Power Plants Near 51566 — Red Oak, IA

57 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51566 (Red Oak, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.0079, -95.2269 · County: Montgomery

Coal 41%Wind 36%Natural Gas 12%Nuclear 9%Oil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
13.7 mi	Villisca Municipal Power Plant Villisca, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Villisca - (Ia)
18.2 mi	Shenandoah Shenandoah, IA	Oil	20 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
22.7 mi	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning Corning, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning
25.7 mi	Corning Corning, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Corning - (Ia)
26.9 mi	Shenandoah Hills Wind Farm Blanchard, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
26.9 mi	Rolling Hills Wind Farm Massena, IA	Wind	484 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
29.6 mi	Adams Wind Lenox, IA	Wind	154 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
30.1 mi	Atlantic Atlantic, IA	Natural Gas	10 MW	Atlantic Municipal Utilities
30.7 mi	Walnut Wind Farm Walnut, IA	Wind	165 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
31.3 mi	Contrail Wind Farm Bedford, IA	Wind	112 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.2 mi	Wiota Wiota, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wiota Wind Energy, Llc #1
33.3 mi	Prescott Wind Farm Prescott, IA	Wind	39 MW	Prescott Wind Energy Llc
33.6 mi	Atchison County Wind Westboro, MO	Wind	299 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
33.7 mi	Farmers City Wind Llc Tarkio, MO	Wind	146 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
33.9 mi	Papillion Creek Wastewater Bellevue, NE	Biomass	2 MW	City Of Omaha
34.1 mi	Walter Scott Jr Energy Center Council Bluffs, IA	Coal	1,648 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
35.1 mi	Roseman Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Roseman Energy, Llc
35.2 mi	Green Energy Machine Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Green Energy Machine, Llc
36.0 mi	Lenox Lenox, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of Lenox - (Ia)
38.5 mi	Exira Brayton, IA	Natural Gas	182 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
38.5 mi	Anita Anita, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Anita - (Ia)
38.7 mi	Cass County Plattsmouth, NE	Natural Gas	345 MW	Omaha Public Power District
39.0 mi	Missouri River Wastewater Treatment Omaha, NE	Biomass	3 MW	City Of Omaha
39.2 mi	Nebraska City Nebraska City, NE	Coal	1,390 MW	Omaha Public Power District
39.5 mi	Nebraska City # 1 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	26 MW	City Of Nebraska City
39.9 mi	Jones Street Omaha, NE	Oil	130 MW	Omaha Public Power District
40.2 mi	Southern Hills Wind Farm Creston, IA	Wind	254 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.3 mi	Sarpy County Bellevue, NE	Natural Gas	338 MW	Omaha Public Power District
40.3 mi	Cow Branch Tarkio, MO	Wind	50 MW	Cow Branch Wind Power, Llc
41.0 mi	Adair Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	175 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.0 mi	Nebraska City # 2 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Nebraska City
41.1 mi	Fontanelle Fontanelle, IA	Wind	2 MW	Forward Fontanelle Power, Llc
42.0 mi	Rock Creek Wind Project Tarkio, MO	Wind	300 MW	Enel Green Power Na, Inc.
42.7 mi	Birch Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Birch Power Llc
42.7 mi	August Wind Farm Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	August Wind Energy, Llc
43.2 mi	Greenfield Wind Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Greenfield Wind Power, Llc
43.2 mi	Sky Volt Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Sky Volt, Llc
43.4 mi	North Omaha Omaha, NE	Coal	645 MW	Omaha Public Power District
43.6 mi	Bulldog Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Bulldog Wind Energy, Llc
43.9 mi	Cumberland Rose Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Cumberland Rose Wind Energy, Llc
44.2 mi	Loess Hills Rock Port, MO	Wind	5 MW	Loess Hills Wind Farm Llc
44.2 mi	Harlan Harlan, IA	Oil	3 MW	Harlan Municipal Utilities - (Ia)
44.2 mi	Orient Wind Farm Orient, IA	Wind	501 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.7 mi	Creston School Customer Hosted Solar Creston, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
44.8 mi	Greenfield Light Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	—	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
44.8 mi	Downtown Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
45.5 mi	North Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
45.8 mi	Morning Light Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	111 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.4 mi	Summit Lake Creston, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
47.1 mi	Eclipse Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	207 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
47.5 mi	Clear Creek Wind Maryville, MO	Wind	242 MW	Clear Creek Wind, Llc
47.5 mi	Creston Solar (50 Mw) Creston, IA	Solar	50 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.4 mi	Meadow Ridge Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Meadow Ridge Wind Energy, Llc
48.6 mi	Wolverine Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wolverine Wind Energy, Llc
49.4 mi	Turtle Creek Springfield, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
49.6 mi	Cooper Nuclear Station Brownville, NE	Nuclear	801 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
49.9 mi	Standing Bear Lake Omaha, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District

Power generation near this area

There are 57 power plants within 50 miles of Red Oak, Iowa (ZIP 51566), with a combined 9,027 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 29 of the 57 nearby plants. The closest plant is Villisca Municipal Power Plant at 13.7 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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