Power Plants Near 52548 — Chillicothe, IA

27 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 52548 (Chillicothe, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.0860, -92.5303 · County: Wapello

Wind 59%Coal 32%Oil 3%Hydroelectric 3%Natural Gas 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.5 mi	Ottumwa Ottumwa, IA	Coal	726 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
7.1 mi	Cargill Corn Milling Division Eddyville, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Cargill Inc North America Sweetners
7.7 mi	Ottumwa City Of Ottumwa, IA	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Ottumwa City Of
23.6 mi	Bloomfield Municipal Utilities Solar Bloomfield, IA	Solar	2 MW	Aep Onsite Partners, Llc
25.9 mi	Prairie Wind Farm Montezuma, IA	Wind	168 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
27.0 mi	Bloomfield Bloomfield, IA	Natural Gas	9 MW	City Of Bloomfield - (Ia)
29.4 mi	Pella Pella, IA	Coal	—	City Of Pella - (Ia)
29.4 mi	Centerville Centerville, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
30.5 mi	Red Rock Hydro Plant Pella, IA	Hydroelectric	55 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
30.8 mi	Pella Peaking Pella, IA	Oil	28 MW	City Of Pella - (Ia)
30.8 mi	Ced Centerville Wind Centerville, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
31.8 mi	Knoxville Industrial Knoxville, IA	Oil	16 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
31.8 mi	Knoxville Battery Energy Storage Knoxville, IA	Other Fossil	1 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
34.0 mi	English Farms Montezuma, IA	Wind	172 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
34.6 mi	Montezuma Montezuma, IA	Oil	10 MW	City Of Montezuma - (Ia)
38.5 mi	North English Montezuma, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.9 mi	Hy-Vee Customer Hosted 2.25mw Solar Chariton, IA	Solar	2 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
44.5 mi	Brooklyn Brooklyn, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Brooklyn - (Ia)
44.9 mi	Diamond Trail Wind Farm Ladora, IA	Wind	253 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.4 mi	Brooklyn City North Plant Brooklyn, IA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Brooklyn - (Ia)
45.9 mi	Venus Wind 3 Llc Grinnell, IA	Wind	3 MW	Venus Wind 3 Llc
46.9 mi	Grinnell Customer Hosted Solar Grinnell, IA	Solar	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
47.1 mi	Memphis Memphis, MO	Oil	9 MW	City Of Memphis - (Mo)
47.5 mi	Grinnell Grinnell, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
47.5 mi	High Prairie Wind Farm Queen City, MO	Wind	400 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
47.6 mi	Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	Solar	4 MW	Azimuth 180 Solar Electric, Llc
49.0 mi	Unionville City Of Unionville, MO	Oil	9 MW	City Of Unionville - (Mo)

Power generation near this area

There are 27 power plants within 50 miles of Chillicothe, Iowa (ZIP 52548), with a combined 2,260 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 27 nearby plants. The closest plant is Ottumwa at 1.5 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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