Power Plants Near 52637 — Mediapolis, IA

36 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 52637 (Mediapolis, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.0059, -91.1321 · County: Des Moines

Coal 47%Natural Gas 17%Solar 13%Wind 11%Hydroelectric 8%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.5 mi	Wapello Solar Llc Wapello, IA	Solar	100 MW	Wapello Solar Llc
11.3 mi	Galesburg Solar Array Oquawka, IL	Solar	1 MW	Aep Onsite Partners, Llc
13.1 mi	Agency Gt West Burlington, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
14.1 mi	Nlmu Wind New London, IA	Wind	2 MW	New London Municipal Utilities
14.5 mi	Nlmu Diesel New London, IA	Oil	8 MW	New London Municipal Utilities
18.3 mi	Burlington (Ia) Burlington, IA	Natural Gas	291 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
20.2 mi	Wever Solar (150mw) Wever, IA	Solar	150 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
21.7 mi	Louisa Muscatine, IA	Coal	812 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
22.0 mi	Mt Pleasant Mt Pleasant, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Mt Pleasant - (Ia)
25.4 mi	Earp Solar, Llc Monmouth, IL	Solar	35 MW	Birch Creek Power, Llc
26.3 mi	Mpw Solar 1 Muscatine, IA	Solar	—	Mpw Solar 1, Llc
26.9 mi	Muscatine Plant #1 Muscatine, IA	Coal	294 MW	Board Of Water Electric & Communications
31.7 mi	Goldenrod (Il) Viola, IL	Solar	—	Generate Capital
32.9 mi	Alliant Sbd 9402 Climax Ft. Madison, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
34.4 mi	Mcdonough Solar 1, Llc Csg Blandinsville, IL	Solar	4 MW	Mcdonough Solar 1, Llc
35.0 mi	Cardinal Point Wind Sciota, IL	Wind	150 MW	Cardinal Point Llc
35.1 mi	Fair Station Muscatine, IA	Coal	—	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
38.6 mi	Illinois Pv Knox 3a Galesburg, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
38.6 mi	Illinois Pv Knox 3b Galesburg, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
39.5 mi	West Liberty West Liberty, IA	Oil	17 MW	City Of West Liberty - (Ia)
40.6 mi	Wilton Wilton, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Wilton - (Ia)
41.1 mi	Eastern Iowa Solar Wilton, IA	Solar	2 MW	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
42.3 mi	Galesburg Galesburg, IL	Natural Gas	—	Archer Daniels Midland Co
42.6 mi	Durant Durant, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Durant - (Ia)
42.6 mi	Davenport Water Pollution Control Plant Davenport, IA	Biomass	2 MW	Davenport City Of
43.9 mi	Keokuk Keokuk, IA	Hydroelectric	125 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
44.6 mi	Johnson County Hills Solar Iowa City, IA	Solar	3 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.7 mi	Macomb 2a Macomb, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
44.8 mi	Roquette America Keokuk, IA	Natural Gas	84 MW	Roquette America
45.1 mi	Sullivan B Community Solar Llc Macomb, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sullivan B Community Solar Llc
45.2 mi	Bushnell Bushnell, IL	Oil	11 MW	City Of Bushnell - (Il)
46.7 mi	Moline Moline, IL	Hydroelectric	76 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.8 mi	Bishop Hill Iii Cambridge, IL	Wind	119 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
49.4 mi	Agrirenew Stockton, IA	Biomass	1 MW	Agrirenew
49.7 mi	University Of Iowa Main Power Plant Iowa City, IA	Natural Gas	41 MW	University Of Iowa
49.9 mi	Farmers Electric Cooperative - Kalona Kalona, IA	Oil	6 MW	Farmers Electric Coop - (Ia)

Power generation near this area

There are 36 power plants within 50 miles of Mediapolis, Iowa (ZIP 52637), with a combined 2,377 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 13 of the 36 nearby plants. The closest plant is Wapello Solar Llc at 10.5 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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