Power Plants Near 52649 — Salem, IA

23 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 52649 (Salem, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.8568, -91.6336 · County: Henry

Coal 53%Natural Gas 18%Solar 12%Wind 7%Hydroelectric 6%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
9.0 mi	Mt Pleasant Mt Pleasant, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Mt Pleasant - (Ia)
13.7 mi	Nlmu Diesel New London, IA	Oil	8 MW	New London Municipal Utilities
14.2 mi	Nlmu Wind New London, IA	Wind	2 MW	New London Municipal Utilities
20.5 mi	Wever Solar (150mw) Wever, IA	Solar	150 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
21.8 mi	Alliant Sbd 9402 Climax Ft. Madison, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
25.6 mi	Agency Gt West Burlington, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
28.2 mi	Burlington (Ia) Burlington, IA	Natural Gas	291 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
30.4 mi	Kahoka Kahoka, MO	Oil	7 MW	City Of Kahoka
31.4 mi	Wapello Solar Llc Wapello, IA	Solar	100 MW	Wapello Solar Llc
34.6 mi	Keokuk Keokuk, IA	Hydroelectric	125 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
34.7 mi	Roquette America Keokuk, IA	Natural Gas	84 MW	Roquette America
36.1 mi	Galesburg Solar Array Oquawka, IL	Solar	1 MW	Aep Onsite Partners, Llc
39.8 mi	Memphis Memphis, MO	Oil	9 MW	City Of Memphis - (Mo)
42.2 mi	Ottumwa City Of Ottumwa, IA	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Ottumwa City Of
42.5 mi	Louisa Muscatine, IA	Coal	812 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.8 mi	Bloomfield Bloomfield, IA	Natural Gas	9 MW	City Of Bloomfield - (Ia)
43.3 mi	Bloomfield Municipal Utilities Solar Bloomfield, IA	Solar	2 MW	Aep Onsite Partners, Llc
46.0 mi	Mpw Solar 1 Muscatine, IA	Solar	—	Mpw Solar 1, Llc
46.0 mi	Mcdonough Solar 1, Llc Csg Blandinsville, IL	Solar	4 MW	Mcdonough Solar 1, Llc
47.6 mi	Muscatine Plant #1 Muscatine, IA	Coal	294 MW	Board Of Water Electric & Communications
49.3 mi	Farmers Electric Cooperative - Kalona Kalona, IA	Oil	6 MW	Farmers Electric Coop - (Ia)
49.7 mi	Johnson County Hills Solar Iowa City, IA	Solar	3 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.8 mi	Cardinal Point Wind Sciota, IL	Wind	150 MW	Cardinal Point Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 23 power plants within 50 miles of Salem, Iowa (ZIP 52649), with a combined 2,083 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 23 nearby plants. The closest plant is Mt Pleasant at 9.0 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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