Power Plants Near 53561 — Merrimac, WI

58 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 53561 (Merrimac, Wisconsin). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.3855, -89.6323 · County: Sauk

Natural Gas 37%Coal 31%Solar 22%Wind 6%Oil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.1 mi	Prairie Du Sac Prairie Du Sac, WI	Hydroelectric	33 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
12.7 mi	Columbia (Wi) Pardeville, WI	Coal	1,112 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
13.6 mi	Portage Industrial Battery Portage, WI	Other Fossil	5 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
16.6 mi	Vienna Walbec Customer Hosted Waunakee, WI	Solar	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
18.2 mi	Kilbourn Wisconsin Dells, WI	Hydroelectric	10 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
18.6 mi	Middleton Biogas Solar, Llc Middleton, WI	Solar	2 MW	Middleton Biogas Solar, Llc
19.3 mi	Middleton Airport Solar Middleton, WI	Solar	6 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
21.8 mi	Dane County Airport Solar Madison, WI	Solar	11 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
23.9 mi	West Campus Cogeneration Facility Madison, WI	Natural Gas	169 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
24.7 mi	Uw Madison Charter Street Plant Madison, WI	Natural Gas	11 MW	State Of Wisconsin
24.7 mi	Sycamore (Wi) Madison, WI	Natural Gas	42 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
24.8 mi	Diesel Generators Madison, WI	Oil	54 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
24.8 mi	Galactic Wind Waunakee, WI	Wind	10 MW	Galactic Wind
24.8 mi	Portage Solar Plant Portage, WI	Solar	12 MW	Portage Solar Plant
24.8 mi	Capitol Heat And Power Madison, WI	Oil	2 MW	State Of Wisconsin
24.8 mi	Blount Street Madison, WI	Natural Gas	100 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
27.0 mi	Epic Verona Verona, WI	Solar	46 MW	Epic Hosting, Llc
27.0 mi	Fitchburg Madison, WI	Natural Gas	58 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
27.2 mi	Glacier Hills Cambria, WI	Wind	162 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
27.3 mi	Ursa Solar, Llc Courtland, WI	Solar	—	Samsung C&t Renewables, Llc
27.6 mi	Nine Springs Madison, WI	Natural Gas	16 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
28.2 mi	O'brien Solar Fields Fitchburg, WI	Solar	22 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
29.3 mi	Hermsdorf Solar Madison, WI	Solar	8 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
29.4 mi	Sunnyside Solar Energy Center Fitchburg, WI	Battery Storage	—	Madison Gas & Electric Co
30.3 mi	Tyto Solar Fitchburg, WI	Solar	6 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
30.7 mi	Dane County Solar Llc Cottage Grove, WI	Solar	17 MW	Dane County Solar Llc
30.9 mi	Lemonweir (Oak 1) Mauston, WI	Solar	3 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
31.0 mi	Elroy Solar Mauston, WI	Solar	2 MW	Butter Solar, Llc
31.0 mi	Strix Solar Fitchburg, WI	Solar	6 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
31.0 mi	Mcfarland Schools Customer Hosted Mcfarland, WI	Solar	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
32.8 mi	Bear Creek (Wi) Lone Rock, WI	Solar	50 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
34.2 mi	Uw Kegonsa Customer Hosted Solar Stoughton, WI	Solar	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
36.8 mi	Castle Rock Adams, WI	Hydroelectric	15 MW	Wisconsin River Power Company
37.5 mi	Sauk Dpc Solar Wonewoc, WI	Solar	1 MW	Socore Energy Llc
37.5 mi	Richland Center Renewable Energy Llc Richland Center, WI	Biomass	2 MW	Richland Center Renewable Energy Llc
39.1 mi	Adams Pv Plant Adams, WI	Solar	8 MW	Adams Pv Plant (Wi)
40.1 mi	Elroy Elroy, WI	Oil	7 MW	City Of Elroy - (Wi)
40.8 mi	Rockgen Energy Center Cambridge, WI	Natural Gas	561 MW	Dairyland Power Coop
42.1 mi	Webster Creek (Oak 2) New Lisbon, WI	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
42.6 mi	New Lisbon Solar New Lisbon, WI	Solar	3 MW	Butter Solar, Llc
43.2 mi	Beaver Dam Solar Dodge, WI	Solar	50 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
43.3 mi	New Lisbon New Lisbon, WI	Oil	8 MW	City Of New Lisbon
45.5 mi	Boaz Microgrid Battery Muscoda, WI	Other Fossil	4 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
45.5 mi	Nortera Customer Hosted Solar Fairwater, WI	Solar	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
46.1 mi	Whistling Winds Dpc Solar New Lisbon, WI	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
46.3 mi	Sheepskin Edgerton, WI	Natural Gas	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
46.5 mi	Crawfish River Jefferson, WI	Solar	75 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
46.5 mi	Badger State Solar Llc Jefferson, WI	Solar	—	Badger State Solar Llc
47.2 mi	Badger Hollow I Montfort, WI	Solar	150 MW	Wisconsin Public Service Corp
47.2 mi	Badger Hollow Ii Cobb, WI	Solar	150 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
47.9 mi	North Rock Edgerton, WI	Solar	50 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
47.9 mi	Montfort Wind Energy Center Montfort, WI	Wind	30 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
48.1 mi	Waupun Correctional Central Heating Plt Waupun, WI	Oil	4 MW	State Of Wisconsin
48.7 mi	Argyle Argyle, WI	Oil	2 MW	City Of Argyle - (Wi)
49.2 mi	Jefferson Solar Park Jefferson, WI	Solar	1 MW	Concord New Energy
49.4 mi	Deertrack Park Gas Recovery Watertown, WI	Biomass	6 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
49.6 mi	Wautoma Solar Wautoma, WI	Solar	99 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
49.7 mi	Concord Watertown, WI	Natural Gas	382 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co

Power generation near this area

There are 58 power plants within 50 miles of Merrimac, Wisconsin (ZIP 53561), with a combined 3,584 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 31 of the 58 nearby plants. The closest plant is Prairie Du Sac at 7.1 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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