Power Plants Near 52573 — Mount Sterling, IA

18 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 52573 (Mount Sterling, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.6458, -91.9027 · County: Van Buren

Coal 39%Wind 22%Natural Gas 21%Solar 8%Hydroelectric 7%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
18.2 mi	Kahoka Kahoka, MO	Oil	7 MW	City Of Kahoka
19.5 mi	Memphis Memphis, MO	Oil	9 MW	City Of Memphis - (Mo)
25.4 mi	Alliant Sbd 9402 Climax Ft. Madison, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
27.7 mi	Bloomfield Bloomfield, IA	Natural Gas	9 MW	City Of Bloomfield - (Ia)
29.1 mi	Mt Pleasant Mt Pleasant, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Mt Pleasant - (Ia)
29.6 mi	Bloomfield Municipal Utilities Solar Bloomfield, IA	Solar	2 MW	Aep Onsite Partners, Llc
32.1 mi	Roquette America Keokuk, IA	Natural Gas	84 MW	Roquette America
32.8 mi	Keokuk Keokuk, IA	Hydroelectric	125 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
33.2 mi	Nlmu Diesel New London, IA	Oil	8 MW	New London Municipal Utilities
33.4 mi	Wever Solar (150mw) Wever, IA	Solar	150 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
34.1 mi	Nlmu Wind New London, IA	Wind	2 MW	New London Municipal Utilities
36.6 mi	High Prairie Wind Farm Queen City, MO	Wind	400 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
37.0 mi	Ottumwa City Of Ottumwa, IA	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Ottumwa City Of
41.3 mi	Agency Gt West Burlington, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
41.7 mi	Burlington (Ia) Burlington, IA	Natural Gas	291 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
46.2 mi	Ottumwa Ottumwa, IA	Coal	726 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
46.2 mi	Kirksville Kirksville, MO	Natural Gas	—	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
49.7 mi	Ced Centerville Wind Centerville, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.

Power generation near this area

There are 18 power plants within 50 miles of Mount Sterling, Iowa (ZIP 52573), with a combined 1,847 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 18 nearby plants. The closest plant is Kahoka at 18.2 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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