Power Plants Near 04473 — Orono, ME

75 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 04473 (Orono, Maine). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 44.8865, -68.7172 · County: Penobscot

Natural Gas 42%Wind 24%Solar 17%Biomass 12%Hydroelectric 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.3 mi	Stillwater Hydro Station Stillwater, ME	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Brookfield Black Bear Hydro, Llc
2.4 mi	Stillwater B Old Town, ME	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Brookfield Black Bear Hydro, Llc
2.6 mi	Orono Hydro Station Orono, ME	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Brookfield Black Bear Hydro, Llc
2.6 mi	Orono B Orono, ME	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Brookfield Black Bear Hydro, Llc
3.1 mi	Me Cdg 005 Veazie, ME	Solar	2 MW	Me Cdg 005 Llc
4.3 mi	Maine Independence Station Veazie, ME	Natural Gas	550 MW	Casco Bay Energy Co Llc
4.6 mi	Red Shield Envir Old Town Facility Old Town, ME	Biomass	29 MW	Nd Paper, Inc.
4.8 mi	Me Cdg 004 Bangor, ME	Solar	2 MW	Me Cdg 004 Llc
5.2 mi	Milford Hydro Station Milford, ME	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Brookfield Black Bear Hydro, Llc
5.4 mi	Broadway Solar (Csg) Bangor, ME	Solar	5 MW	Nextgrid Bitterbush, Llc
5.6 mi	Eastern Maine Medical Center Bangor, ME	Natural Gas	4 MW	Eastern Maine Medical Center
6.1 mi	Brewer (Csg) Brewer, ME	Solar	5 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
6.6 mi	Dynamic - Glenburn Broadway One (Csg) Glenburn, ME	Solar	5 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
9.8 mi	Sp-231 Clifton Clifton, ME	Solar	5 MW	Madison Energy Investments Llc
11.3 mi	Bwc Jimmie Pond Hampden, ME	Solar	5 MW	Navisun Llc
11.5 mi	Eagle Point Energy Center Orrington, ME	Biomass	25 MW	Eagle Point Energy Center, Llc
12.1 mi	Silver Maple Clifton, ME	Wind	20 MW	Web Silver Maple Wind Llc
12.1 mi	Pisgah Mountain Wind Clifton, ME	Wind	9 MW	Pisgah Mountain, Llc
17.4 mi	Dynamic Corinth (Csg) Corinth, ME	Solar	5 MW	Mn8 Energy Llc
18.9 mi	Crooked Trail Solar Passadumkeag, ME	Solar	—	Vcp Realty, Llc
19.3 mi	Dynamic - Exeter Solar Csg Exeter, ME	Solar	4 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
21.0 mi	Brng Nicolin (Csg) Ellsworth, ME	Solar	3 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
22.0 mi	Bucksport Generation Llc Bucksport, ME	Natural Gas	187 MW	Bucksport Generation Llc
24.1 mi	Pumpkin Hill Lowell, ME	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Kei (Maine) Power Management (Ii) Llc
24.7 mi	Mariaville Road Elsworth Solar, Llc Ellsworth, ME	Solar	2 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
25.1 mi	Dynamic - Enfield Hammett Road Csg Enfield, ME	Solar	5 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
25.3 mi	Emery Shute Solar One Prospect, ME	Solar	—	Vcp Realty, Llc
25.3 mi	West Enfield Hydro West Enfield, ME	Hydroelectric	13 MW	Brookfield Black Bear Hydro, Llc
25.7 mi	Indeck West Enfield Energy Center West Enfield, ME	Biomass	28 MW	Stored Solar J&we
25.8 mi	Corkwood Solar (Csg) Howland, ME	Solar	5 MW	Nextgrid Corkwood, Llc
25.9 mi	Bull Hill Wind Project Eastbrook, ME	Wind	35 MW	Evergreen Wind, Llc
27.5 mi	Ellsworth Hydro Station Ellsworth, ME	Hydroelectric	9 MW	Brookfield Black Bear Hydro, Llc
27.8 mi	Passadumkeag Windpark Llc Greenbush, ME	Wind	43 MW	Southern Power Co
28.7 mi	Milo Csg Milo, ME	Solar	5 MW	Milo Csg, Llc
29.2 mi	Palmyra Pv - Bd Solar Palmyra Llc Palmyra, ME	Solar	5 MW	Bd Solar Palmyra Llc
29.3 mi	Hancock Wind Plant T22 Md, ME	Wind	51 MW	Onward Energy
29.4 mi	Weaver Wind Township 16, ME	Wind	73 MW	Weaver Wind, Llc (Longroad)
