Power Plants Near 51562 — Panama, IA

36 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51562 (Panama, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.7288, -95.4870 · County: Shelby

Coal 47%Wind 39%Natural Gas 11%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.6 mi	Harlan Harlan, IA	Oil	3 MW	Harlan Municipal Utilities - (Ia)
21.2 mi	West Receiving Denison, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Denison - (Ia)
23.1 mi	Walnut Wind Farm Walnut, IA	Wind	165 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
26.3 mi	Silver Queen Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	—	Silver Queen Wind Farm, Llc
26.3 mi	Manning Manning, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Manning
28.8 mi	Heartland Divide Ii Audubon, IA	Wind	200 MW	Heartland Divide Ii
29.9 mi	New Harvest Wind Project Llc Schleswig, IA	Wind	100 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
32.5 mi	Victory Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	105 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.7 mi	Fort Calhoun Community Solar Fort Calhoun, NE	Solar	5 MW	Dg Southwest Solar Portfolio 2019, Llc
32.8 mi	Exira Brayton, IA	Natural Gas	182 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
33.5 mi	Atlantic Atlantic, IA	Natural Gas	10 MW	Atlantic Municipal Utilities
33.7 mi	Fort Calhoun Blair, NE	Nuclear	—	Omaha Public Power District
34.2 mi	Carroll Area Wind Farm Templeton, IA	Wind	21 MW	Sriv Partnership Llc
35.3 mi	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc Melville, IA	Wind	104 MW	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc
36.4 mi	North Omaha Omaha, NE	Coal	645 MW	Omaha Public Power District
39.2 mi	Wiota Wiota, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wiota Wind Energy, Llc #1
39.5 mi	Burt County Solar Hybrid Tekamah, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc
40.0 mi	Jones Street Omaha, NE	Oil	130 MW	Omaha Public Power District
41.3 mi	Ida Grove Ii Ida Grove, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.4 mi	Carroll Wind Farm Carroll, IA	Wind	159 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.1 mi	Anita Anita, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Anita - (Ia)
42.1 mi	Walter Scott Jr Energy Center Council Bluffs, IA	Coal	1,648 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.4 mi	Standing Bear Lake Omaha, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
42.7 mi	Coon Rapids Ii Coon Rapids, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Coon Rapids
42.9 mi	Missouri River Wastewater Treatment Omaha, NE	Biomass	3 MW	City Of Omaha
43.1 mi	Eclipse Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	207 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.5 mi	Ida Grove Wind Ida Grove, IA	Wind	301 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.2 mi	Big Elk Solar Kennard, NE	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
45.2 mi	Green Energy Machine Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Green Energy Machine, Llc
45.3 mi	Roseman Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Roseman Energy, Llc
45.5 mi	Burt County Wind Oakland, NE	Wind	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
45.8 mi	Richland (Ia) Odebolt, IA	Wind	131 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
46.0 mi	Sarpy County Bellevue, NE	Natural Gas	338 MW	Omaha Public Power District
46.3 mi	Elk City Station Bennington, NE	Biomass	6 MW	Omaha Public Power District
47.4 mi	Adair Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	175 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.2 mi	Papillion Creek Wastewater Bellevue, NE	Biomass	2 MW	City Of Omaha

Power generation near this area

There are 36 power plants within 50 miles of Panama, Iowa (ZIP 51562), with a combined 4,865 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 17 of the 36 nearby plants. The closest plant is Harlan at 10.6 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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