Power Plants Near 53221 — Milwaukee, WI

59 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 53221 (Milwaukee, Wisconsin). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.9549, -87.9447 · County: Milwaukee

Natural Gas 51%Coal 38%Solar 7%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.2 mi	City Of Milwaukee Landfill Milwaukee, 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
4.3 mi	Ati Cudahy, WI	Solar	2 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
5.1 mi	Mmsd Jones Island Wastewater Milwaukee, WI	Natural Gas	31 MW	Milwaukee Metro Sewerage Dist
5.3 mi	Valley (Wi) Milwaukee, WI	Natural Gas	275 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
7.0 mi	Mmsd South Shore Wastewater Oak Creek, WI	Biomass	5 MW	Milwaukee Metro Sewerage Dist
7.6 mi	Milwaukee County Wauwatosa, WI	Coal	—	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
9.2 mi	Elm Road Generating Station Oak Creek, WI	Coal	1,403 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
9.5 mi	South Oak Creek Oak Creek, WI	Coal	1,240 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
9.6 mi	Metro Gas Recovery Franklin, WI	Biomass	9 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
10.9 mi	Caledonia Solar Wi, Llc Caledonia, WI	Solar	6 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
14.5 mi	Raymond Solar Wi, Llc Franksville, WI	Solar	—	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
16.6 mi	Cree Racine, WI	Solar	2 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
17.2 mi	Waxdale Sturtevant, WI	Natural Gas	10 MW	S.c. Johnson & Son, Inc.
17.6 mi	Harley-Davison Powertrain Operations Menomonee Falls, WI	Solar	2 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
17.7 mi	Lannon Stone Pewaukee, WI	Solar	2 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
19.6 mi	Germantown Germantown, WI	Natural Gas	336 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
19.7 mi	Omega Hills Gas Recovery Germantown, WI	Biomass	13 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
20.3 mi	Paris (Wi) Union Grove, WI	Natural Gas	382 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
20.5 mi	Paris Solar Union Grove, WI	Solar	200 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
21.7 mi	Uw Parkside Kenosha, WI	Solar	2 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
25.6 mi	Jackson Solar Wi, Llc Cedarburg, WI	Solar	8 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
26.2 mi	Pheasant Run Landfill Gas Recovery Bristol, WI	Biomass	9 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
27.7 mi	Spring Prairie Solar Wi, Llc Burlington, WI	Solar	8 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
28.9 mi	Pleasant Prairie Pleasant Prairie, WI	Coal	—	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
29.0 mi	Silver Lake Solar Wi, Llc Salem, WI	Solar	8 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
29.9 mi	Port Washington Generating Station Port Washington, WI	Natural Gas	1,230 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
32.9 mi	Zion Landfill Gas To Energy Facility Zion, IL	Natural Gas	—	Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl
33.1 mi	Zion Energy Center Zion, IL	Natural Gas	597 MW	Zion Energy Llc
34.6 mi	Lafayette Solar Wi, Llc Elkhorn, WI	Solar	6 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
34.8 mi	Washington County West Bend, WI	Solar	2 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
35.2 mi	Regal Ware West Bend, WI	Solar	2 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
35.2 mi	Wppi Hartford Dg Hartford, WI	Oil	—	Wppi Energy
38.1 mi	N Solon Road (North) Richmond, IL	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
38.1 mi	N Solon Road (South) Richmond, IL	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
39.3 mi	Yeoman Creek Waukegan, IL	Solar	—	Bq Energy Development
39.9 mi	Richmond Solar Richmond, IL	Solar	2 MW	Dg Richmond, Llc
40.1 mi	Waukegan Waukegan, IL	Oil	112 MW	Midwest Generations Eme Llc
40.3 mi	Whitewater Generating Station Whitewater, WI	Natural Gas	284 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
40.4 mi	Concord Watertown, WI	Natural Gas	382 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
41.0 mi	Butler Ridge Mayville, WI	Wind	54 MW	Butler Ridge Wind Energy Center
41.2 mi	Deertrack Park Gas Recovery Watertown, WI	Biomass	6 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
43.4 mi	Jefferson Solar Park Jefferson, WI	Solar	1 MW	Concord New Energy
44.7 mi	Onion River Sheboygan Cedar Grove, WI	Solar	150 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
45.1 mi	North Chicago Energy Center North Chicago, IL	Natural Gas	12 MW	Energy Systems Group Llc
45.8 mi	Jones Dairy Fort Atkinson, WI	Solar	2 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
46.2 mi	Mchenry Battery Storage Mchenry, IL	Other Fossil	20 MW	Mchenry Battery Storage
46.5 mi	Darien Solar Darien, WI	Solar	—	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
46.6 mi	Badger State Solar Llc Jefferson, WI	Solar	—	Badger State Solar Llc
46.7 mi	Lawrence Solar 1 Llc Harvard, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sunvest Solar Llc
46.7 mi	Lawrence Solar 2 Llc Harvard, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sunvest Solar Llc
46.9 mi	Auburn Solar Wi, Llc Campbellsport, WI	Solar	5 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
47.2 mi	Crawfish River Jefferson, WI	Solar	75 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
47.4 mi	Hackbarth Solar Wi, Llc Fort Atkinson, WI	Solar	5 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
47.4 mi	9521 Us 14 Solar 1, Llc Harvard, IL	Solar	2 MW	Generate Capital
47.5 mi	Armstrong 1 Greenwood, IL	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
47.5 mi	Alden Road Harvard Solar 1 Harvard, IL	Solar	2 MW	Alden Road Harvard Solar 1, Llc
48.0 mi	Lobelia 1 Harvard, IL	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
48.6 mi	Lake Forest Hospital Central Energy Plan Lake Forest, IL	Natural Gas	3 MW	Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital

Power generation near this area

There are 59 power plants within 50 miles of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (ZIP 53221), with a combined 6,920 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 34 of the 59 nearby plants. The closest plant is City Of Milwaukee Landfill at 3.2 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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