
41.7 mi	Cass County Plattsmouth, NE	Natural Gas	345 MW	Omaha Public Power District
41.8 mi	Green Energy Machine Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Green Energy Machine, Llc
41.9 mi	Roseman Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Roseman Energy, Llc
42.3 mi	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc Melville, IA	Wind	104 MW	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc
43.0 mi	Silver Queen Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	—	Silver Queen Wind Farm, Llc
44.4 mi	Rolling Hills Wind Farm Massena, IA	Wind	484 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.6 mi	Burt County Solar Hybrid Tekamah, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc
45.3 mi	Eclipse Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	207 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.0 mi	Adair Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	175 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.9 mi	Platteview Solar Llc Ashland, NE	Solar	81 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
47.2 mi	Villisca Municipal Power Plant Villisca, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Villisca - (Ia)
47.2 mi	Lon Wright Fremont, NE	Coal	172 MW	City Of Fremont - (Ne)
47.6 mi	Carroll Area Wind Farm Templeton, IA	Wind	21 MW	Sriv Partnership Llc
48.3 mi	New Harvest Wind Project Llc Schleswig, IA	Wind	100 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
48.9 mi	Shenandoah Shenandoah, IA	Oil	20 MW	Midamerican Energy Co

Power generation near this area

There are 36 power plants within 50 miles of Minden, Iowa (ZIP 51553), with a combined 5,069 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 12 of the 36 nearby plants. The closest plant is Walnut Wind Farm at 16.3 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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