Power Plants Near 52656 — West Point, IA

21 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 52656 (West Point, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.7150, -91.4397 · County: Lee

Coal 45%Natural Gas 21%Solar 16%Wind 8%Hydroelectric 7%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
8.6 mi	Wever Solar (150mw) Wever, IA	Solar	150 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
9.1 mi	Alliant Sbd 9402 Climax Ft. Madison, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
15.0 mi	Nlmu Diesel New London, IA	Oil	8 MW	New London Municipal Utilities
16.8 mi	Nlmu Wind New London, IA	Wind	2 MW	New London Municipal Utilities
16.9 mi	Agency Gt West Burlington, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
17.0 mi	Burlington (Ia) Burlington, IA	Natural Gas	291 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
18.7 mi	Mt Pleasant Mt Pleasant, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Mt Pleasant - (Ia)
22.3 mi	Keokuk Keokuk, IA	Hydroelectric	125 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
22.6 mi	Roquette America Keokuk, IA	Natural Gas	84 MW	Roquette America
25.0 mi	Kahoka Kahoka, MO	Oil	7 MW	City Of Kahoka
29.3 mi	Galesburg Solar Array Oquawka, IL	Solar	1 MW	Aep Onsite Partners, Llc
32.8 mi	Mcdonough Solar 1, Llc Csg Blandinsville, IL	Solar	4 MW	Mcdonough Solar 1, Llc
33.3 mi	Wapello Solar Llc Wapello, IA	Solar	100 MW	Wapello Solar Llc
37.1 mi	Cardinal Point Wind Sciota, IL	Wind	150 MW	Cardinal Point Llc
42.1 mi	Earp Solar, Llc Monmouth, IL	Solar	35 MW	Birch Creek Power, Llc
42.8 mi	Memphis Memphis, MO	Oil	9 MW	City Of Memphis - (Mo)
43.4 mi	Macomb 2a Macomb, IL	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
45.2 mi	Sullivan B Community Solar Llc Macomb, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sullivan B Community Solar Llc
45.4 mi	Louisa Muscatine, IA	Coal	812 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.6 mi	Mpw Solar 1 Muscatine, IA	Solar	—	Mpw Solar 1, Llc
49.9 mi	Bushnell Bushnell, IL	Oil	11 MW	City Of Bushnell - (Il)

Power generation near this area

There are 21 power plants within 50 miles of West Point, Iowa (ZIP 52656), with a combined 1,817 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 21 nearby plants. The closest plant is Wever Solar (150mw) at 8.6 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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