Power Plants Near 52640 — Morning Sun, IA

34 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 52640 (Morning Sun, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.0984, -91.2581 · County: Louisa

Coal 48%Natural Gas 21%Solar 13%Hydroelectric 9%Wind 7%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.7 mi	Wapello Solar Llc Wapello, IA	Solar	100 MW	Wapello Solar Llc
12.2 mi	Nlmu Wind New London, IA	Wind	2 MW	New London Municipal Utilities
13.6 mi	Nlmu Diesel New London, IA	Oil	8 MW	New London Municipal Utilities
17.4 mi	Louisa Muscatine, IA	Coal	812 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
17.6 mi	Mt Pleasant Mt Pleasant, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Mt Pleasant - (Ia)
20.3 mi	Agency Gt West Burlington, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
20.3 mi	Galesburg Solar Array Oquawka, IL	Solar	1 MW	Aep Onsite Partners, Llc
21.5 mi	Mpw Solar 1 Muscatine, IA	Solar	—	Mpw Solar 1, Llc
22.8 mi	Muscatine Plant #1 Muscatine, IA	Coal	294 MW	Board Of Water Electric & Communications
25.2 mi	Wever Solar (150mw) Wever, IA	Solar	150 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
25.8 mi	Burlington (Ia) Burlington, IA	Natural Gas	291 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
32.5 mi	West Liberty West Liberty, IA	Oil	17 MW	City Of West Liberty - (Ia)
33.5 mi	Fair Station Muscatine, IA	Coal	—	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
33.9 mi	Earp Solar, Llc Monmouth, IL	Solar	35 MW	Birch Creek Power, Llc
35.8 mi	Goldenrod (Il) Viola, IL	Solar	—	Generate Capital
35.9 mi	Johnson County Hills Solar Iowa City, IA	Solar	3 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
36.0 mi	Wilton Wilton, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Wilton - (Ia)
36.3 mi	Eastern Iowa Solar Wilton, IA	Solar	2 MW	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
36.6 mi	Alliant Sbd 9402 Climax Ft. Madison, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
39.0 mi	Durant Durant, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Durant - (Ia)
40.8 mi	Farmers Electric Cooperative - Kalona Kalona, IA	Oil	6 MW	Farmers Electric Coop - (Ia)
41.3 mi	University Of Iowa Main Power Plant Iowa City, IA	Natural Gas	41 MW	University Of Iowa
42.6 mi	Davenport Water Pollution Control Plant Davenport, IA	Biomass	2 MW	Davenport City Of
42.7 mi	Coralville Gt Coralville, IA	Natural Gas	72 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.1 mi	Mcdonough Solar 1, Llc Csg Blandinsville, IL	Solar	4 MW	Mcdonough Solar 1, Llc
44.1 mi	Cardinal Point Wind Sciota, IL	Wind	150 MW	Cardinal Point Llc
45.6 mi	Oakdale Renewable Energy Plant Coralville, IA	Natural Gas	3 MW	University Of Iowa
45.8 mi	Agrirenew Stockton, IA	Biomass	1 MW	Agrirenew
46.4 mi	Illinois Pv Knox 3a Galesburg, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
46.4 mi	Illinois Pv Knox 3b Galesburg, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
47.0 mi	Tipton Tipton, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Tipton - (Ia)
47.1 mi	Moline Moline, IL	Hydroelectric	76 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.9 mi	Keokuk Keokuk, IA	Hydroelectric	125 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
49.5 mi	Roquette America Keokuk, IA	Natural Gas	84 MW	Roquette America

Power generation near this area

There are 34 power plants within 50 miles of Morning Sun, Iowa (ZIP 52640), with a combined 2,327 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 11 of the 34 nearby plants. The closest plant is Wapello Solar Llc at 5.7 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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