Power Plants Near 51577 — Walnut, IA

54 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51577 (Walnut, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.4623, -95.2180 · County: Pottawattamie

Wind 49%Coal 38%Natural Gas 9%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.3 mi	Walnut Wind Farm Walnut, IA	Wind	165 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
11.9 mi	Atlantic Atlantic, IA	Natural Gas	10 MW	Atlantic Municipal Utilities
13.6 mi	Harlan Harlan, IA	Oil	3 MW	Harlan Municipal Utilities - (Ia)
15.9 mi	Exira Brayton, IA	Natural Gas	182 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
18.4 mi	Wiota Wiota, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wiota Wind Energy, Llc #1
23.3 mi	Heartland Divide Ii Audubon, IA	Wind	200 MW	Heartland Divide Ii
23.4 mi	Anita Anita, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Anita - (Ia)
24.8 mi	Green Energy Machine Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Green Energy Machine, Llc
24.9 mi	Roseman Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Roseman Energy, Llc
27.5 mi	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc Melville, IA	Wind	104 MW	Heartland Divide Wind Project, Llc
28.3 mi	Eclipse Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	207 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
28.8 mi	Adair Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	175 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
29.4 mi	Rolling Hills Wind Farm Massena, IA	Wind	484 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.1 mi	Manning Manning, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Manning
33.3 mi	Morning Light Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	111 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
34.6 mi	Fontanelle Fontanelle, IA	Wind	2 MW	Forward Fontanelle Power, Llc
37.3 mi	Carroll Area Wind Farm Templeton, IA	Wind	21 MW	Sriv Partnership Llc
37.6 mi	Silver Queen Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	—	Silver Queen Wind Farm, Llc
37.7 mi	Walter Scott Jr Energy Center Council Bluffs, IA	Coal	1,648 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
38.6 mi	Villisca Municipal Power Plant Villisca, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Villisca - (Ia)
38.8 mi	North Omaha Omaha, NE	Coal	645 MW	Omaha Public Power District
39.3 mi	Jones Street Omaha, NE	Oil	130 MW	Omaha Public Power District
39.4 mi	West Receiving Denison, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Denison - (Ia)
39.6 mi	Coon Rapids Ii Coon Rapids, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Coon Rapids
39.6 mi	Prescott Wind Farm Prescott, IA	Wind	39 MW	Prescott Wind Energy Llc
39.8 mi	Greenfield Wind Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Greenfield Wind Power, Llc
39.8 mi	Sky Volt Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Sky Volt, Llc
40.3 mi	Meadow Ridge Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Meadow Ridge Wind Energy, Llc
40.3 mi	Wolverine Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wolverine Wind Energy, Llc
40.7 mi	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning Corning, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning
40.7 mi	Fort Calhoun Community Solar Fort Calhoun, NE	Solar	5 MW	Dg Southwest Solar Portfolio 2019, Llc
40.8 mi	Greenfield Light Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	—	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
40.8 mi	Downtown Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
40.8 mi	North Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
41.0 mi	Missouri River Wastewater Treatment Omaha, NE	Biomass	3 MW	City Of Omaha
41.3 mi	Corning Corning, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Corning - (Ia)
43.1 mi	Papillion Creek Wastewater Bellevue, NE	Biomass	2 MW	City Of Omaha
43.5 mi	Bulldog Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Bulldog Wind Energy, Llc
43.8 mi	Cumberland Rose Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Cumberland Rose Wind Energy, Llc
43.9 mi	Sarpy County Bellevue, NE	Natural Gas	338 MW	Omaha Public Power District
44.7 mi	Fort Calhoun Blair, NE	Nuclear	—	Omaha Public Power District
45.3 mi	Orient Wind Farm Orient, IA	Wind	501 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.5 mi	Victory Wind Farm Westside, IA	Wind	105 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.5 mi	Wind Gem Stuart, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wind Gem, Llc
45.9 mi	Southern Hills Wind Farm Creston, IA	Wind	254 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.2 mi	Gilliam South Stuart, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
46.5 mi	Standing Bear Lake Omaha, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
46.7 mi	Stuart (Ia) Stuart, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ia)
46.8 mi	Panora Panora, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Panora - (Ia)
47.0 mi	Adams Wind Lenox, IA	Wind	154 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.5 mi	Shenandoah Shenandoah, IA	Oil	20 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.5 mi	Arbor Hill Solar Greenfield, IA	Solar	25 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.5 mi	New Harvest Wind Project Llc Schleswig, IA	Wind	100 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
49.7 mi	Arbor Hill Wind Farm Greenfield, IA	Wind	310 MW	Midamerican Energy Co

Power generation near this area

There are 54 power plants within 50 miles of Walnut, Iowa (ZIP 51577), with a combined 6,017 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 27 of the 54 nearby plants. The closest plant is Walnut Wind Farm at 1.3 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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