Power Plants Near 52227 — Ely, IA

59 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 52227 (Ely, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.8943, -91.5738 · County: Linn

Coal 60%Wind 20%Solar 8%Natural Gas 6%Oil 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.9 mi	Alliant Sbd 9901 Wells Fargo Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
4.3 mi	Kirkwood Wind Turbine Cedar Rapids, IA	Wind	3 MW	Kirkwood Community College
4.3 mi	Alliant Sbd 9203 Profol Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	6 MW	American Profol Incorporated
4.4 mi	Alliant Sbd 9403 Aegon Dc Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	4 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
4.8 mi	Prairie Creek Cedar Rapids, IA	Coal	213 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
6.2 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids, IA	Coal	295 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
7.1 mi	Alliant Sbd0201 Ingredion Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	6 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
7.1 mi	Red Cedar Cedar Rapids, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
7.3 mi	Deer Run Battery Cedar Rapids, IA	Other Fossil	5 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
7.5 mi	Cedar Rapids Community Solar Cedar Rapids, IA	Solar	5 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
7.9 mi	Sixth Street Cedar Rapids, IA	Coal	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
9.4 mi	Alliant Sbd 8602 Marion Sub Marion, IA	Oil	6 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
10.4 mi	Alliant Sbd 9106 Rockwell Cr Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	16 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
11.2 mi	Alliant Sbd 8501 Aegon Li Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
11.3 mi	Alliant Sbd 9302 Aegon Np Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
11.4 mi	Alliant Sbd 9702 Cedar Graphics Hiawatha, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
11.6 mi	Alliant Sbg 9802 Toyota Cedar Rapids, IA	Natural Gas	1 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
12.2 mi	Alliant Sbd 9801 Aegon Martha's Way Hiawatha, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
13.1 mi	Oakdale Renewable Energy Plant Coralville, IA	Natural Gas	3 MW	University Of Iowa
15.4 mi	Coralville Gt Coralville, IA	Natural Gas	72 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
16.5 mi	University Of Iowa Main Power Plant Iowa City, IA	Natural Gas	41 MW	University Of Iowa
17.7 mi	Anchor Wind, Llc Mechanicsville, IA	Wind	6 MW	Acciona Energy Usa Global, Llc
17.8 mi	Amana Society Service Company Middle Amana, IA	Oil	22 MW	Amana Society Service Co
18.0 mi	Pleasant Creek Unit 1 Palo, IA	Solar	50 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
18.0 mi	Pleasant Creek Unit 2 Palo, IA	Solar	150 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
22.3 mi	Johnson County Hills Solar Iowa City, IA	Solar	3 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
24.1 mi	Farmers Electric Cooperative - Kalona Kalona, IA	Oil	6 MW	Farmers Electric Coop - (Ia)
24.3 mi	Tipton Tipton, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Tipton - (Ia)
25.9 mi	Alliant Sbd 8601 Quad Graphics Marengo, IA	Oil	4 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
26.8 mi	Coggon Coggon, IA	Oil	2 MW	Coggon Municipal Light Plant
27.4 mi	Coggon Solar Llc Coggon, IA	Solar	—	Clenera Devco Llc
27.6 mi	West Liberty West Liberty, IA	Oil	17 MW	City Of West Liberty - (Ia)
29.9 mi	Vinton Vinton, IA	Natural Gas	18 MW	City Of Vinton - (Ia)
34.0 mi	Diamond Trail Wind Farm Ladora, IA	Wind	253 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
34.5 mi	Eastern Iowa Solar Wilton, IA	Solar	2 MW	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
35.3 mi	Hopkinton Hopkinton, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Hopkinton - (Ia)
35.6 mi	Wilton Wilton, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Wilton - (Ia)
37.1 mi	Independence Wind Farm Manchester, IA	Wind	55 MW	Independence Wind Energy Llc
39.0 mi	Agrirenew Stockton, IA	Biomass	1 MW	Agrirenew
39.7 mi	Durant Durant, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Durant - (Ia)
40.1 mi	Ced Manchester Wind Manchester, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
40.1 mi	Cascade Cascade, IA	Oil	7 MW	Cascade Municipal Utilities
43.0 mi	Mpw Solar 1 Muscatine, IA	Solar	—	Mpw Solar 1, Llc
43.1 mi	La Porte La Porte City, IA	Oil	5 MW	La Porte City Utilities
43.5 mi	Wapsie Valley Creamery Back Up Generator Independence, IA	Oil	2 MW	Wapsie Valley Creamery
43.8 mi	Muscatine Plant #1 Muscatine, IA	Coal	294 MW	Board Of Water Electric & Communications
44.1 mi	Winding Stair Wind Dysart, IA	Wind	—	Winding Stair Wind
44.2 mi	Earlville Earlville, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Earlville - (Ia)
45.8 mi	Brooklyn City North Plant Brooklyn, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Brooklyn - (Ia)
46.5 mi	Brooklyn Brooklyn, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Brooklyn - (Ia)
46.6 mi	Iowa Hydro Llc Maquoketa, IA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Renewable World Energies Llc
46.9 mi	Louisa Muscatine, IA	Coal	812 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
47.7 mi	Maquoketa 1 Maquoketa, IA	Natural Gas	24 MW	City Of Maquoketa - (Ia)
48.3 mi	Traer Wind Project Traer, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
48.5 mi	English Farms Montezuma, IA	Wind	172 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.5 mi	Maquoketa 2 Maquoketa, IA	Oil	8 MW	City Of Maquoketa - (Ia)
48.8 mi	Elk Wind Farm Greeley, IA	Wind	41 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
49.1 mi	Fair Station Muscatine, IA	Coal	—	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
49.9 mi	Traer East Tracer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)

Power generation near this area

There are 59 power plants within 50 miles of Ely, Iowa (ZIP 52227), with a combined 2,673 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 27 of the 59 nearby plants. The closest plant is Alliant Sbd 9901 Wells Fargo at 3.9 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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