29.5 mi	Bd Solar Ellsworth Llc Augusta, ME	Solar	7 MW	Bd Solar Hancock North Llc
29.5 mi	Milo Pv - Bd Solar 1 Llc Milo, ME	Solar	20 MW	Bd Solar 1 Llc
30.1 mi	Bd Solar Hancock Llc Augusta, ME	Solar	7 MW	Bd Solar Hancock Llc
32.1 mi	Three Rivers Solar Power, Llc Eastbrook, ME	Solar	—	Three Rivers Solar Power, Llc
32.4 mi	Pittsfield Solar (N. Main St) Pittsfield, ME	Solar	5 MW	Maine Dg Solar Pittsfield, Llc
32.7 mi	Lincoln Me 1 Lincoln, ME	Solar	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
33.0 mi	Me - Edf - Phase Ii - Belfast Belfast, ME	Solar	5 MW	Shining Solar Partners, Llc
33.3 mi	Hogs Bay Franklin, ME	Solar	—	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
35.7 mi	Rollins Wind Project Winn Village, ME	Wind	60 MW	Evergreen Wind, Llc
35.9 mi	Pittsfield Hydro Burnham, ME	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Kei (Maine) Power Management (Ii) Llc
36.2 mi	Hartland Solar Hartland, ME	Solar	4 MW	Madison Energy Holdings Llc
36.2 mi	Perkins Road Belfast Solar, Llc Belfast, ME	Solar	5 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
36.2 mi	Pittsfield Solar Llc Pittsfield, ME	Solar	10 MW	Pittsfiled Solar Llc
37.2 mi	Unity Solar Unity, ME	Solar	5 MW	Madison Energy Holdings Llc
38.9 mi	Wymans Deblois Deblois, ME	Solar	5 MW	Rec Rwd, Llc
39.8 mi	Caterpillar Hill Sedgwick, ME	Solar	5 MW	Aes Clean Energy
40.2 mi	Downeast Wind Columbia, ME	Wind	126 MW	Downeast Wind, Llc
40.7 mi	Three Corners Solar Unity, ME	Solar	110 MW	Three Corners Solar, Llc
41.1 mi	Harmony Solar (Me) Harmony, ME	Solar	5 MW	Maine Dg Solar Harmony, Llc
41.1 mi	Beaver Ridge Wind Freedom, ME	Wind	5 MW	Cpv Beaver Ridge Wind Llc
44.7 mi	Searsmont Road Lincolnville Solar, Llc Lincolnville, ME	Solar	4 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
45.1 mi	Robbins Lumber Searsmont, ME	Oil	3 MW	Robbins Lumber Inc
45.1 mi	Georges River Energy Searsmont, ME	Biomass	10 MW	Robbins Lumber Inc
45.8 mi	Bwc Unity Pond Llc Benton, ME	Solar	5 MW	Navisun Llc
45.9 mi	Bates College Skowhegan Skowhegan, ME	Solar	5 MW	Westbound Solar 3, Llc
46.0 mi	Athens At01 Athens, ME	Solar	5 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
46.1 mi	Shawmut Shawmut, ME	Hydroelectric	9 MW	Brookfield White Pine Hydro Llc
46.2 mi	Benton Falls Associates Benton, ME	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Essex Hydro Associates Llc
46.3 mi	Athens Energy Athens, ME	Biomass	9 MW	Athens Energy, Llc
46.6 mi	Fairfield Pv - Bd Solar Fairfield Llc Fairfield, ME	Solar	5 MW	Bd Solar Fairfield Llc
46.7 mi	Athens Ridge Athens, ME	Solar	3 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
46.8 mi	Cenergy - Richards (Csg) Fairfield, ME	Solar	1 MW	Luminace Sunbeam Development Holdings, Llc
47.3 mi	Somerset Plant Skowhegan, ME	Biomass	107 MW	Sappi Fine Paper North America-Somerset
48.0 mi	Barefoot Solar Fairfiled, ME	Solar	4 MW	Madison Energy Investments Llc
48.4 mi	Winslow Pv - Bd Solar 2 Llc Winslow, ME	Solar	7 MW	Bd Solar 2 Llc
49.3 mi	Bowers Wind Project Carroll Plantation, ME	Wind	—	Evergreen Wind, Llc
49.6 mi	Hydro Kennebec Project Winslow, ME	Hydroelectric	15 MW	Hydro Kennebec Llc
49.8 mi	Weston Hydro Skowhegan, ME	Hydroelectric	12 MW	Brookfield White Pine Hydro Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 75 power plants within 50 miles of Orono, Maine (ZIP 04473), with a combined 1,747 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 42 of the 75 nearby plants. The closest plant is Stillwater Hydro Station at 2.3 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 Maine, visit the Maine state page.

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