Power Plants Near 53783 — Madison, WI

60 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 53783 (Madison, Wisconsin). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.1596, -89.2852 · County: Dane

Natural Gas 61%Coal 22%Solar 10%Wind 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.2 mi	Dane County Airport Solar Madison, WI	Solar	11 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
3.5 mi	Sycamore (Wi) Madison, WI	Natural Gas	42 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
4.6 mi	Galactic Wind Waunakee, WI	Wind	10 MW	Galactic Wind
7.0 mi	Hermsdorf Solar Madison, WI	Solar	8 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
7.1 mi	Diesel Generators Madison, WI	Oil	54 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
7.1 mi	Vienna Walbec Customer Hosted Waunakee, WI	Solar	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
7.2 mi	Blount Street Madison, WI	Natural Gas	100 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
7.3 mi	Capitol Heat And Power Madison, WI	Oil	2 MW	State Of Wisconsin
8.1 mi	Dane County Solar Llc Cottage Grove, WI	Solar	17 MW	Dane County Solar Llc
8.5 mi	Uw Madison Charter Street Plant Madison, WI	Natural Gas	11 MW	State Of Wisconsin
9.1 mi	Nine Springs Madison, WI	Natural Gas	16 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
9.2 mi	West Campus Cogeneration Facility Madison, WI	Natural Gas	169 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
9.4 mi	Mcfarland Schools Customer Hosted Mcfarland, WI	Solar	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
12.8 mi	Tyto Solar Fitchburg, WI	Solar	6 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
12.8 mi	Middleton Airport Solar Middleton, WI	Solar	6 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
13.4 mi	Fitchburg Madison, WI	Natural Gas	58 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
13.4 mi	Middleton Biogas Solar, Llc Middleton, WI	Solar	2 MW	Middleton Biogas Solar, Llc
14.0 mi	Uw Kegonsa Customer Hosted Solar Stoughton, WI	Solar	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
14.1 mi	Strix Solar Fitchburg, WI	Solar	6 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
14.2 mi	O'brien Solar Fields Fitchburg, WI	Solar	22 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
14.3 mi	Sunnyside Solar Energy Center Fitchburg, WI	Battery Storage	—	Madison Gas & Electric Co
17.4 mi	Rockgen Energy Center Cambridge, WI	Natural Gas	561 MW	Dairyland Power Coop
18.2 mi	Epic Verona Verona, WI	Solar	46 MW	Epic Hosting, Llc
23.4 mi	Crawfish River Jefferson, WI	Solar	75 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
23.6 mi	Columbia (Wi) Pardeville, WI	Coal	1,112 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
23.6 mi	Badger State Solar Llc Jefferson, WI	Solar	—	Badger State Solar Llc
24.1 mi	Sheepskin Edgerton, WI	Natural Gas	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
24.6 mi	Prairie Du Sac Prairie Du Sac, WI	Hydroelectric	33 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
25.3 mi	Ursa Solar, Llc Courtland, WI	Solar	—	Samsung C&t Renewables, Llc
25.8 mi	North Rock Edgerton, WI	Solar	50 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
26.5 mi	Jefferson Solar Park Jefferson, WI	Solar	1 MW	Concord New Energy
27.6 mi	Jones Dairy Fort Atkinson, WI	Solar	2 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
27.9 mi	Hackbarth Solar Wi, Llc Fort Atkinson, WI	Solar	5 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
27.9 mi	Deertrack Park Gas Recovery Watertown, WI	Biomass	6 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
28.8 mi	Glacier Hills Cambria, WI	Wind	162 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
29.0 mi	Portage Industrial Battery Portage, WI	Other Fossil	5 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
30.0 mi	Concord Watertown, WI	Natural Gas	382 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
31.0 mi	Portage Solar Plant Portage, WI	Solar	12 MW	Portage Solar Plant
32.9 mi	Janesville Community Solar Janesville, WI	Solar	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
32.9 mi	Rock County Customer Hosted Solar Janesville, WI	Solar	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
33.9 mi	Ameresco Janesville Janesville, WI	Biomass	3 MW	Ameresco Janesville Llc
34.2 mi	Beaver Dam Solar Dodge, WI	Solar	50 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
34.4 mi	Albany Solar (Wi) Broadhead, WI	Solar	50 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
35.1 mi	Whitewater Generating Station Whitewater, WI	Natural Gas	284 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
40.7 mi	Kilbourn Wisconsin Dells, WI	Hydroelectric	10 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
41.8 mi	West Riverside Energy Center Beloit, WI	Natural Gas	728 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
41.8 mi	Riverside Energy Center Beloit, WI	Natural Gas	675 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
41.9 mi	Rock River Beloit, WI	Natural Gas	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
42.1 mi	Hqc Rock River Solar Power Gen Station Beloit, WI	Solar	2 MW	Hqc Rock River Solar Power Generation Station Llc
42.5 mi	Waupun Correctional Central Heating Plt Waupun, WI	Oil	4 MW	State Of Wisconsin
42.9 mi	Paddock Solar Beloit, WI	Solar	65 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
43.3 mi	Argyle Argyle, WI	Oil	2 MW	City Of Argyle - (Wi)
43.7 mi	Butler Ridge Mayville, WI	Wind	54 MW	Butler Ridge Wind Energy Center
44.5 mi	Beloit Memorial Hospital Power Plant Beloit, WI	Natural Gas	3 MW	Beloit Memorial Hospital
45.1 mi	Nortera Customer Hosted Solar Fairwater, WI	Solar	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
45.7 mi	Wppi Hartford Dg Hartford, WI	Oil	—	Wppi Energy
46.4 mi	Darien Solar Darien, WI	Solar	—	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
46.9 mi	Blackhawk Beloit, WI	Natural Gas	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
47.8 mi	Bear Creek (Wi) Lone Rock, WI	Solar	50 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
49.5 mi	Lafayette Solar Wi, Llc Elkhorn, WI	Solar	6 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co

Power generation near this area

There are 60 power plants within 50 miles of Madison, Wisconsin (ZIP 53783), with a combined 4,977 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 30 of the 60 nearby plants. The closest plant is Dane County Airport Solar at 2.2 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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