Power Plants Near 52737 — Columbus City, IA

37 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 52737 (Columbus City, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.2593, -91.3747 · County: Louisa

Coal 58%Natural Gas 15%Solar 11%Wind 10%Oil 4%Hydroelectric 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
12.6 mi	Wapello Solar Llc Wapello, IA	Solar	100 MW	Wapello Solar Llc
15.2 mi	Louisa Muscatine, IA	Coal	812 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
16.8 mi	Mpw Solar 1 Muscatine, IA	Solar	—	Mpw Solar 1, Llc
18.9 mi	Muscatine Plant #1 Muscatine, IA	Coal	294 MW	Board Of Water Electric & Communications
21.1 mi	Nlmu Wind New London, IA	Wind	2 MW	New London Municipal Utilities
21.9 mi	Mt Pleasant Mt Pleasant, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Mt Pleasant - (Ia)
22.2 mi	West Liberty West Liberty, IA	Oil	17 MW	City Of West Liberty - (Ia)
22.8 mi	Nlmu Diesel New London, IA	Oil	8 MW	New London Municipal Utilities
23.3 mi	Johnson County Hills Solar Iowa City, IA	Solar	3 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
28.3 mi	Farmers Electric Cooperative - Kalona Kalona, IA	Oil	6 MW	Farmers Electric Coop - (Ia)
28.8 mi	University Of Iowa Main Power Plant Iowa City, IA	Natural Gas	41 MW	University Of Iowa
29.2 mi	Eastern Iowa Solar Wilton, IA	Solar	2 MW	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
29.2 mi	Wilton Wilton, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Wilton - (Ia)
30.1 mi	Coralville Gt Coralville, IA	Natural Gas	72 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
31.7 mi	Fair Station Muscatine, IA	Coal	—	Central Iowa Power Cooperative
32.3 mi	Galesburg Solar Array Oquawka, IL	Solar	1 MW	Aep Onsite Partners, Llc
32.8 mi	Agency Gt West Burlington, IA	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
33.0 mi	Oakdale Renewable Energy Plant Coralville, IA	Natural Gas	3 MW	University Of Iowa
33.6 mi	Durant Durant, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Durant - (Ia)
36.6 mi	Wever Solar (150mw) Wever, IA	Solar	150 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
37.6 mi	Tipton Tipton, IA	Oil	9 MW	City Of Tipton - (Ia)
38.2 mi	Burlington (Ia) Burlington, IA	Natural Gas	291 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
39.8 mi	Agrirenew Stockton, IA	Biomass	1 MW	Agrirenew
41.1 mi	Goldenrod (Il) Viola, IL	Solar	—	Generate Capital
41.5 mi	Anchor Wind, Llc Mechanicsville, IA	Wind	6 MW	Acciona Energy Usa Global, Llc
42.0 mi	Davenport Water Pollution Control Plant Davenport, IA	Biomass	2 MW	Davenport City Of
44.7 mi	Earp Solar, Llc Monmouth, IL	Solar	35 MW	Birch Creek Power, Llc
45.6 mi	Amana Society Service Company Middle Amana, IA	Oil	22 MW	Amana Society Service Co
46.7 mi	Alliant Sbd 9402 Climax Ft. Madison, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
46.9 mi	Moline Moline, IL	Hydroelectric	76 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
47.6 mi	Kirkwood Wind Turbine Cedar Rapids, IA	Wind	3 MW	Kirkwood Community College
47.7 mi	Alliant Sbd 9403 Aegon Dc Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	4 MW	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
47.9 mi	Alliant Sbd 9901 Wells Fargo Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	—	Industrial Energy Applications Inc
48.6 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids, IA	Coal	295 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
48.6 mi	Alliant Sbd 9203 Profol Cedar Rapids, IA	Oil	6 MW	American Profol Incorporated
49.2 mi	Prairie Creek Cedar Rapids, IA	Coal	213 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
49.9 mi	Diamond Trail Wind Farm Ladora, IA	Wind	253 MW	Midamerican Energy Co

Power generation near this area

There are 37 power plants within 50 miles of Columbus City, Iowa (ZIP 52737), with a combined 2,760 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 12 of the 37 nearby plants. The closest plant is Wapello Solar Llc at 12.6 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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