Power Plants Near 53527 — Cottage Grove, WI

66 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 53527 (Cottage Grove, Wisconsin). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.0784, -89.2017 · County: Dane

Natural Gas 61%Coal 22%Solar 9%Wind 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.9 mi	Dane County Solar Llc Cottage Grove, WI	Solar	17 MW	Dane County Solar Llc
3.3 mi	Hermsdorf Solar Madison, WI	Solar	8 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
5.0 mi	Mcfarland Schools Customer Hosted Mcfarland, WI	Solar	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
6.1 mi	Sycamore (Wi) Madison, WI	Natural Gas	42 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
6.8 mi	Galactic Wind Waunakee, WI	Wind	10 MW	Galactic Wind
8.4 mi	Nine Springs Madison, WI	Natural Gas	16 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
8.6 mi	Dane County Airport Solar Madison, WI	Solar	11 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
8.7 mi	Blount Street Madison, WI	Natural Gas	100 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
8.7 mi	Diesel Generators Madison, WI	Oil	54 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
8.9 mi	Capitol Heat And Power Madison, WI	Oil	2 MW	State Of Wisconsin
9.5 mi	Uw Kegonsa Customer Hosted Solar Stoughton, WI	Solar	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
10.1 mi	Uw Madison Charter Street Plant Madison, WI	Natural Gas	11 MW	State Of Wisconsin
10.4 mi	Rockgen Energy Center Cambridge, WI	Natural Gas	561 MW	Dairyland Power Coop
10.9 mi	Tyto Solar Fitchburg, WI	Solar	6 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
11.3 mi	West Campus Cogeneration Facility Madison, WI	Natural Gas	169 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
12.2 mi	Strix Solar Fitchburg, WI	Solar	6 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
13.5 mi	Sunnyside Solar Energy Center Fitchburg, WI	Battery Storage	—	Madison Gas & Electric Co
13.8 mi	Fitchburg Madison, WI	Natural Gas	58 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
13.8 mi	Vienna Walbec Customer Hosted Waunakee, WI	Solar	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
14.1 mi	O'brien Solar Fields Fitchburg, WI	Solar	22 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
16.9 mi	Middleton Airport Solar Middleton, WI	Solar	6 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
17.3 mi	Crawfish River Jefferson, WI	Solar	75 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
17.5 mi	Sheepskin Edgerton, WI	Natural Gas	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
17.7 mi	Middleton Biogas Solar, Llc Middleton, WI	Solar	2 MW	Middleton Biogas Solar, Llc
17.7 mi	Badger State Solar Llc Jefferson, WI	Solar	—	Badger State Solar Llc
19.2 mi	North Rock Edgerton, WI	Solar	50 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
19.4 mi	Epic Verona Verona, WI	Solar	46 MW	Epic Hosting, Llc
20.8 mi	Jefferson Solar Park Jefferson, WI	Solar	1 MW	Concord New Energy
21.0 mi	Jones Dairy Fort Atkinson, WI	Solar	2 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
21.0 mi	Hackbarth Solar Wi, Llc Fort Atkinson, WI	Solar	5 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
23.3 mi	Deertrack Park Gas Recovery Watertown, WI	Biomass	6 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
26.1 mi	Janesville Community Solar Janesville, WI	Solar	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
26.2 mi	Rock County Customer Hosted Solar Janesville, WI	Solar	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
26.5 mi	Concord Watertown, WI	Natural Gas	382 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
27.2 mi	Ameresco Janesville Janesville, WI	Biomass	3 MW	Ameresco Janesville Llc
28.4 mi	Whitewater Generating Station Whitewater, WI	Natural Gas	284 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
29.8 mi	Ursa Solar, Llc Courtland, WI	Solar	—	Samsung C&t Renewables, Llc
29.8 mi	Albany Solar (Wi) Broadhead, WI	Solar	50 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
30.3 mi	Columbia (Wi) Pardeville, WI	Coal	1,112 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
31.0 mi	Prairie Du Sac Prairie Du Sac, WI	Hydroelectric	33 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
33.7 mi	Glacier Hills Cambria, WI	Wind	162 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
35.2 mi	Riverside Energy Center Beloit, WI	Natural Gas	675 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
35.2 mi	West Riverside Energy Center Beloit, WI	Natural Gas	728 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
35.4 mi	Rock River Beloit, WI	Natural Gas	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
35.6 mi	Hqc Rock River Solar Power Gen Station Beloit, WI	Solar	2 MW	Hqc Rock River Solar Power Generation Station Llc
35.6 mi	Beaver Dam Solar Dodge, WI	Solar	50 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
35.7 mi	Portage Industrial Battery Portage, WI	Other Fossil	5 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
36.6 mi	Paddock Solar Beloit, WI	Solar	65 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
36.6 mi	Portage Solar Plant Portage, WI	Solar	12 MW	Portage Solar Plant
37.9 mi	Beloit Memorial Hospital Power Plant Beloit, WI	Natural Gas	3 MW	Beloit Memorial Hospital
39.4 mi	Darien Solar Darien, WI	Solar	—	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
40.4 mi	Blackhawk Beloit, WI	Natural Gas	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
42.5 mi	Butler Ridge Mayville, WI	Wind	54 MW	Butler Ridge Wind Energy Center
42.7 mi	Argyle Argyle, WI	Oil	2 MW	City Of Argyle - (Wi)
42.7 mi	Lafayette Solar Wi, Llc Elkhorn, WI	Solar	6 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
43.7 mi	Wppi Hartford Dg Hartford, WI	Oil	—	Wppi Energy
43.8 mi	Rockton Rockton, IL	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
43.8 mi	All World Solar Facility Roscoe, IL	Solar	2 MW	All World Machinery Supply, Inc.
44.5 mi	Waupun Correctional Central Heating Plt Waupun, WI	Oil	4 MW	State Of Wisconsin
47.7 mi	Kilbourn Wisconsin Dells, WI	Hydroelectric	10 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
48.5 mi	Nortera Customer Hosted Solar Fairwater, WI	Solar	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
48.6 mi	Il17021 Brush Creek I Csg Freeport, IL	Solar	2 MW	Spg Il Brush Creek I Solar Llc
49.0 mi	Route 76 Boone Solar 1 Poplar Grove, IL	Solar	2 MW	Route 76 Boone Solar 1, Llc
49.2 mi	Lannon Stone Pewaukee, WI	Solar	2 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
49.6 mi	Machesney Park Machesney Park, IL	Solar	2 MW	Solar Dg Il 1 Llc
49.7 mi	Dakota Rock City, IL	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables

Power generation near this area

There are 66 power plants within 50 miles of Cottage Grove, Wisconsin (ZIP 53527), with a combined 4,943 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 35 of the 66 nearby plants. The closest plant is Dane County Solar Llc at 2.9 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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