Power Plants Near 51638 — Essex, IA

42 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51638 (Essex, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.8404, -95.2888 · County: Page

Coal 45%Wind 30%Natural Gas 13%Nuclear 10%Oil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.7 mi	Shenandoah Shenandoah, IA	Oil	20 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
14.9 mi	Shenandoah Hills Wind Farm Blanchard, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
17.0 mi	Villisca Municipal Power Plant Villisca, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Villisca - (Ia)
21.6 mi	Atchison County Wind Westboro, MO	Wind	299 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
22.1 mi	Farmers City Wind Llc Tarkio, MO	Wind	146 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
26.7 mi	Contrail Wind Farm Bedford, IA	Wind	112 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
27.2 mi	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning Corning, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning
28.3 mi	Cow Branch Tarkio, MO	Wind	50 MW	Cow Branch Wind Power, Llc
29.7 mi	Nebraska City Nebraska City, NE	Coal	1,390 MW	Omaha Public Power District
30.6 mi	Corning Corning, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Corning - (Ia)
30.8 mi	Rock Creek Wind Project Tarkio, MO	Wind	300 MW	Enel Green Power Na, Inc.
31.3 mi	Nebraska City # 1 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	26 MW	City Of Nebraska City
32.2 mi	Loess Hills Rock Port, MO	Wind	5 MW	Loess Hills Wind Farm Llc
32.6 mi	Nebraska City # 2 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Nebraska City
32.7 mi	Adams Wind Lenox, IA	Wind	154 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
34.5 mi	Papillion Creek Wastewater Bellevue, NE	Biomass	2 MW	City Of Omaha
36.0 mi	Cass County Plattsmouth, NE	Natural Gas	345 MW	Omaha Public Power District
36.4 mi	Rolling Hills Wind Farm Massena, IA	Wind	484 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.1 mi	Walter Scott Jr Energy Center Council Bluffs, IA	Coal	1,648 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.8 mi	Cooper Nuclear Station Brownville, NE	Nuclear	801 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
38.2 mi	Lenox Lenox, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of Lenox - (Ia)
38.6 mi	Clear Creek Wind Maryville, MO	Wind	242 MW	Clear Creek Wind, Llc
40.6 mi	Prescott Wind Farm Prescott, IA	Wind	39 MW	Prescott Wind Energy Llc
41.8 mi	Missouri River Wastewater Treatment Omaha, NE	Biomass	3 MW	City Of Omaha
42.1 mi	Atlantic Atlantic, IA	Natural Gas	10 MW	Atlantic Municipal Utilities
42.2 mi	Sarpy County Bellevue, NE	Natural Gas	338 MW	Omaha Public Power District
42.3 mi	Walnut Wind Farm Walnut, IA	Wind	165 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.8 mi	Auburn Auburn, NE	Natural Gas	19 MW	Auburn Board Of Public Works
42.8 mi	August Wind Farm Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	August Wind Energy, Llc
42.9 mi	Birch Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Birch Power Llc
43.6 mi	Jones Street Omaha, NE	Oil	130 MW	Omaha Public Power District
43.7 mi	White Cloud Wind Project, Llc Tarkio, MO	Wind	237 MW	White Cloud Wind Project, Llc
43.7 mi	Wiota Wiota, IA	Wind	2 MW	Wiota Wind Energy, Llc #1
46.0 mi	Roseman Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Roseman Energy, Llc
46.1 mi	Green Energy Machine Anita, IA	Wind	2 MW	Green Energy Machine, Llc
46.3 mi	Nodaway Conception Junction, MO	Natural Gas	316 MW	Associated Electric Coop, Inc
46.6 mi	Bright Battery Weeping Water, NE	Other Fossil	1 MW	Omaha Public Power District
46.8 mi	Southern Hills Wind Farm Creston, IA	Wind	254 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
47.9 mi	Syracuse # 2 Syracuse, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Nebraska City
48.0 mi	North Omaha Omaha, NE	Coal	645 MW	Omaha Public Power District
49.1 mi	Turtle Creek Springfield, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
49.8 mi	Anita Anita, IA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Anita - (Ia)

Power generation near this area

There are 42 power plants within 50 miles of Essex, Iowa (ZIP 51638), with a combined 8,232 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 19 of the 42 nearby plants. The closest plant is Shenandoah at 6.7 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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