Power Plants Near 52175 — West Union, IA

39 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 52175 (West Union, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.9438, -91.8334 · County: Fayette

Wind 40%Natural Gas 29%Coal 19%Solar 7%Oil 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.6 mi	Hawkeye Wind Farm Sumner, IA	Wind	35 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
15.0 mi	Sumner Sumner, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Sumner - (Ia)
17.4 mi	Alliant Sbd 9201 Norplex Postville, IA	Oil	2 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
21.6 mi	South Strawberry Strawberry Point, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Strawberry Point
23.4 mi	Strawberry Point Strawberry Point, IA	Oil	—	City Of Strawberry Point
23.4 mi	Strawberry Point Dpc Solar Strawberry Point, IA	Solar	1 MW	Socore Energy Llc
23.5 mi	Dpc Madison Ridgeway, IA	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
26.1 mi	New Hampton New Hampton, IA	Natural Gas	27 MW	City Of New Hampton - (Ia)
26.3 mi	Decorah Battery Decorah, IA	Other Fossil	3 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
26.5 mi	Luther College Wind Project Decorah, IA	Wind	2 MW	Luther College Wind Energy Project Llc
28.3 mi	Chickasaw Wind Farm New Hampton, IA	Wind	202 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.3 mi	Wapsie Valley Creamery Back Up Generator Independence, IA	Oil	2 MW	Wapsie Valley Creamery
33.4 mi	Alliant Sbd 9206 Donaldson Cresco, IA	Oil	2 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
33.7 mi	Mcgregor Mcgregor, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Mcgregor- (Ia)
34.2 mi	Elk Wind Farm Greeley, IA	Wind	41 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
35.5 mi	Waverly Municipal Electric North Plant Waverly, IA	Oil	25 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
35.5 mi	South Plant (Ia) Waverly, IA	Oil	12 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
35.5 mi	Waverly Community Wind Project Waverly, IA	Wind	3 MW	Waverly Municipal Elec Utility
37.5 mi	Ced Manchester Wind Manchester, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
37.9 mi	Independence Wind Farm Manchester, IA	Wind	55 MW	Independence Wind Energy Llc
38.3 mi	Waterloo Solar (Ia) Waterloo, IA	Solar	3 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.9 mi	Waterloo Lundquist Waterloo, IA	Oil	18 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
40.0 mi	Charles City Wind Farm Charles City, IA	Wind	80 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.5 mi	Saratoga Wind Farm Lime Springs, IA	Wind	66 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
42.1 mi	Earlville Earlville, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Earlville - (Ia)
42.1 mi	Streeter Station Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	52 MW	Cedar Falls Utilities
43.1 mi	Lansing Lansing, IA	Coal	275 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
43.5 mi	University Of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	8 MW	University Of Northern Iowa
44.1 mi	Merl Parr Charles City, IA	Natural Gas	36 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.2 mi	Gas Turbine (Ia) Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	43 MW	Cedar Falls Utilities
44.5 mi	Nelson Dewey Generating Station Cassville, WI	Coal	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
45.0 mi	Crane Creek Wind Energy Center Riceville, IA	Wind	99 MW	Wisconsin Public Service Corp
45.0 mi	Cedar Falls Solar Farm Cedar Falls, IA	Solar	2 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
45.8 mi	Electrifarm Waterloo, IA	Natural Gas	264 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
47.0 mi	Coggon Solar Llc Coggon, IA	Solar	—	Clenera Devco Llc
47.1 mi	La Porte La Porte City, IA	Oil	5 MW	La Porte City Utilities
47.7 mi	Cassville Solar Cassville, WI	Solar	50 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
48.3 mi	Coggon Coggon, IA	Oil	2 MW	Coggon Municipal Light Plant
49.6 mi	Fillmore County Solar Project Spring Valley, MN	Solar	45 MW	National Grid Renewables

Power generation near this area

There are 39 power plants within 50 miles of West Union, Iowa (ZIP 52175), with a combined 1,479 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 13 of the 39 nearby plants. The closest plant is Hawkeye Wind Farm 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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