Power Plants Near 51571 — Silver City, IA

37 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51571 (Silver City, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.1130, -95.6269 · County: Mills

Coal 62%Wind 19%Natural Gas 15%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
12.1 mi	Walter Scott Jr Energy Center Council Bluffs, IA	Coal	1,648 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
12.9 mi	Papillion Creek Wastewater Bellevue, NE	Biomass	2 MW	City Of Omaha
16.9 mi	Missouri River Wastewater Treatment Omaha, NE	Biomass	3 MW	City Of Omaha
18.1 mi	Jones Street Omaha, NE	Oil	130 MW	Omaha Public Power District
18.3 mi	Sarpy County Bellevue, NE	Natural Gas	338 MW	Omaha Public Power District
20.9 mi	Cass County Plattsmouth, NE	Natural Gas	345 MW	Omaha Public Power District
22.3 mi	North Omaha Omaha, NE	Coal	645 MW	Omaha Public Power District
27.0 mi	Shenandoah Shenandoah, IA	Oil	20 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
28.0 mi	Standing Bear Lake Omaha, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
28.2 mi	Turtle Creek Springfield, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
30.8 mi	Fort Calhoun Community Solar Fort Calhoun, NE	Solar	5 MW	Dg Southwest Solar Portfolio 2019, Llc
30.9 mi	Walnut Wind Farm Walnut, IA	Wind	165 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.0 mi	Nebraska City # 1 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	26 MW	City Of Nebraska City
33.3 mi	Bright Battery Weeping Water, NE	Other Fossil	1 MW	Omaha Public Power District
33.4 mi	Nebraska City # 2 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Nebraska City
34.9 mi	Nebraska City Nebraska City, NE	Coal	1,390 MW	Omaha Public Power District
35.7 mi	Shenandoah Hills Wind Farm Blanchard, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
35.7 mi	Villisca Municipal Power Plant Villisca, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Villisca - (Ia)
36.6 mi	Fort Calhoun Blair, NE	Nuclear	—	Omaha Public Power District
37.6 mi	Farmers City Wind Llc Tarkio, MO	Wind	146 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
37.6 mi	Elk City Station Bennington, NE	Biomass	6 MW	Omaha Public Power District
38.5 mi	Atlantic Atlantic, IA	Natural Gas	10 MW	Atlantic Municipal Utilities
39.5 mi	Platteview Solar Llc Ashland, NE	Solar	81 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
40.1 mi	Harlan Harlan, IA	Oil	3 MW	Harlan Municipal Utilities - (Ia)
41.7 mi	Syracuse # 2 Syracuse, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Nebraska City
42.6 mi	Atchison County Wind Westboro, MO	Wind	299 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
42.7 mi	Big Elk Solar Kennard, NE	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
43.5 mi	Wiota Wiota, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wiota Wind Energy, Llc #1
44.5 mi	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning Corning, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning
44.7 mi	Rolling Hills Wind Farm Massena, IA	Wind	484 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.0 mi	Exira Brayton, IA	Natural Gas	182 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
46.3 mi	Cow Branch Tarkio, MO	Wind	50 MW	Cow Branch Wind Power, Llc
47.3 mi	Corning Corning, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Corning - (Ia)
48.5 mi	Loess Hills Rock Port, MO	Wind	5 MW	Loess Hills Wind Farm Llc
48.5 mi	Lon Wright Fremont, NE	Coal	172 MW	City Of Fremont - (Ne)
48.7 mi	Roseman Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Roseman Energy, Llc
48.8 mi	Green Energy Machine Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Green Energy Machine, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 37 power plants within 50 miles of Silver City, Iowa (ZIP 51571), with a combined 6,195 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 37 nearby plants. The closest plant is Walter Scott Jr Energy Center at 12.1 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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