Power Plants Near 52569 — Melrose, IA

22 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 52569 (Melrose, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.9665, -93.0145 · County: Monroe

Natural Gas 34%Coal 31%Wind 25%Oil 7%Hydroelectric 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
16.8 mi	Centerville Centerville, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
17.2 mi	Hy-Vee Customer Hosted 2.25mw Solar Chariton, IA	Solar	2 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
19.7 mi	Ced Centerville Wind Centerville, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
22.6 mi	Cargill Corn Milling Division Eddyville, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Cargill Inc North America Sweetners
24.3 mi	Knoxville Industrial Knoxville, IA	Oil	16 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
24.3 mi	Knoxville Battery Energy Storage Knoxville, IA	Other Fossil	1 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
25.5 mi	Ottumwa Ottumwa, IA	Coal	726 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
27.9 mi	Red Rock Hydro Plant Pella, IA	Hydroelectric	55 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
30.3 mi	Pella Pella, IA	Coal	—	City Of Pella - (Ia)
30.9 mi	Pella Peaking Pella, IA	Oil	28 MW	City Of Pella - (Ia)
31.5 mi	Ottumwa City Of Ottumwa, IA	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Ottumwa City Of
33.1 mi	Bloomfield Municipal Utilities Solar Bloomfield, IA	Solar	2 MW	Aep Onsite Partners, Llc
33.8 mi	Unionville City Of Unionville, MO	Oil	9 MW	City Of Unionville - (Mo)
35.0 mi	Unionville Unionville, MO	Oil	53 MW	Associated Electric Coop, Inc
35.8 mi	Bloomfield Bloomfield, IA	Natural Gas	9 MW	City Of Bloomfield - (Ia)
36.3 mi	Prairie Wind Farm Montezuma, IA	Wind	168 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.4 mi	Indianola Indianola, IA	Oil	41 MW	Indianola Municipal Utilities
47.1 mi	High Prairie Wind Farm Queen City, MO	Wind	400 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
47.1 mi	Metro Methane Recovery Facility Mitchellville, IA	Biomass	11 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
48.6 mi	Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	180 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.7 mi	Greater Des Moines Pleasant Hill, IA	Natural Gas	576 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.8 mi	Montezuma Montezuma, IA	Oil	10 MW	City Of Montezuma - (Ia)

Power generation near this area

There are 22 power plants within 50 miles of Melrose, Iowa (ZIP 52569), with a combined 2,338 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 Centerville at 16.8 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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