Power Plants Near 53172 — South Milwaukee, WI

55 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 53172 (South Milwaukee, Wisconsin). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.9105, -87.8646 · County: Milwaukee

Natural Gas 52%Coal 39%Solar 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.0 mi	Mmsd South Shore Wastewater Oak Creek, WI	Biomass	5 MW	Milwaukee Metro Sewerage Dist
2.0 mi	City Of Milwaukee Landfill Milwaukee, WI	Solar	2 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
2.4 mi	Ati Cudahy, WI	Solar	2 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
3.6 mi	Ikea Oak Creek Rooftop Pv System Oak Creek, WI	Solar	1 MW	Ikea Property Inc
4.5 mi	Elm Road Generating Station Oak Creek, WI	Coal	1,403 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
4.8 mi	South Oak Creek Oak Creek, WI	Coal	1,240 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
7.9 mi	Mmsd Jones Island Wastewater Milwaukee, WI	Natural Gas	31 MW	Milwaukee Metro Sewerage Dist
8.8 mi	Valley (Wi) Milwaukee, WI	Natural Gas	275 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
9.3 mi	Caledonia Solar Wi, Llc Caledonia, WI	Solar	6 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
11.2 mi	Metro Gas Recovery Franklin, WI	Biomass	9 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
12.5 mi	Milwaukee County Wauwatosa, WI	Coal	—	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
13.5 mi	Cree Racine, WI	Solar	2 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
13.9 mi	Waxdale Sturtevant, WI	Natural Gas	10 MW	S.c. Johnson & Son, Inc.
14.2 mi	Raymond Solar Wi, Llc Franksville, WI	Solar	—	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
18.2 mi	Uw Parkside Kenosha, WI	Solar	2 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
18.5 mi	Paris (Wi) Union Grove, WI	Natural Gas	382 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
18.8 mi	Paris Solar Union Grove, WI	Solar	200 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
22.2 mi	Harley-Davison Powertrain Operations Menomonee Falls, WI	Solar	2 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
22.8 mi	Lannon Stone Pewaukee, WI	Solar	2 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
24.4 mi	Germantown Germantown, WI	Natural Gas	336 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
24.4 mi	Pheasant Run Landfill Gas Recovery Bristol, WI	Biomass	9 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
24.5 mi	Omega Hills Gas Recovery Germantown, WI	Biomass	13 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
25.8 mi	Pleasant Prairie Pleasant Prairie, WI	Coal	—	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
28.5 mi	Silver Lake Solar Wi, Llc Salem, WI	Solar	8 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
28.9 mi	Spring Prairie Solar Wi, Llc Burlington, WI	Solar	8 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
29.7 mi	Zion Landfill Gas To Energy Facility Zion, IL	Natural Gas	—	Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl
29.9 mi	Jackson Solar Wi, Llc Cedarburg, WI	Solar	8 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
30.0 mi	Zion Energy Center Zion, IL	Natural Gas	597 MW	Zion Energy Llc
32.7 mi	Port Washington Generating Station Port Washington, WI	Natural Gas	1,230 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
35.9 mi	Yeoman Creek Waukegan, IL	Solar	—	Bq Energy Development
36.5 mi	Waukegan Waukegan, IL	Oil	112 MW	Midwest Generations Eme Llc
36.8 mi	Lafayette Solar Wi, Llc Elkhorn, WI	Solar	6 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
37.5 mi	N Solon Road (North) Richmond, IL	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
37.5 mi	N Solon Road (South) Richmond, IL	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
39.0 mi	Washington County West Bend, WI	Solar	2 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
39.4 mi	Richmond Solar Richmond, IL	Solar	2 MW	Dg Richmond, Llc
39.5 mi	Regal Ware West Bend, WI	Solar	2 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
40.2 mi	Wppi Hartford Dg Hartford, WI	Oil	—	Wppi Energy
41.7 mi	North Chicago Energy Center North Chicago, IL	Natural Gas	12 MW	Energy Systems Group Llc
44.0 mi	Whitewater Generating Station Whitewater, WI	Natural Gas	284 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
45.1 mi	Mchenry Battery Storage Mchenry, IL	Other Fossil	20 MW	Mchenry Battery Storage
45.3 mi	Concord Watertown, WI	Natural Gas	382 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
45.3 mi	Lake Forest Hospital Central Energy Plan Lake Forest, IL	Natural Gas	3 MW	Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital
45.9 mi	Deertrack Park Gas Recovery Watertown, WI	Biomass	6 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
45.9 mi	Butler Ridge Mayville, WI	Wind	54 MW	Butler Ridge Wind Energy Center
47.2 mi	Armstrong 1 Greenwood, IL	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
47.7 mi	Onion River Sheboygan Cedar Grove, WI	Solar	150 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
47.7 mi	Lawrence Solar 1 Llc Harvard, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sunvest Solar Llc
47.7 mi	Lawrence Solar 2 Llc Harvard, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sunvest Solar Llc
47.8 mi	Alden Road Harvard Solar 1 Harvard, IL	Solar	2 MW	Alden Road Harvard Solar 1, Llc
47.8 mi	Jefferson Solar Park Jefferson, WI	Solar	1 MW	Concord New Energy
48.4 mi	9521 Us 14 Solar 1, Llc Harvard, IL	Solar	2 MW	Generate Capital
48.7 mi	Darien Solar Darien, WI	Solar	—	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
49.0 mi	Lobelia 1 Harvard, IL	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
49.8 mi	Jones Dairy Fort Atkinson, WI	Solar	2 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co

Power generation near this area

There are 55 power plants within 50 miles of South Milwaukee, Wisconsin (ZIP 53172), with a combined 6,835 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 30 of the 55 nearby plants. The closest plant is Mmsd South Shore Wastewater at 2.0 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 Wisconsin, visit the Wisconsin state page.

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