Power Plants Near 52536 — Blakesburg, IA

21 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 52536 (Blakesburg, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.9555, -92.6195 · County: Wapello

Wind 53%Coal 35%Oil 6%Hydroelectric 3%Natural Gas 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.3 mi	Ottumwa Ottumwa, IA	Coal	726 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
11.5 mi	Ottumwa City Of Ottumwa, IA	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Ottumwa City Of
12.7 mi	Cargill Corn Milling Division Eddyville, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Cargill Inc North America Sweetners
16.7 mi	Bloomfield Municipal Utilities Solar Bloomfield, IA	Solar	2 MW	Aep Onsite Partners, Llc
19.5 mi	Centerville Centerville, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
20.2 mi	Bloomfield Bloomfield, IA	Natural Gas	9 MW	City Of Bloomfield - (Ia)
20.8 mi	Ced Centerville Wind Centerville, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
33.5 mi	Prairie Wind Farm Montezuma, IA	Wind	168 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
33.9 mi	Knoxville Industrial Knoxville, IA	Oil	16 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
33.9 mi	Knoxville Battery Energy Storage Knoxville, IA	Other Fossil	1 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
34.2 mi	Pella Pella, IA	Coal	—	City Of Pella - (Ia)
34.2 mi	Red Rock Hydro Plant Pella, IA	Hydroelectric	55 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
35.5 mi	Pella Peaking Pella, IA	Oil	28 MW	City Of Pella - (Ia)
37.5 mi	Hy-Vee Customer Hosted 2.25mw Solar Chariton, IA	Solar	2 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
38.9 mi	High Prairie Wind Farm Queen City, MO	Wind	400 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
38.9 mi	Unionville City Of Unionville, MO	Oil	9 MW	City Of Unionville - (Mo)
40.2 mi	Unionville Unionville, MO	Oil	53 MW	Associated Electric Coop, Inc
41.4 mi	Memphis Memphis, MO	Oil	9 MW	City Of Memphis - (Mo)
43.9 mi	Montezuma Montezuma, IA	Oil	10 MW	City Of Montezuma - (Ia)
43.9 mi	English Farms Montezuma, IA	Wind	172 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
47.9 mi	North English Montezuma, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co

Power generation near this area

There are 21 power plants within 50 miles of Blakesburg, Iowa (ZIP 52536), with a combined 2,050 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 21 nearby plants. The closest plant is Ottumwa at 10.3 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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