Power Plants Near 51630 — Blanchard, IA

30 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51630 (Blanchard, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.6122, -95.2054 · County: Page

Wind 42%Coal 27%Nuclear 16%Natural Gas 15%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
8.8 mi	Shenandoah Hills Wind Farm Blanchard, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
9.6 mi	Atchison County Wind Westboro, MO	Wind	299 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
14.2 mi	Shenandoah Shenandoah, IA	Oil	20 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
14.7 mi	Rock Creek Wind Project Tarkio, MO	Wind	300 MW	Enel Green Power Na, Inc.
16.8 mi	Farmers City Wind Llc Tarkio, MO	Wind	146 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
17.6 mi	Cow Branch Tarkio, MO	Wind	50 MW	Cow Branch Wind Power, Llc
20.0 mi	Contrail Wind Farm Bedford, IA	Wind	112 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
22.3 mi	Loess Hills Rock Port, MO	Wind	5 MW	Loess Hills Wind Farm Llc
23.5 mi	Clear Creek Wind Maryville, MO	Wind	242 MW	Clear Creek Wind, Llc
24.9 mi	Villisca Municipal Power Plant Villisca, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Villisca - (Ia)
27.6 mi	White Cloud Wind Project, Llc Tarkio, MO	Wind	237 MW	White Cloud Wind Project, Llc
28.6 mi	Cooper Nuclear Station Brownville, NE	Nuclear	801 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
30.0 mi	Nebraska City Nebraska City, NE	Coal	1,390 MW	Omaha Public Power District
31.3 mi	Nodaway Conception Junction, MO	Natural Gas	316 MW	Associated Electric Coop, Inc
32.5 mi	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning Corning, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning
34.0 mi	Nebraska City # 1 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	26 MW	City Of Nebraska City
35.0 mi	Nebraska City # 2 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Nebraska City
35.1 mi	Adams Wind Lenox, IA	Wind	154 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
35.7 mi	Corning Corning, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Corning - (Ia)
37.1 mi	Auburn Auburn, NE	Natural Gas	19 MW	Auburn Board Of Public Works
37.3 mi	Conception Stanberry, MO	Wind	50 MW	Cr Clearing, Llc
38.6 mi	Lenox Lenox, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of Lenox - (Ia)
39.7 mi	August Wind Farm Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	August Wind Energy, Llc
39.8 mi	Birch Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Birch Power Llc
44.0 mi	Falls City Falls City, NE	Natural Gas	31 MW	City Of Falls City - (Ne)
44.5 mi	Stanberry Stanberry, MO	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Stanberry - (Mo)
46.0 mi	Cass County Plattsmouth, NE	Natural Gas	345 MW	Omaha Public Power District
46.3 mi	Rolling Hills Wind Farm Massena, IA	Wind	484 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
47.1 mi	Prescott Wind Farm Prescott, IA	Wind	39 MW	Prescott Wind Energy Llc
47.3 mi	Papillion Creek Wastewater Bellevue, NE	Biomass	2 MW	City Of Omaha

Power generation near this area

There are 30 power plants within 50 miles of Blanchard, Iowa (ZIP 51630), with a combined 5,111 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 15 of the 30 nearby plants. The closest plant is Shenandoah Hills Wind Farm at 8.8 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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