Power Plants Near 51565 — Portsmouth, IA

36 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51565 (Portsmouth, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.6484, -95.5108 · County: Shelby

Coal 44%Wind 43%Natural Gas 10%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.1 mi	Harlan Harlan, IA	Oil	3 MW	Harlan Municipal Utilities - (Ia)
19.6 mi	Walnut Wind Farm Walnut, IA	Wind	165 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
26.9 mi	West Receiving Denison, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Denison - (Ia)
28.8 mi	Fort Calhoun Community Solar Fort Calhoun, NE	Solar	5 MW	Dg Southwest Solar Portfolio 2019, Llc
30.3 mi	Manning Manning, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Manning
30.5 mi	Heartland Divide Ii Audubon, IA	Wind	200 MW	Heartland Divide Ii
30.6 mi	Fort Calhoun Blair, NE	Nuclear	—	Omaha Public Power District
31.2 mi	Atlantic Atlantic, IA	Natural Gas	10 MW	Atlantic Municipal Utilities
31.3 mi	Silver Queen Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	—	Silver Queen Wind Farm, Llc
31.5 mi	North Omaha Omaha, NE	Coal	645 MW	Omaha Public Power District
31.9 mi	Exira Brayton, IA	Natural Gas	182 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
34.7 mi	Jones Street Omaha, NE	Oil	130 MW	Omaha Public Power District
35.5 mi	New Harvest Wind Project Llc Schleswig, IA	Wind	100 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
36.6 mi	Walter Scott Jr Energy Center Council Bluffs, IA	Coal	1,648 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
36.8 mi	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc Melville, IA	Wind	104 MW	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc
37.3 mi	Wiota Wiota, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wiota Wind Energy, Llc #1
37.6 mi	Missouri River Wastewater Treatment Omaha, NE	Biomass	3 MW	City Of Omaha
37.9 mi	Victory Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	105 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.9 mi	Standing Bear Lake Omaha, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
38.0 mi	Carroll Area Wind Farm Templeton, IA	Wind	21 MW	Sriv Partnership Llc
40.0 mi	Burt County Solar Hybrid Tekamah, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc
40.7 mi	Sarpy County Bellevue, NE	Natural Gas	338 MW	Omaha Public Power District
41.0 mi	Anita Anita, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Anita - (Ia)
42.2 mi	Big Elk Solar Kennard, NE	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
42.6 mi	Elk City Station Bennington, NE	Biomass	6 MW	Omaha Public Power District
43.2 mi	Eclipse Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	207 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.5 mi	Green Energy Machine Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Green Energy Machine, Llc
43.6 mi	Roseman Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Roseman Energy, Llc
43.6 mi	Papillion Creek Wastewater Bellevue, NE	Biomass	2 MW	City Of Omaha
45.5 mi	Coon Rapids Ii Coon Rapids, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Coon Rapids
46.0 mi	Burt County Wind Oakland, NE	Wind	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
46.4 mi	Carroll Wind Farm Carroll, IA	Wind	159 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.4 mi	Adair Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	175 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
47.0 mi	Ida Grove Ii Ida Grove, IA	Wind	201 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.1 mi	Ida Grove Wind Ida Grove, IA	Wind	301 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.3 mi	Rolling Hills Wind Farm Massena, IA	Wind	484 MW	Midamerican Energy Co

Power generation near this area

There are 36 power plants within 50 miles of Portsmouth, Iowa (ZIP 51565), with a combined 5,218 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 10.1 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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