Power Plants Near 52142 — Fayette, IA

40 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 52142 (Fayette, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.8494, -91.8139 · County: Fayette

Wind 36%Natural Gas 33%Coal 20%Oil 6%Solar 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
14.3 mi	Hawkeye Wind Farm Sumner, IA	Wind	35 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
14.4 mi	Sumner Sumner, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Sumner - (Ia)
16.6 mi	South Strawberry Strawberry Point, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Strawberry Point
18.0 mi	Strawberry Point Dpc Solar Strawberry Point, IA	Solar	1 MW	Socore Energy Llc
18.1 mi	Strawberry Point Strawberry Point, IA	Oil	—	City Of Strawberry Point
21.2 mi	Alliant Sbd 9201 Norplex Postville, IA	Oil	2 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
26.0 mi	Wapsie Valley Creamery Back Up Generator Independence, IA	Oil	2 MW	Wapsie Valley Creamery
29.0 mi	Elk Wind Farm Greeley, IA	Wind	41 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
29.8 mi	New Hampton New Hampton, IA	Natural Gas	27 MW	City Of New Hampton - (Ia)
30.0 mi	Dpc Madison Ridgeway, IA	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
31.4 mi	Ced Manchester Wind Manchester, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
31.4 mi	Independence Wind Farm Manchester, IA	Wind	55 MW	Independence Wind Energy Llc
32.7 mi	Chickasaw Wind Farm New Hampton, IA	Wind	202 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.8 mi	Decorah Battery Decorah, IA	Other Fossil	3 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
33.0 mi	Luther College Wind Project Decorah, IA	Wind	2 MW	Luther College Wind Energy Project Llc
34.3 mi	Waverly Municipal Electric North Plant Waverly, IA	Oil	25 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
34.3 mi	South Plant (Ia) Waverly, IA	Oil	12 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
34.3 mi	Waverly Community Wind Project Waverly, IA	Wind	3 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
34.5 mi	Mcgregor Mcgregor, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Mcgregor- (Ia)
34.7 mi	Waterloo Solar (Ia) Waterloo, IA	Solar	3 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
35.9 mi	Waterloo Lundquist Waterloo, IA	Oil	18 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
36.9 mi	Earlville Earlville, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Earlville - (Ia)
38.8 mi	Streeter Station Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	52 MW	Cedar Falls Utilities
39.7 mi	Alliant Sbd 9206 Donaldson Cresco, IA	Oil	2 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
40.2 mi	University Of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	8 MW	University Of Northern Iowa
40.5 mi	Coggon Solar Llc Coggon, IA	Solar	—	Clenera Devco Llc
40.9 mi	Gas Turbine (Ia) Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	43 MW	Cedar Falls Utilities
41.4 mi	Cedar Falls Solar Farm Cedar Falls, IA	Solar	2 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
41.6 mi	La Porte La Porte City, IA	Oil	5 MW	La Porte City Utilities
41.8 mi	Nelson Dewey Generating Station Cassville, WI	Coal	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
41.8 mi	Electrifarm Waterloo, IA	Natural Gas	264 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.8 mi	Coggon Coggon, IA	Oil	2 MW	Coggon Municipal Light Plant
42.1 mi	Charles City Wind Farm Charles City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.3 mi	Hopkinton Hopkinton, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Hopkinton - (Ia)
45.4 mi	Cassville Solar Cassville, WI	Solar	50 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
46.7 mi	Merl Parr Charles City, IA	Natural Gas	36 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.8 mi	Lansing Lansing, IA	Coal	275 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
47.6 mi	Saratoga Wind Farm Lime Springs, IA	Wind	66 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
48.1 mi	Vinton Vinton, IA	Natural Gas	18 MW	City Of Vinton - (Ia)
49.2 mi	Dike City Power Plant Dike, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Dike

Power generation near this area

There are 40 power plants within 50 miles of Fayette, Iowa (ZIP 52142), with a combined 1,359 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 15 of the 40 nearby plants. The closest plant is Hawkeye Wind Farm at 14.3 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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