Power Plants Near 52228 — Fairfax, IA

58 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 52228 (Fairfax, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.9153, -91.7801 · County: Linn

Wind 40%Coal 24%Natural Gas 19%Solar 10%Oil 7%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.8 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids, IA	Coal	295 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
5.1 mi	Deer Run Battery Cedar Rapids, IA	Other Fossil	5 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
5.3 mi	Cedar Rapids Community Solar Cedar Rapids, IA	Solar	5 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
6.5 mi	Alliant Sbd 9403 Aegon Dc Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	4 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
6.6 mi	Kirkwood Wind Turbine Cedar Rapids, IA	Wind	3 MW	Kirkwood Community College
6.8 mi	Red Cedar Cedar Rapids, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
7.0 mi	Alliant Sbd0201 Ingredion Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	6 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
7.3 mi	Alliant Sbd 9901 Wells Fargo Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
7.5 mi	Sixth Street Cedar Rapids, IA	Coal	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
7.5 mi	Prairie Creek Cedar Rapids, IA	Coal	213 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
7.5 mi	Alliant Sbd 9203 Profol Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	6 MW	American Profol Incorporated
8.5 mi	Alliant Sbd 8501 Aegon Li Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
8.5 mi	Alliant Sbg 9802 Toyota Cedar Rapids, IA	Natural Gas	1 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
8.6 mi	Alliant Sbd 9302 Aegon Np Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
9.9 mi	Alliant Sbd 9801 Aegon Martha's Way Hiawatha, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
10.2 mi	Amana Society Service Company Middle Amana, IA	Oil	22 MW	Amana Society Service Co
10.3 mi	Alliant Sbd 9702 Cedar Graphics Hiawatha, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
10.8 mi	Alliant Sbd 9106 Rockwell Cr Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	16 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
12.2 mi	Alliant Sbd 8602 Marion Sub Marion, IA	Oil	6 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
13.1 mi	Pleasant Creek Unit 1 Palo, IA	Solar	50 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
13.1 mi	Pleasant Creek Unit 2 Palo, IA	Solar	150 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
16.6 mi	Alliant Sbd 8601 Quad Graphics Marengo, IA	Oil	4 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
17.1 mi	Oakdale Renewable Energy Plant Coralville, IA	Natural Gas	3 MW	University Of Iowa
20.2 mi	Coralville Gt Coralville, IA	Natural Gas	72 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
21.5 mi	Vinton Vinton, IA	Natural Gas	18 MW	City Of Vinton - (Ia)
21.7 mi	University Of Iowa Main Power Plant Iowa City, IA	Natural Gas	41 MW	University Of Iowa
24.2 mi	Farmers Electric Cooperative - Kalona Kalona, IA	Oil	6 MW	Farmers Electric Coop - (Ia)
25.9 mi	Diamond Trail Wind Farm Ladora, IA	Wind	253 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
26.7 mi	Johnson County Hills Solar Iowa City, IA	Solar	3 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
28.0 mi	Coggon Solar Llc Coggon, IA	Solar	—	Clenera Devco Llc
28.3 mi	Coggon Coggon, IA	Oil	2 MW	Coggon Municipal Light Plant
28.4 mi	Anchor Wind, Llc Mechanicsville, IA	Wind	6 MW	Acciona Energy Usa Global, Llc
33.8 mi	Winding Stair Wind Dysart, IA	Wind	—	Winding Stair Wind
34.8 mi	Tipton Tipton, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Tipton - (Ia)
34.8 mi	La Porte La Porte City, IA	Oil	5 MW	La Porte City Utilities
35.8 mi	West Liberty West Liberty, IA	Oil	17 MW	City Of West Liberty - (Ia)
36.1 mi	Brooklyn City North Plant Brooklyn, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Brooklyn - (Ia)
36.7 mi	Brooklyn Brooklyn, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Brooklyn - (Ia)
37.3 mi	Independence Wind Farm Manchester, IA	Wind	55 MW	Independence Wind Energy Llc
38.0 mi	Traer Wind Project Traer, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
39.3 mi	Wapsie Valley Creamery Back Up Generator Independence, IA	Oil	2 MW	Wapsie Valley Creamery
39.7 mi	Traer East Tracer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
40.0 mi	Traer Main Traer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
40.2 mi	English Farms Montezuma, IA	Wind	172 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
40.3 mi	Hopkinton Hopkinton, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Hopkinton - (Ia)
40.5 mi	Traer South Traer, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
41.4 mi	Ced Manchester Wind Manchester, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
41.6 mi	North English Montezuma, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.2 mi	Eastern Iowa Solar Wilton, IA	Solar	2 MW	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
44.5 mi	Montezuma Montezuma, IA	Oil	10 MW	City Of Montezuma - (Ia)
45.3 mi	Wilton Wilton, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Wilton - (Ia)
47.4 mi	Cascade Cascade, IA	Oil	7 MW	Cascade Municipal Utilities
47.5 mi	Venus Wind 3 Llc Grinnell, IA	Wind	3 MW	Venus Wind 3 Llc
47.7 mi	Earlville Earlville, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Earlville - (Ia)
48.9 mi	Electrifarm Waterloo, IA	Natural Gas	264 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.5 mi	Agrirenew Stockton, IA	Biomass	1 MW	Agrirenew
49.6 mi	Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	Solar	4 MW	Azimuth 180 Solar Electric, Llc
49.8 mi	Durant Durant, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Durant - (Ia)

Power generation near this area

There are 58 power plants within 50 miles of Fairfax, Iowa (ZIP 52228), with a combined 2,120 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 29 of the 58 nearby plants. The closest plant is Archer Daniels Midland Cedar Rapids at 4.8 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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