Power Plants Near 52169 — Wadena, IA

38 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 52169 (Wadena, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.8550, -91.6639 · County: Fayette

Wind 30%Natural Gas 27%Coal 19%Solar 18%Oil 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.6 mi	South Strawberry Strawberry Point, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Strawberry Point
13.5 mi	Strawberry Point Strawberry Point, IA	Oil	—	City Of Strawberry Point
13.6 mi	Strawberry Point Dpc Solar Strawberry Point, IA	Solar	1 MW	Socore Energy Llc
17.2 mi	Alliant Sbd 9201 Norplex Postville, IA	Oil	2 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
21.2 mi	Hawkeye Wind Farm Sumner, IA	Wind	35 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
22.0 mi	Sumner Sumner, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Sumner - (Ia)
23.9 mi	Elk Wind Farm Greeley, IA	Wind	41 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
27.3 mi	Mcgregor Mcgregor, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Mcgregor- (Ia)
28.3 mi	Ced Manchester Wind Manchester, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
28.5 mi	Wapsie Valley Creamery Back Up Generator Independence, IA	Oil	2 MW	Wapsie Valley Creamery
29.7 mi	Independence Wind Farm Manchester, IA	Wind	55 MW	Independence Wind Energy Llc
31.9 mi	Earlville Earlville, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Earlville - (Ia)
32.1 mi	Dpc Madison Ridgeway, IA	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
33.1 mi	Decorah Battery Decorah, IA	Other Fossil	3 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
33.4 mi	Luther College Wind Project Decorah, IA	Wind	2 MW	Luther College Wind Energy Project Llc
34.5 mi	Nelson Dewey Generating Station Cassville, WI	Coal	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
36.3 mi	New Hampton New Hampton, IA	Natural Gas	27 MW	City Of New Hampton - (Ia)
38.0 mi	Cassville Solar Cassville, WI	Solar	50 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
38.8 mi	Chickasaw Wind Farm New Hampton, IA	Wind	202 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.3 mi	Coggon Solar Llc Coggon, IA	Solar	—	Clenera Devco Llc
40.2 mi	Coggon Coggon, IA	Oil	2 MW	Coggon Municipal Light Plant
41.2 mi	Waterloo Solar (Ia) Waterloo, IA	Solar	3 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.2 mi	Hopkinton Hopkinton, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Hopkinton - (Ia)
41.6 mi	Lansing Lansing, IA	Coal	275 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
41.8 mi	Waverly Municipal Electric North Plant Waverly, IA	Oil	25 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
41.8 mi	South Plant (Ia) Waverly, IA	Oil	12 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
41.8 mi	Waverly Community Wind Project Waverly, IA	Wind	3 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
42.2 mi	Waterloo Lundquist Waterloo, IA	Oil	18 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.9 mi	Mt. Hope Dpc Solar Mt. Hope, WI	Solar	1 MW	Socore Energy Llc
43.0 mi	Alliant Sbd 9206 Donaldson Cresco, IA	Oil	2 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
45.4 mi	Streeter Station Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	52 MW	Cedar Falls Utilities
45.9 mi	La Porte La Porte City, IA	Oil	5 MW	La Porte City Utilities
46.8 mi	University Of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	8 MW	University Of Northern Iowa
47.6 mi	Gas Turbine (Ia) Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	43 MW	Cedar Falls Utilities
47.9 mi	Cedar Falls Solar Farm Cedar Falls, IA	Solar	2 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
47.9 mi	Electrifarm Waterloo, IA	Natural Gas	264 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.4 mi	Charles City Wind Farm Charles City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.7 mi	Grant County Town Of Potosi, WI	Solar	200 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co

Power generation near this area

There are 38 power plants within 50 miles of Wadena, Iowa (ZIP 52169), with a combined 1,439 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 14 of the 38 nearby plants. The closest plant is South Strawberry at 11.6 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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