Power Plants Near 52581 — Plano, IA

21 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 52581 (Plano, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.7751, -93.0386 · County: Appanoose

Coal 46%Wind 37%Oil 10%Hydroelectric 4%Natural Gas 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
8.9 mi	Centerville Centerville, IA	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
10.9 mi	Ced Centerville Wind Centerville, IA	Wind	8 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
20.7 mi	Unionville City Of Unionville, MO	Oil	9 MW	City Of Unionville - (Mo)
21.8 mi	Unionville Unionville, MO	Oil	53 MW	Associated Electric Coop, Inc
23.6 mi	Hy-Vee Customer Hosted 2.25mw Solar Chariton, IA	Solar	2 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
30.9 mi	Bloomfield Municipal Utilities Solar Bloomfield, IA	Solar	2 MW	Aep Onsite Partners, Llc
32.4 mi	Cargill Corn Milling Division Eddyville, IA	Natural Gas	40 MW	Cargill Inc North America Sweetners
32.5 mi	Bloomfield Bloomfield, IA	Natural Gas	9 MW	City Of Bloomfield - (Ia)
33.6 mi	Ottumwa Ottumwa, IA	Coal	726 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
36.6 mi	Ottumwa City Of Ottumwa, IA	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Ottumwa City Of
37.4 mi	Knoxville Industrial Knoxville, IA	Oil	16 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.4 mi	Knoxville Battery Energy Storage Knoxville, IA	Other Fossil	1 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.7 mi	High Prairie Wind Farm Queen City, MO	Wind	400 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
41.2 mi	Red Rock Hydro Plant Pella, IA	Hydroelectric	55 MW	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
43.5 mi	Pella Pella, IA	Coal	—	City Of Pella - (Ia)
44.2 mi	Pella Peaking Pella, IA	Oil	28 MW	City Of Pella - (Ia)
44.9 mi	Kirksville Kirksville, MO	Natural Gas	—	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
48.0 mi	Lamoni Municipal Utilities Lamoni, IA	Oil	11 MW	City Of Lamoni - (Ia)
48.8 mi	Indianola Indianola, IA	Oil	41 MW	Indianola Municipal Utilities
48.9 mi	Morris Solar Kirksville, MO	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
48.9 mi	Prairie Wind Farm Montezuma, IA	Wind	168 MW	Midamerican Energy Co

Power generation near this area

There are 21 power plants within 50 miles of Plano, Iowa (ZIP 52581), with a combined 1,571 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 Centerville at 8.9 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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