Power Plants Near 53901 — Portage, WI

54 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 53901 (Portage, Wisconsin). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.5501, -89.4714 · County: Columbia

Natural Gas 40%Coal 33%Solar 13%Wind 9%Hydroelectric 2%Oil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
0.8 mi	Portage Industrial Battery Portage, WI	Other Fossil	5 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
5.1 mi	Columbia (Wi) Pardeville, WI	Coal	1,112 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
12.1 mi	Portage Solar Plant Portage, WI	Solar	12 MW	Portage Solar Plant
16.2 mi	Glacier Hills Cambria, WI	Wind	162 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
16.3 mi	Kilbourn Wisconsin Dells, WI	Hydroelectric	10 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
18.2 mi	Ursa Solar, Llc Courtland, WI	Solar	—	Samsung C&t Renewables, Llc
21.0 mi	Prairie Du Sac Prairie Du Sac, WI	Hydroelectric	33 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
23.8 mi	Vienna Walbec Customer Hosted Waunakee, WI	Solar	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
27.8 mi	Dane County Airport Solar Madison, WI	Solar	11 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
29.6 mi	Adams Pv Plant Adams, WI	Solar	8 MW	Adams Pv Plant (Wi)
29.7 mi	Middleton Biogas Solar, Llc Middleton, WI	Solar	2 MW	Middleton Biogas Solar, Llc
30.0 mi	Lemonweir (Oak 1) Mauston, WI	Solar	3 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
30.1 mi	Middleton Airport Solar Middleton, WI	Solar	6 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
30.4 mi	Elroy Solar Mauston, WI	Solar	2 MW	Butter Solar, Llc
31.2 mi	Sycamore (Wi) Madison, WI	Natural Gas	42 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
31.8 mi	Galactic Wind Waunakee, WI	Wind	10 MW	Galactic Wind
32.4 mi	Castle Rock Adams, WI	Hydroelectric	15 MW	Wisconsin River Power Company
32.8 mi	Diesel Generators Madison, WI	Oil	54 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
32.9 mi	West Campus Cogeneration Facility Madison, WI	Natural Gas	169 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
32.9 mi	Blount Street Madison, WI	Natural Gas	100 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
32.9 mi	Capitol Heat And Power Madison, WI	Oil	2 MW	State Of Wisconsin
33.1 mi	Nortera Customer Hosted Solar Fairwater, WI	Solar	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
33.4 mi	Uw Madison Charter Street Plant Madison, WI	Natural Gas	11 MW	State Of Wisconsin
34.7 mi	Beaver Dam Solar Dodge, WI	Solar	50 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
35.5 mi	Hermsdorf Solar Madison, WI	Solar	8 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
35.8 mi	Nine Springs Madison, WI	Natural Gas	16 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
36.4 mi	Wautoma Solar Wautoma, WI	Solar	99 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
36.7 mi	Dane County Solar Llc Cottage Grove, WI	Solar	17 MW	Dane County Solar Llc
37.0 mi	Fitchburg Madison, WI	Natural Gas	58 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
37.5 mi	Waupun Correctional Central Heating Plt Waupun, WI	Oil	4 MW	State Of Wisconsin
37.8 mi	Mcfarland Schools Customer Hosted Mcfarland, WI	Solar	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
38.2 mi	O'brien Solar Fields Fitchburg, WI	Solar	22 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
38.5 mi	Epic Verona Verona, WI	Solar	46 MW	Epic Hosting, Llc
39.1 mi	Sunnyside Solar Energy Center Fitchburg, WI	Battery Storage	—	Madison Gas & Electric Co
39.1 mi	Tyto Solar Fitchburg, WI	Solar	6 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
39.7 mi	Berlin Landfill Gas Berlin, WI	Biomass	2 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
40.2 mi	Strix Solar Fitchburg, WI	Solar	6 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
40.4 mi	New Lisbon Solar New Lisbon, WI	Solar	3 MW	Butter Solar, Llc
40.5 mi	Webster Creek (Oak 2) New Lisbon, WI	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
41.4 mi	New Lisbon New Lisbon, WI	Oil	8 MW	City Of New Lisbon
41.8 mi	Whistling Winds Dpc Solar New Lisbon, WI	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
41.9 mi	Elroy Elroy, WI	Oil	7 MW	City Of Elroy - (Wi)
41.9 mi	Uw Kegonsa Customer Hosted Solar Stoughton, WI	Solar	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
42.7 mi	Sauk Dpc Solar Wonewoc, WI	Solar	1 MW	Socore Energy Llc
44.5 mi	Petenwell Necedah, WI	Hydroelectric	20 MW	Wisconsin River Power Company
44.6 mi	Juneau Necedah, WI	Oil	—	Wisconsin River Power Company
45.0 mi	Rockgen Energy Center Cambridge, WI	Natural Gas	561 MW	Dairyland Power Coop
45.3 mi	Bear Creek (Wi) Lone Rock, WI	Solar	50 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
47.3 mi	Concord Watertown, WI	Natural Gas	382 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
48.1 mi	Richland Center Renewable Energy Llc Richland Center, WI	Biomass	2 MW	Richland Center Renewable Energy Llc
48.1 mi	Badger State Solar Llc Jefferson, WI	Solar	—	Badger State Solar Llc
48.4 mi	Crawfish River Jefferson, WI	Solar	75 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
48.6 mi	Deertrack Park Gas Recovery Watertown, WI	Biomass	6 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
49.0 mi	Forward Wind Energy Center Brownsville, WI	Wind	129 MW	Wisconsin Public Service Corp

Power generation near this area

There are 54 power plants within 50 miles of Portage, Wisconsin (ZIP 53901), with a combined 3,349 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 27 of the 54 nearby plants. The closest plant is Portage Industrial Battery at 0.8 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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