Power Plants Near 52631 — Houghton, IA

19 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 52631 (Houghton, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.7700, -91.6138 · County: Lee

Coal 46%Natural Gas 22%Solar 14%Wind 9%Hydroelectric 7%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
14.3 mi	Mt Pleasant Mt Pleasant, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Mt Pleasant - (Ia)
16.0 mi	Nlmu Diesel New London, IA	Oil	8 MW	New London Municipal Utilities
16.2 mi	Alliant Sbd 9402 Climax Ft. Madison, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
17.2 mi	Nlmu Wind New London, IA	Wind	2 MW	New London Municipal Utilities
17.8 mi	Wever Solar (150mw) Wever, IA	Solar	150 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
24.6 mi	Agency Gt West Burlington, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
24.7 mi	Kahoka Kahoka, MO	Oil	7 MW	City Of Kahoka
26.1 mi	Burlington (Ia) Burlington, IA	Natural Gas	291 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
28.7 mi	Roquette America Keokuk, IA	Natural Gas	84 MW	Roquette America
28.8 mi	Keokuk Keokuk, IA	Hydroelectric	125 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
35.0 mi	Wapello Solar Llc Wapello, IA	Solar	100 MW	Wapello Solar Llc
36.3 mi	Galesburg Solar Array Oquawka, IL	Solar	1 MW	Aep Onsite Partners, Llc
36.7 mi	Memphis Memphis, MO	Oil	9 MW	City Of Memphis - (Mo)
42.6 mi	Mcdonough Solar 1, Llc Csg Blandinsville, IL	Solar	4 MW	Mcdonough Solar 1, Llc
42.7 mi	Bloomfield Bloomfield, IA	Natural Gas	9 MW	City Of Bloomfield - (Ia)
43.8 mi	Bloomfield Municipal Utilities Solar Bloomfield, IA	Solar	2 MW	Aep Onsite Partners, Llc
45.2 mi	Ottumwa City Of Ottumwa, IA	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Ottumwa City Of
46.6 mi	Louisa Muscatine, IA	Coal	812 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.9 mi	Cardinal Point Wind Sciota, IL	Wind	150 MW	Cardinal Point Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 19 power plants within 50 miles of Houghton, Iowa (ZIP 52631), with a combined 1,780 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 19 nearby plants. The closest plant is Mt Pleasant at 14.3 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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