Power Plants Near 51559 — Neola, IA

32 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51559 (Neola, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.4564, -95.6794 · County: Pottawattamie

Coal 60%Natural Gas 21%Wind 12%Oil 4%Solar 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
16.3 mi	North Omaha Omaha, NE	Coal	645 MW	Omaha Public Power District
16.8 mi	Fort Calhoun Community Solar Fort Calhoun, NE	Solar	5 MW	Dg Southwest Solar Portfolio 2019, Llc
19.0 mi	Jones Street Omaha, NE	Oil	130 MW	Omaha Public Power District
20.9 mi	Walter Scott Jr Energy Center Council Bluffs, IA	Coal	1,648 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
21.1 mi	Fort Calhoun Blair, NE	Nuclear	—	Omaha Public Power District
21.8 mi	Missouri River Wastewater Treatment Omaha, NE	Biomass	3 MW	City Of Omaha
22.8 mi	Walnut Wind Farm Walnut, IA	Wind	165 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
22.9 mi	Harlan Harlan, IA	Oil	3 MW	Harlan Municipal Utilities - (Ia)
23.6 mi	Standing Bear Lake Omaha, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
24.9 mi	Sarpy County Bellevue, NE	Natural Gas	338 MW	Omaha Public Power District
28.0 mi	Papillion Creek Wastewater Bellevue, NE	Biomass	2 MW	City Of Omaha
30.2 mi	Elk City Station Bennington, NE	Biomass	6 MW	Omaha Public Power District
31.8 mi	Big Elk Solar Kennard, NE	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
35.3 mi	Atlantic Atlantic, IA	Natural Gas	10 MW	Atlantic Municipal Utilities
35.7 mi	Turtle Creek Springfield, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
38.1 mi	Cass County Plattsmouth, NE	Natural Gas	345 MW	Omaha Public Power District
39.5 mi	Exira Brayton, IA	Natural Gas	182 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
40.1 mi	Burt County Solar Hybrid Tekamah, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc
40.6 mi	Lon Wright Fremont, NE	Coal	172 MW	City Of Fremont - (Ne)
40.7 mi	Platteview Solar Llc Ashland, NE	Solar	81 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
41.8 mi	Wiota Wiota, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wiota Wind Energy, Llc #1
42.3 mi	West Receiving Denison, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Denison - (Ia)
42.9 mi	Heartland Divide Ii Audubon, IA	Wind	200 MW	Heartland Divide Ii
45.4 mi	Burt County Wind Oakland, NE	Wind	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
45.5 mi	Manning Manning, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Manning
47.1 mi	Silver Queen Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	—	Silver Queen Wind Farm, Llc
47.3 mi	Anita Anita, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Anita - (Ia)
48.1 mi	Bright Battery Weeping Water, NE	Other Fossil	1 MW	Omaha Public Power District
48.3 mi	Green Energy Machine Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Green Energy Machine, Llc
48.3 mi	Roseman Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Roseman Energy, Llc
48.6 mi	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc Melville, IA	Wind	104 MW	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc
49.9 mi	Shenandoah Shenandoah, IA	Oil	20 MW	Midamerican Energy Co

Power generation near this area

There are 32 power plants within 50 miles of Neola, Iowa (ZIP 51559), with a combined 4,079 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 32 nearby plants. The closest plant is North Omaha 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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