Power Plants Near 52556 — Fairfield, IA

22 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 52556 (Fairfield, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.0039, -91.9576 · County: Jefferson

Coal 55%Wind 21%Natural Gas 12%Solar 9%Oil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
21.3 mi	Mt Pleasant Mt Pleasant, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Mt Pleasant - (Ia)
23.9 mi	Ottumwa City Of Ottumwa, IA	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Ottumwa City Of
29.6 mi	Nlmu Wind New London, IA	Wind	2 MW	New London Municipal Utilities
30.0 mi	Nlmu Diesel New London, IA	Oil	8 MW	New London Municipal Utilities
31.1 mi	Bloomfield Municipal Utilities Solar Bloomfield, IA	Solar	2 MW	Aep Onsite Partners, Llc
31.8 mi	Ottumwa Ottumwa, IA	Coal	726 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
32.1 mi	Bloomfield Bloomfield, IA	Natural Gas	9 MW	City Of Bloomfield - (Ia)
37.1 mi	Cargill Corn Milling Division Eddyville, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Cargill Inc North America Sweetners
39.5 mi	Memphis Memphis, MO	Oil	9 MW	City Of Memphis - (Mo)
40.1 mi	Wever Solar (150mw) Wever, IA	Solar	150 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
40.2 mi	Alliant Sbd 9402 Climax Ft. Madison, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
40.5 mi	Farmers Electric Cooperative - Kalona Kalona, IA	Oil	6 MW	Farmers Electric Coop - (Ia)
41.9 mi	Wapello Solar Llc Wapello, IA	Solar	100 MW	Wapello Solar Llc
42.0 mi	Kahoka Kahoka, MO	Oil	7 MW	City Of Kahoka
44.3 mi	Agency Gt West Burlington, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
44.8 mi	Johnson County Hills Solar Iowa City, IA	Solar	3 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.5 mi	English Farms Montezuma, IA	Wind	172 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
47.5 mi	Burlington (Ia) Burlington, IA	Natural Gas	291 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
47.6 mi	Diamond Trail Wind Farm Ladora, IA	Wind	253 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.0 mi	Prairie Wind Farm Montezuma, IA	Wind	168 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.8 mi	Montezuma Montezuma, IA	Oil	10 MW	City Of Montezuma - (Ia)
49.9 mi	Louisa Muscatine, IA	Coal	812 MW	Midamerican Energy Co

Power generation near this area

There are 22 power plants within 50 miles of Fairfield, Iowa (ZIP 52556), with a combined 2,792 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 22 nearby plants. The closest plant is Mt Pleasant at 21.3 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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