Power Plants Near 52630 — Hillsboro, IA

20 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 52630 (Hillsboro, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.8372, -91.7119 · County: Henry

Coal 65%Natural Gas 16%Solar 11%Hydroelectric 5%Oil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
12.5 mi	Mt Pleasant Mt Pleasant, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Mt Pleasant - (Ia)
18.0 mi	Nlmu Diesel New London, IA	Oil	8 MW	New London Municipal Utilities
18.5 mi	Nlmu Wind New London, IA	Wind	2 MW	New London Municipal Utilities
23.1 mi	Alliant Sbd 9402 Climax Ft. Madison, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
23.8 mi	Wever Solar (150mw) Wever, IA	Solar	150 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
28.7 mi	Kahoka Kahoka, MO	Oil	7 MW	City Of Kahoka
29.6 mi	Agency Gt West Burlington, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
31.8 mi	Burlington (Ia) Burlington, IA	Natural Gas	291 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
35.2 mi	Roquette America Keokuk, IA	Natural Gas	84 MW	Roquette America
35.3 mi	Keokuk Keokuk, IA	Hydroelectric	125 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
35.4 mi	Wapello Solar Llc Wapello, IA	Solar	100 MW	Wapello Solar Llc
35.9 mi	Memphis Memphis, MO	Oil	9 MW	City Of Memphis - (Mo)
38.5 mi	Bloomfield Bloomfield, IA	Natural Gas	9 MW	City Of Bloomfield - (Ia)
38.7 mi	Ottumwa City Of Ottumwa, IA	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Ottumwa City Of
39.1 mi	Bloomfield Municipal Utilities Solar Bloomfield, IA	Solar	2 MW	Aep Onsite Partners, Llc
40.3 mi	Galesburg Solar Array Oquawka, IL	Solar	1 MW	Aep Onsite Partners, Llc
46.3 mi	Louisa Muscatine, IA	Coal	812 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
47.5 mi	Ottumwa Ottumwa, IA	Coal	726 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
49.1 mi	Mcdonough Solar 1, Llc Csg Blandinsville, IL	Solar	4 MW	Mcdonough Solar 1, Llc
49.6 mi	Mpw Solar 1 Muscatine, IA	Solar	—	Mpw Solar 1, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 20 power plants within 50 miles of Hillsboro, Iowa (ZIP 52630), with a combined 2,356 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 20 nearby plants. The closest plant is Mt Pleasant at 12.5 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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