Power Plants Near 52141 — Elgin, IA

36 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 52141 (Elgin, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.9548, -91.6454 · County: Fayette

Wind 50%Coal 28%Oil 8%Natural Gas 8%Solar 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.5 mi	Alliant Sbd 9201 Norplex Postville, IA	Oil	2 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
17.5 mi	South Strawberry Strawberry Point, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Strawberry Point
19.5 mi	Strawberry Point Strawberry Point, IA	Oil	—	City Of Strawberry Point
19.7 mi	Strawberry Point Dpc Solar Strawberry Point, IA	Solar	1 MW	Socore Energy Llc
21.1 mi	Hawkeye Wind Farm Sumner, IA	Wind	35 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
24.1 mi	Sumner Sumner, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Sumner - (Ia)
24.3 mi	Mcgregor Mcgregor, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Mcgregor- (Ia)
26.6 mi	Decorah Battery Decorah, IA	Other Fossil	3 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
26.6 mi	Dpc Madison Ridgeway, IA	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
27.0 mi	Luther College Wind Project Decorah, IA	Wind	2 MW	Luther College Wind Energy Project Llc
29.2 mi	Elk Wind Farm Greeley, IA	Wind	41 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
34.7 mi	Ced Manchester Wind Manchester, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
35.0 mi	New Hampton New Hampton, IA	Natural Gas	27 MW	City Of New Hampton - (Ia)
35.2 mi	Wapsie Valley Creamery Back Up Generator Independence, IA	Oil	2 MW	Wapsie Valley Creamery
35.7 mi	Lansing Lansing, IA	Coal	275 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
36.0 mi	Nelson Dewey Generating Station Cassville, WI	Coal	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
36.4 mi	Independence Wind Farm Manchester, IA	Wind	55 MW	Independence Wind Energy Llc
36.6 mi	Chickasaw Wind Farm New Hampton, IA	Wind	202 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.0 mi	Earlville Earlville, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Earlville - (Ia)
38.0 mi	Alliant Sbd 9206 Donaldson Cresco, IA	Oil	2 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
38.9 mi	Cassville Solar Cassville, WI	Solar	50 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
41.2 mi	Mt. Hope Dpc Solar Mt. Hope, WI	Solar	1 MW	Socore Energy Llc
43.8 mi	Bluff Prairie (Vernon) De Soto, WI	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
44.6 mi	Waverly Municipal Electric North Plant Waverly, IA	Oil	25 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
44.6 mi	South Plant (Ia) Waverly, IA	Oil	12 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
44.6 mi	Waverly Community Wind Project Waverly, IA	Wind	3 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
45.9 mi	Waterloo Solar (Ia) Waterloo, IA	Solar	3 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.0 mi	Coggon Solar Llc Coggon, IA	Solar	—	Clenera Devco Llc
46.6 mi	Genoa Genoa, WI	Coal	—	Dairyland Power Coop
46.8 mi	Saratoga Wind Farm Lime Springs, IA	Wind	66 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
46.8 mi	Hopkinton Hopkinton, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Hopkinton - (Ia)
46.9 mi	Coggon Coggon, IA	Oil	2 MW	Coggon Municipal Light Plant
47.2 mi	Waterloo Lundquist Waterloo, IA	Oil	18 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.4 mi	Charles City Wind Farm Charles City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.7 mi	Fennimore Solar Fennimore, WI	Solar	3 MW	Butter Solar, Llc
50.0 mi	Streeter Station Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	52 MW	Cedar Falls Utilities

Power generation near this area

There are 36 power plants within 50 miles of Elgin, Iowa (ZIP 52141), with a combined 987 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 13 of the 36 nearby plants. The closest plant is Alliant Sbd 9201 Norplex at 10.5 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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