Power Plants Near 52324 — Palo, IA

64 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 52324 (Palo, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.0365, -91.7877 · County: Linn

Wind 39%Coal 22%Natural Gas 22%Solar 9%Oil 7%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.0 mi	Alliant Sbg 9802 Toyota Cedar Rapids, IA	Natural Gas	1 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
4.3 mi	Alliant Sbd 9302 Aegon Np Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
4.4 mi	Alliant Sbd 8501 Aegon Li Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
4.7 mi	Pleasant Creek Unit 1 Palo, IA	Solar	50 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
4.7 mi	Pleasant Creek Unit 2 Palo, IA	Solar	150 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
4.7 mi	Alliant Sbd 9801 Aegon Martha's Way Hiawatha, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
5.8 mi	Alliant Sbd 9702 Cedar Graphics Hiawatha, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
7.1 mi	Sixth Street Cedar Rapids, IA	Coal	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
7.3 mi	Alliant Sbd 9106 Rockwell Cr Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	16 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
7.4 mi	Cedar Rapids Community Solar Cedar Rapids, IA	Solar	5 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
7.6 mi	Deer Run Battery Cedar Rapids, IA	Other Fossil	5 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
7.7 mi	Red Cedar Cedar Rapids, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
7.7 mi	Alliant Sbd0201 Ingredion Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	6 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
9.4 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids, IA	Coal	295 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
9.8 mi	Alliant Sbd 8602 Marion Sub Marion, IA	Oil	6 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
9.9 mi	Prairie Creek Cedar Rapids, IA	Coal	213 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
10.5 mi	Alliant Sbd 9203 Profol Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	6 MW	American Profol Incorporated
10.7 mi	Alliant Sbd 9403 Aegon Dc Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	4 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
10.9 mi	Kirkwood Wind Turbine Cedar Rapids, IA	Wind	3 MW	Kirkwood Community College
10.9 mi	Alliant Sbd 9901 Wells Fargo Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
15.1 mi	Vinton Vinton, IA	Natural Gas	18 MW	City Of Vinton - (Ia)
17.6 mi	Amana Society Service Company Middle Amana, IA	Oil	22 MW	Amana Society Service Co
20.7 mi	Coggon Solar Llc Coggon, IA	Solar	—	Clenera Devco Llc
21.3 mi	Coggon Coggon, IA	Oil	2 MW	Coggon Municipal Light Plant
21.7 mi	Alliant Sbd 8601 Quad Graphics Marengo, IA	Oil	4 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
24.8 mi	Oakdale Renewable Energy Plant Coralville, IA	Natural Gas	3 MW	University Of Iowa
27.7 mi	Coralville Gt Coralville, IA	Natural Gas	72 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
28.3 mi	La Porte La Porte City, IA	Oil	5 MW	La Porte City Utilities
29.1 mi	University Of Iowa Main Power Plant Iowa City, IA	Natural Gas	41 MW	University Of Iowa
29.5 mi	Independence Wind Farm Manchester, IA	Wind	55 MW	Independence Wind Energy Llc
30.5 mi	Winding Stair Wind Dysart, IA	Wind	—	Winding Stair Wind
30.9 mi	Wapsie Valley Creamery Back Up Generator Independence, IA	Oil	2 MW	Wapsie Valley Creamery
31.2 mi	Anchor Wind, Llc Mechanicsville, IA	Wind	6 MW	Acciona Energy Usa Global, Llc
31.6 mi	Diamond Trail Wind Farm Ladora, IA	Wind	253 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.6 mi	Farmers Electric Cooperative - Kalona Kalona, IA	Oil	6 MW	Farmers Electric Coop - (Ia)
33.9 mi	Ced Manchester Wind Manchester, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
34.5 mi	Johnson County Hills Solar Iowa City, IA	Solar	3 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
34.7 mi	Traer Wind Project Traer, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
34.9 mi	Hopkinton Hopkinton, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Hopkinton - (Ia)
36.2 mi	Traer East Tracer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
36.3 mi	Traer Main Traer, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
36.8 mi	Traer South Traer, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Traer - (Ia)
38.4 mi	Tipton Tipton, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Tipton - (Ia)
39.3 mi	Brooklyn City North Plant Brooklyn, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Brooklyn - (Ia)
40.1 mi	Brooklyn Brooklyn, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Brooklyn - (Ia)
41.2 mi	Earlville Earlville, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Earlville - (Ia)
42.1 mi	West Liberty West Liberty, IA	Oil	17 MW	City Of West Liberty - (Ia)
42.8 mi	Electrifarm Waterloo, IA	Natural Gas	264 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.2 mi	Waterloo Lundquist Waterloo, IA	Oil	18 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.4 mi	Elk Wind Farm Greeley, IA	Wind	41 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
43.6 mi	Cascade Cascade, IA	Oil	7 MW	Cascade Municipal Utilities
45.4 mi	English Farms Montezuma, IA	Wind	172 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
45.5 mi	Waterloo Solar (Ia) Waterloo, IA	Solar	3 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.6 mi	North English Montezuma, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.0 mi	Cedar Falls Solar Farm Cedar Falls, IA	Solar	2 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
46.1 mi	Strawberry Point Dpc Solar Strawberry Point, IA	Solar	1 MW	Socore Energy Llc
46.6 mi	Strawberry Point Strawberry Point, IA	Oil	—	City Of Strawberry Point
47.5 mi	Streeter Station Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	52 MW	Cedar Falls Utilities
47.6 mi	University Of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	8 MW	University Of Northern Iowa
48.1 mi	Gas Turbine (Ia) Cedar Falls, IA	Natural Gas	43 MW	Cedar Falls Utilities
48.2 mi	South Strawberry Strawberry Point, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Strawberry Point
49.0 mi	Montezuma Montezuma, IA	Oil	10 MW	City Of Montezuma - (Ia)
49.2 mi	Eastern Iowa Solar Wilton, IA	Solar	2 MW	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
49.8 mi	Venus Wind 3 Llc Grinnell, IA	Wind	3 MW	Venus Wind 3 Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 64 power plants within 50 miles of Palo, Iowa (ZIP 52324), with a combined 2,272 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 30 of the 64 nearby plants. The closest plant is Alliant Sbg 9802 Toyota at 4.0 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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