Power Plants Near 52531 — Albia, IA

24 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 52531 (Albia, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.0287, -92.7946 · County: Monroe

Wind 52%Coal 35%Oil 7%Hydroelectric 3%Natural Gas 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.8 mi	Cargill Corn Milling Division Eddyville, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Cargill Inc North America Sweetners
13.3 mi	Ottumwa Ottumwa, IA	Coal	726 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
19.8 mi	Ottumwa City Of Ottumwa, IA	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Ottumwa City Of
19.8 mi	Centerville Centerville, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
22.2 mi	Ced Centerville Wind Centerville, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
24.2 mi	Knoxville Industrial Knoxville, IA	Oil	16 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
24.2 mi	Knoxville Battery Energy Storage Knoxville, IA	Other Fossil	1 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
25.5 mi	Red Rock Hydro Plant Pella, IA	Hydroelectric	55 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
26.3 mi	Pella Pella, IA	Coal	—	City Of Pella - (Ia)
26.4 mi	Bloomfield Municipal Utilities Solar Bloomfield, IA	Solar	2 MW	Aep Onsite Partners, Llc
27.4 mi	Pella Peaking Pella, IA	Oil	28 MW	City Of Pella - (Ia)
28.0 mi	Hy-Vee Customer Hosted 2.25mw Solar Chariton, IA	Solar	2 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
28.6 mi	Prairie Wind Farm Montezuma, IA	Wind	168 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
29.6 mi	Bloomfield Bloomfield, IA	Natural Gas	9 MW	City Of Bloomfield - (Ia)
39.8 mi	Unionville City Of Unionville, MO	Oil	9 MW	City Of Unionville - (Mo)
41.0 mi	Montezuma Montezuma, IA	Oil	10 MW	City Of Montezuma - (Ia)
41.1 mi	Unionville Unionville, MO	Oil	53 MW	Associated Electric Coop, Inc
42.5 mi	English Farms Montezuma, IA	Wind	172 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
45.1 mi	North English Montezuma, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.9 mi	High Prairie Wind Farm Queen City, MO	Wind	400 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
46.0 mi	Indianola Indianola, IA	Oil	41 MW	Indianola Municipal Utilities
49.0 mi	Metro Methane Recovery Facility Mitchellville, IA	Biomass	11 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
49.6 mi	Grinnell Customer Hosted Solar Grinnell, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
49.7 mi	Venus Wind 3 Llc Grinnell, IA	Wind	3 MW	Venus Wind 3 Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 24 power plants within 50 miles of Albia, Iowa (ZIP 52531), with a combined 2,096 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 24 nearby plants. The closest plant is Cargill Corn Milling Division at 10.8 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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