Power Plants Near 52214 — Central City, IA

62 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 52214 (Central City, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.1982, -91.4914 · County: Linn

Coal 41%Solar 21%Oil 15%Natural Gas 13%Wind 9%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.1 mi	Coggon Coggon, IA	Oil	2 MW	Coggon Municipal Light Plant
7.6 mi	Coggon Solar Llc Coggon, IA	Solar	—	Clenera Devco Llc
12.9 mi	Alliant Sbd 8602 Marion Sub Marion, IA	Oil	6 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
13.7 mi	Alliant Sbd 9106 Rockwell Cr Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	16 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
14.3 mi	Alliant Sbd 9702 Cedar Graphics Hiawatha, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
14.9 mi	Alliant Sbd 9801 Aegon Martha's Way Hiawatha, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
16.0 mi	Hopkinton Hopkinton, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Hopkinton - (Ia)
16.1 mi	Alliant Sbd 9302 Aegon Np Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
16.2 mi	Alliant Sbd 8501 Aegon Li Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
16.3 mi	Pleasant Creek Unit 1 Palo, IA	Solar	50 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
16.3 mi	Pleasant Creek Unit 2 Palo, IA	Solar	150 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
16.3 mi	Alliant Sbg 9802 Toyota Cedar Rapids, IA	Natural Gas	1 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
16.6 mi	Independence Wind Farm Manchester, IA	Wind	55 MW	Independence Wind Energy Llc
17.3 mi	Sixth Street Cedar Rapids, IA	Coal	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
18.1 mi	Alliant Sbd0201 Ingredion Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	6 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
18.3 mi	Red Cedar Cedar Rapids, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
18.8 mi	Ced Manchester Wind Manchester, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
19.1 mi	Prairie Creek Cedar Rapids, IA	Coal	213 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
19.6 mi	Alliant Sbd 9203 Profol Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	6 MW	American Profol Incorporated
19.7 mi	Cedar Rapids Community Solar Cedar Rapids, IA	Solar	5 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
20.0 mi	Deer Run Battery Cedar Rapids, IA	Other Fossil	5 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
20.4 mi	Alliant Sbd 9901 Wells Fargo Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
21.1 mi	Kirkwood Wind Turbine Cedar Rapids, IA	Wind	3 MW	Kirkwood Community College
21.2 mi	Alliant Sbd 9403 Aegon Dc Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	4 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
21.6 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids, IA	Coal	295 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
23.3 mi	Earlville Earlville, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Earlville - (Ia)
25.5 mi	Cascade Cascade, IA	Oil	7 MW	Cascade Municipal Utilities
27.2 mi	Vinton Vinton, IA	Natural Gas	18 MW	City Of Vinton - (Ia)
27.3 mi	Elk Wind Farm Greeley, IA	Wind	41 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
27.4 mi	Anchor Wind, Llc Mechanicsville, IA	Wind	6 MW	Acciona Energy Usa Global, Llc
28.1 mi	Wapsie Valley Creamery Back Up Generator Independence, IA	Oil	2 MW	Wapsie Valley Creamery
33.3 mi	Strawberry Point Dpc Solar Strawberry Point, IA	Solar	1 MW	Socore Energy Llc
33.7 mi	Strawberry Point Strawberry Point, IA	Oil	—	City Of Strawberry Point
34.5 mi	Oakdale Renewable Energy Plant Coralville, IA	Natural Gas	3 MW	University Of Iowa
34.7 mi	Amana Society Service Company Middle Amana, IA	Oil	22 MW	Amana Society Service Co
34.8 mi	Tipton Tipton, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Tipton - (Ia)
35.6 mi	South Strawberry Strawberry Point, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Strawberry Point
36.6 mi	Coralville Gt Coralville, IA	Natural Gas	72 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
36.8 mi	La Porte La Porte City, IA	Oil	5 MW	La Porte City Utilities
37.5 mi	University Of Iowa Main Power Plant Iowa City, IA	Natural Gas	41 MW	University Of Iowa
40.3 mi	Alliant Sbd 8601 Quad Graphics Marengo, IA	Oil	4 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
41.1 mi	West Dubuque Solar Dubuque, IA	Solar	4 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
41.6 mi	Iowa Hydro Llc Maquoketa, IA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Renewable World Energies Llc
43.1 mi	Alliant Sbd 9205 A Y Mcdonald Dubuque, IA	Oil	4 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
43.3 mi	Johnson County Hills Solar Iowa City, IA	Solar	3 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.5 mi	Maquoketa 2 Maquoketa, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Maquoketa - (Ia)
43.8 mi	Nelson Dewey Generating Station Cassville, WI	Coal	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
43.8 mi	Maquoketa 1 Maquoketa, IA	Natural Gas	24 MW	City Of Maquoketa - (Ia)
45.0 mi	West Liberty West Liberty, IA	Oil	17 MW	City Of West Liberty - (Ia)
45.1 mi	Winding Stair Wind Dysart, IA	Wind	—	Winding Stair Wind
45.4 mi	Farmers Electric Cooperative - Kalona Kalona, IA	Oil	6 MW	Farmers Electric Coop - (Ia)
47.1 mi	Alliant Sbd 9301 Prairie Farms Dubuque, IA	Oil	4 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
47.5 mi	Dubuque Dubuque, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
47.5 mi	Agrirenew Stockton, IA	Biomass	1 MW	Agrirenew
47.7 mi	Eastern Iowa Solar Wilton, IA	Solar	2 MW	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
48.0 mi	Cassville Solar Cassville, WI	Solar	50 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
48.3 mi	John Deere Dubuque Works Dubuque, IA	Oil	9 MW	John Deere Dubuque Works
48.5 mi	Waterloo Lundquist Waterloo, IA	Oil	18 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.7 mi	Wilton Wilton, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Wilton - (Ia)
48.8 mi	Traer Wind Project Traer, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
49.8 mi	Traer Main Traer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
49.9 mi	Traer East Tracer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)

Power generation near this area

There are 62 power plants within 50 miles of Central City, Iowa (ZIP 52214), with a combined 1,231 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 31 of the 62 nearby plants. The closest plant is Coggon at 6.1 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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