Power Plants Near 51591 — Red Oak, IA

55 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51591 (Red Oak, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.0303, -95.1562 · County: Montgomery

Coal 44%Wind 41%Natural Gas 12%Oil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.2 mi	Villisca Municipal Power Plant Villisca, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Villisca - (Ia)
19.3 mi	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning Corning, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning
21.3 mi	Shenandoah Shenandoah, IA	Oil	20 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
22.2 mi	Corning Corning, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Corning - (Ia)
23.0 mi	Rolling Hills Wind Farm Massena, IA	Wind	484 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
26.4 mi	Adams Wind Lenox, IA	Wind	154 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
27.4 mi	Atlantic Atlantic, IA	Natural Gas	10 MW	Atlantic Municipal Utilities
28.9 mi	Wiota Wiota, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wiota Wind Energy, Llc #1
29.4 mi	Prescott Wind Farm Prescott, IA	Wind	39 MW	Prescott Wind Energy Llc
29.4 mi	Walnut Wind Farm Walnut, IA	Wind	165 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
29.6 mi	Shenandoah Hills Wind Farm Blanchard, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
30.3 mi	Contrail Wind Farm Bedford, IA	Wind	112 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
31.5 mi	Roseman Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Roseman Energy, Llc
31.6 mi	Green Energy Machine Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Green Energy Machine, Llc
32.9 mi	Lenox Lenox, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of Lenox - (Ia)
35.0 mi	Anita Anita, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Anita - (Ia)
35.6 mi	Exira Brayton, IA	Natural Gas	182 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
36.0 mi	Atchison County Wind Westboro, MO	Wind	299 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
36.3 mi	Southern Hills Wind Farm Creston, IA	Wind	254 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
36.8 mi	Farmers City Wind Llc Tarkio, MO	Wind	146 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
37.1 mi	Walter Scott Jr Energy Center Council Bluffs, IA	Coal	1,648 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.2 mi	Fontanelle Fontanelle, IA	Wind	2 MW	Forward Fontanelle Power, Llc
37.3 mi	Adair Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	175 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.3 mi	Papillion Creek Wastewater Bellevue, NE	Biomass	2 MW	City Of Omaha
39.3 mi	Greenfield Wind Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Greenfield Wind Power, Llc
39.3 mi	Sky Volt Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Sky Volt, Llc
39.6 mi	Bulldog Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Bulldog Wind Energy, Llc
39.9 mi	Cumberland Rose Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Cumberland Rose Wind Energy, Llc
40.0 mi	Birch Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Birch Power Llc
40.0 mi	August Wind Farm Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	August Wind Energy, Llc
40.3 mi	Orient Wind Farm Orient, IA	Wind	501 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
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)
40.9 mi	Creston School Customer Hosted Solar Creston, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
41.5 mi	North Generation Plant Greenfield, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Greenfield - (Ia)
42.0 mi	Missouri River Wastewater Treatment Omaha, NE	Biomass	3 MW	City Of Omaha
42.1 mi	Morning Light Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	111 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.5 mi	Cass County Plattsmouth, NE	Natural Gas	345 MW	Omaha Public Power District
42.5 mi	Summit Lake Creston, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
42.7 mi	Jones Street Omaha, NE	Oil	130 MW	Omaha Public Power District
43.0 mi	Nebraska City Nebraska City, NE	Coal	1,390 MW	Omaha Public Power District
43.1 mi	Cow Branch Tarkio, MO	Wind	50 MW	Cow Branch Wind Power, Llc
43.2 mi	Harlan Harlan, IA	Oil	3 MW	Harlan Municipal Utilities - (Ia)
43.5 mi	Nebraska City # 1 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	26 MW	City Of Nebraska City
43.5 mi	Sarpy County Bellevue, NE	Natural Gas	338 MW	Omaha Public Power District
43.6 mi	Rock Creek Wind Project Tarkio, MO	Wind	300 MW	Enel Green Power Na, Inc.
43.7 mi	Eclipse Wind Farm Adair, IA	Wind	207 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.7 mi	Creston Solar (50 Mw) Creston, IA	Solar	50 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
44.5 mi	Meadow Ridge Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Meadow Ridge Wind Energy, Llc
44.7 mi	Wolverine Greenfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wolverine Wind Energy, Llc
44.9 mi	Nebraska City # 2 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Nebraska City
45.9 mi	North Omaha Omaha, NE	Coal	645 MW	Omaha Public Power District
47.1 mi	Loess Hills Rock Port, MO	Wind	5 MW	Loess Hills Wind Farm Llc
47.7 mi	Clear Creek Wind Maryville, MO	Wind	242 MW	Clear Creek Wind, Llc
49.1 mi	Heartland Divide Ii Audubon, IA	Wind	200 MW	Heartland Divide Ii

Power generation near this area

There are 55 power plants within 50 miles of Red Oak, Iowa (ZIP 51591), with a combined 8,426 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 30 of the 55 nearby plants. The closest plant is Villisca Municipal Power Plant at 11.2 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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