Power Plants Near 51647 — Northboro, IA

33 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51647 (Northboro, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.6127, -95.3096 · County: Page

Coal 45%Wind 31%Nuclear 12%Natural Gas 11%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.5 mi	Shenandoah Hills Wind Farm Blanchard, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
6.1 mi	Atchison County Wind Westboro, MO	Wind	299 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
11.5 mi	Shenandoah Shenandoah, IA	Oil	20 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
11.5 mi	Farmers City Wind Llc Tarkio, MO	Wind	146 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
13.8 mi	Cow Branch Tarkio, MO	Wind	50 MW	Cow Branch Wind Power, Llc
15.8 mi	Rock Creek Wind Project Tarkio, MO	Wind	300 MW	Enel Green Power Na, Inc.
18.3 mi	Loess Hills Rock Port, MO	Wind	5 MW	Loess Hills Wind Farm Llc
24.5 mi	Nebraska City Nebraska City, NE	Coal	1,390 MW	Omaha Public Power District
24.5 mi	Cooper Nuclear Station Brownville, NE	Nuclear	801 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
25.3 mi	Contrail Wind Farm Bedford, IA	Wind	112 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
27.6 mi	Clear Creek Wind Maryville, MO	Wind	242 MW	Clear Creek Wind, Llc
27.8 mi	Villisca Municipal Power Plant Villisca, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Villisca - (Ia)
28.6 mi	Nebraska City # 1 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	26 MW	City Of Nebraska City
29.5 mi	Nebraska City # 2 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Nebraska City
30.4 mi	White Cloud Wind Project, Llc Tarkio, MO	Wind	237 MW	White Cloud Wind Project, Llc
32.2 mi	Auburn Auburn, NE	Natural Gas	19 MW	Auburn Board Of Public Works
35.3 mi	Nodaway Conception Junction, MO	Natural Gas	316 MW	Associated Electric Coop, Inc
36.3 mi	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning Corning, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning
39.6 mi	Adams Wind Lenox, IA	Wind	154 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.6 mi	Corning Corning, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Corning - (Ia)
41.3 mi	Cass County Plattsmouth, NE	Natural Gas	345 MW	Omaha Public Power District
41.6 mi	Conception Stanberry, MO	Wind	50 MW	Cr Clearing, Llc
41.6 mi	Falls City Falls City, NE	Natural Gas	31 MW	City Of Falls City - (Ne)
43.4 mi	Lenox Lenox, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of Lenox - (Ia)
43.5 mi	Papillion Creek Wastewater Bellevue, NE	Biomass	2 MW	City Of Omaha
44.9 mi	August Wind Farm Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	August Wind Energy, Llc
45.0 mi	Birch Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Birch Power Llc
45.7 mi	Syracuse # 2 Syracuse, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Nebraska City
48.0 mi	Walter Scott Jr Energy Center Council Bluffs, IA	Coal	1,648 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.9 mi	Bright Battery Weeping Water, NE	Other Fossil	1 MW	Omaha Public Power District
48.9 mi	Stanberry Stanberry, MO	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Stanberry - (Mo)
49.1 mi	Rolling Hills Wind Farm Massena, IA	Wind	484 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.3 mi	Tecumseh Tecumseh, NE	Oil	7 MW	City Of Tecumseh

Power generation near this area

There are 33 power plants within 50 miles of Northboro, Iowa (ZIP 51647), with a combined 6,733 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 14 of the 33 nearby plants. The closest plant is Shenandoah Hills Wind Farm at 3.5 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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