Power Plants Near 53717 — Madison, WI

74 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 53717 (Madison, Wisconsin). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.0736, -89.5080 · County: Dane

Natural Gas 54%Coal 20%Solar 16%Wind 9%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.2 mi	Middleton Airport Solar Middleton, WI	Solar	6 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
3.9 mi	Middleton Biogas Solar, Llc Middleton, WI	Solar	2 MW	Middleton Biogas Solar, Llc
4.2 mi	West Campus Cogeneration Facility Madison, WI	Natural Gas	169 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
4.7 mi	Fitchburg Madison, WI	Natural Gas	58 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
5.4 mi	Uw Madison Charter Street Plant Madison, WI	Natural Gas	11 MW	State Of Wisconsin
5.8 mi	O'brien Solar Fields Fitchburg, WI	Solar	22 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
6.1 mi	Epic Verona Verona, WI	Solar	46 MW	Epic Hosting, Llc
6.6 mi	Capitol Heat And Power Madison, WI	Oil	2 MW	State Of Wisconsin
6.7 mi	Diesel Generators Madison, WI	Oil	54 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
6.8 mi	Blount Street Madison, WI	Natural Gas	100 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
7.1 mi	Sunnyside Solar Energy Center Fitchburg, WI	Battery Storage	—	Madison Gas & Electric Co
7.9 mi	Nine Springs Madison, WI	Natural Gas	16 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
8.8 mi	Tyto Solar Fitchburg, WI	Solar	6 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
9.1 mi	Strix Solar Fitchburg, WI	Solar	6 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
9.1 mi	Galactic Wind Waunakee, WI	Wind	10 MW	Galactic Wind
10.2 mi	Sycamore (Wi) Madison, WI	Natural Gas	42 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
10.5 mi	Vienna Walbec Customer Hosted Waunakee, WI	Solar	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
10.8 mi	Dane County Airport Solar Madison, WI	Solar	11 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
12.5 mi	Hermsdorf Solar Madison, WI	Solar	8 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
12.6 mi	Mcfarland Schools Customer Hosted Mcfarland, WI	Solar	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
13.5 mi	Uw Kegonsa Customer Hosted Solar Stoughton, WI	Solar	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
13.7 mi	Dane County Solar Llc Cottage Grove, WI	Solar	17 MW	Dane County Solar Llc
19.7 mi	Prairie Du Sac Prairie Du Sac, WI	Hydroelectric	33 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
24.1 mi	Rockgen Energy Center Cambridge, WI	Natural Gas	561 MW	Dairyland Power Coop
26.0 mi	Sheepskin Edgerton, WI	Natural Gas	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
27.4 mi	North Rock Edgerton, WI	Solar	50 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
28.9 mi	Columbia (Wi) Pardeville, WI	Coal	1,112 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
29.0 mi	Albany Solar (Wi) Broadhead, WI	Solar	50 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
31.5 mi	Argyle Argyle, WI	Oil	2 MW	City Of Argyle - (Wi)
32.3 mi	Crawfish River Jefferson, WI	Solar	75 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
32.8 mi	Badger State Solar Llc Jefferson, WI	Solar	—	Badger State Solar Llc
33.1 mi	Portage Industrial Battery Portage, WI	Other Fossil	5 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
34.4 mi	Hackbarth Solar Wi, Llc Fort Atkinson, WI	Solar	5 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
34.5 mi	Janesville Community Solar Janesville, WI	Solar	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
34.5 mi	Rock County Customer Hosted Solar Janesville, WI	Solar	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
35.0 mi	Jones Dairy Fort Atkinson, WI	Solar	2 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
35.3 mi	Ameresco Janesville Janesville, WI	Biomass	3 MW	Ameresco Janesville Llc
35.8 mi	Ursa Solar, Llc Courtland, WI	Solar	—	Samsung C&t Renewables, Llc
36.0 mi	Jefferson Solar Park Jefferson, WI	Solar	1 MW	Concord New Energy
37.6 mi	Bear Creek (Wi) Lone Rock, WI	Solar	50 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
38.4 mi	Glacier Hills Cambria, WI	Wind	162 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
38.8 mi	Deertrack Park Gas Recovery Watertown, WI	Biomass	6 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
39.2 mi	Portage Solar Plant Portage, WI	Solar	12 MW	Portage Solar Plant
40.5 mi	Kilbourn Wisconsin Dells, WI	Hydroelectric	10 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
41.4 mi	West Riverside Energy Center Beloit, WI	Natural Gas	728 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
41.5 mi	Riverside Energy Center Beloit, WI	Natural Gas	675 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
41.6 mi	Paddock Solar Beloit, WI	Solar	65 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
41.8 mi	Concord Watertown, WI	Natural Gas	382 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
41.8 mi	Rock River Beloit, WI	Natural Gas	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
41.8 mi	Hqc Rock River Solar Power Gen Station Beloit, WI	Solar	2 MW	Hqc Rock River Solar Power Generation Station Llc
42.1 mi	Whitewater Generating Station Whitewater, WI	Natural Gas	284 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
43.4 mi	Badger Hollow I Montfort, WI	Solar	150 MW	Wisconsin Public Service Corp
43.4 mi	Badger Hollow Ii Cobb, WI	Solar	150 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
43.4 mi	Il17021 Brush Creek I Csg Freeport, IL	Solar	2 MW	Spg Il Brush Creek I Solar Llc
44.2 mi	Beloit Memorial Hospital Power Plant Beloit, WI	Natural Gas	3 MW	Beloit Memorial Hospital
45.0 mi	Montfort Wind Energy Center Montfort, WI	Wind	30 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
46.0 mi	Blackhawk Beloit, WI	Natural Gas	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
46.6 mi	Beaver Dam Solar Dodge, WI	Solar	50 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
46.6 mi	Richland Center Renewable Energy Llc Richland Center, WI	Biomass	2 MW	Richland Center Renewable Energy Llc
46.9 mi	Ecogrove Wind Llc Lena, IL	Wind	101 MW	Acciona Wind Energy Usa Llc
47.1 mi	Dakota Solar 1, Llc Dakota, IL	Solar	2 MW	Generate Capital
47.3 mi	Quilt Block Wind Farm Llc Darlington, WI	Wind	98 MW	Quilt Block Wind Farm Llc
47.3 mi	Dakota Rock City, IL	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
47.6 mi	Agrimony 1 Warren, IL	Solar	—	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
47.6 mi	Agrimony 2 Warren, IL	Solar	—	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
47.9 mi	Red Barn Energy Montfort, WI	Wind	92 MW	Wisconsin Public Service Corp
47.9 mi	Whitetail Wind Farm Montford, WI	Wind	—	Invenergy Services Llc
48.3 mi	Rockton Rockton, IL	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
48.4 mi	N Baker Road Lena, IL	Solar	—	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
48.4 mi	N Baker Road 2 Lena, IL	Solar	—	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
48.7 mi	High Point Solar Llc Lena, IL	Solar	100 MW	Acciona Energy Usa Global, Llc
49.2 mi	Cedarville (Il) Freeport, IL	Solar	2 MW	Generate Capital
49.5 mi	All World Solar Facility Roscoe, IL	Solar	2 MW	All World Machinery Supply, Inc.
50.0 mi	Darien Solar Darien, WI	Solar	—	Wisconsin Electric Power Co

Power generation near this area

There are 74 power plants within 50 miles of Madison, Wisconsin (ZIP 53717), with a combined 5,648 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 40 of the 74 nearby plants. The closest plant is Middleton Airport Solar 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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