Power Plants Near 51651 — Shambaugh, IA

35 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51651 (Shambaugh, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.6575, -95.0250 · County: Page

Wind 51%Coal 24%Nuclear 14%Natural Gas 9%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.2 mi	Contrail Wind Farm Bedford, IA	Wind	112 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
18.2 mi	Shenandoah Hills Wind Farm Blanchard, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
19.0 mi	Villisca Municipal Power Plant Villisca, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Villisca - (Ia)
19.4 mi	Atchison County Wind Westboro, MO	Wind	299 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
20.0 mi	Shenandoah Shenandoah, IA	Oil	20 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
20.0 mi	Rock Creek Wind Project Tarkio, MO	Wind	300 MW	Enel Green Power Na, Inc.
21.1 mi	Clear Creek Wind Maryville, MO	Wind	242 MW	Clear Creek Wind, Llc
24.5 mi	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning Corning, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning
25.9 mi	Adams Wind Lenox, IA	Wind	154 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
26.7 mi	Farmers City Wind Llc Tarkio, MO	Wind	146 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
27.2 mi	Cow Branch Tarkio, MO	Wind	50 MW	Cow Branch Wind Power, Llc
27.4 mi	Corning Corning, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Corning - (Ia)
27.9 mi	White Cloud Wind Project, Llc Tarkio, MO	Wind	237 MW	White Cloud Wind Project, Llc
28.4 mi	Nodaway Conception Junction, MO	Natural Gas	316 MW	Associated Electric Coop, Inc
28.8 mi	Lenox Lenox, IA	Oil	6 MW	City Of Lenox - (Ia)
29.7 mi	August Wind Farm Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	August Wind Energy, Llc
29.8 mi	Birch Clearfield, IA	Wind	2 MW	Birch Power Llc
31.8 mi	Loess Hills Rock Port, MO	Wind	5 MW	Loess Hills Wind Farm Llc
33.3 mi	Conception Stanberry, MO	Wind	50 MW	Cr Clearing, Llc
38.2 mi	Cooper Nuclear Station Brownville, NE	Nuclear	801 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
38.8 mi	Prescott Wind Farm Prescott, IA	Wind	39 MW	Prescott Wind Energy Llc
39.5 mi	Nebraska City Nebraska City, NE	Coal	1,390 MW	Omaha Public Power District
39.5 mi	Rolling Hills Wind Farm Massena, IA	Wind	484 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.9 mi	Stanberry Stanberry, MO	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Stanberry - (Mo)
42.8 mi	Southern Hills Wind Farm Creston, IA	Wind	254 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.1 mi	Nebraska City # 1 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	26 MW	City Of Nebraska City
44.2 mi	Nebraska City # 2 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Nebraska City
44.5 mi	Creston School Customer Hosted Solar Creston, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
46.7 mi	Creston Solar (50 Mw) Creston, IA	Solar	50 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
47.0 mi	Auburn Auburn, NE	Natural Gas	19 MW	Auburn Board Of Public Works
47.4 mi	Summit Lake Creston, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
47.8 mi	Bluegrass Ridge King City, MO	Wind	57 MW	Wind Capital Holdings, Llc
49.2 mi	Orient Wind Farm Orient, IA	Wind	501 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.7 mi	Bulldog Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Bulldog Wind Energy, Llc
50.0 mi	Cumberland Rose Orient, IA	Wind	2 MW	Cumberland Rose Wind Energy, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 35 power plants within 50 miles of Shambaugh, Iowa (ZIP 51651), with a combined 5,717 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 20 of the 35 nearby plants. The closest plant is Contrail Wind Farm at 10.2 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.

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