Power Plants Near 53960 — Rio, WI

60 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 53960 (Rio, Wisconsin). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.4231, -89.2354 · County: Columbia

Natural Gas 48%Coal 26%Solar 13%Wind 10%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
8.3 mi	Ursa Solar, Llc Courtland, WI	Solar	—	Samsung C&t Renewables, Llc
10.3 mi	Columbia (Wi) Pardeville, WI	Coal	1,112 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
10.7 mi	Glacier Hills Cambria, WI	Wind	162 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
12.7 mi	Portage Solar Plant Portage, WI	Solar	12 MW	Portage Solar Plant
15.5 mi	Portage Industrial Battery Portage, WI	Other Fossil	5 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
17.2 mi	Vienna Walbec Customer Hosted Waunakee, WI	Solar	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
18.7 mi	Dane County Airport Solar Madison, WI	Solar	11 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
21.8 mi	Sycamore (Wi) Madison, WI	Natural Gas	42 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
22.7 mi	Galactic Wind Waunakee, WI	Wind	10 MW	Galactic Wind
23.2 mi	Beaver Dam Solar Dodge, WI	Solar	50 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
24.7 mi	Diesel Generators Madison, WI	Oil	54 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
24.8 mi	Blount Street Madison, WI	Natural Gas	100 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
24.9 mi	Capitol Heat And Power Madison, WI	Oil	2 MW	State Of Wisconsin
25.1 mi	Hermsdorf Solar Madison, WI	Solar	8 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
25.8 mi	Uw Madison Charter Street Plant Madison, WI	Natural Gas	11 MW	State Of Wisconsin
25.9 mi	West Campus Cogeneration Facility Madison, WI	Natural Gas	169 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
25.9 mi	Prairie Du Sac Prairie Du Sac, WI	Hydroelectric	33 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
25.9 mi	Middleton Airport Solar Middleton, WI	Solar	6 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
26.0 mi	Middleton Biogas Solar, Llc Middleton, WI	Solar	2 MW	Middleton Biogas Solar, Llc
26.0 mi	Dane County Solar Llc Cottage Grove, WI	Solar	17 MW	Dane County Solar Llc
27.3 mi	Nine Springs Madison, WI	Natural Gas	16 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
27.6 mi	Mcfarland Schools Customer Hosted Mcfarland, WI	Solar	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
28.6 mi	Nortera Customer Hosted Solar Fairwater, WI	Solar	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
28.9 mi	Waupun Correctional Central Heating Plt Waupun, WI	Oil	4 MW	State Of Wisconsin
30.4 mi	Fitchburg Madison, WI	Natural Gas	58 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
30.7 mi	Kilbourn Wisconsin Dells, WI	Hydroelectric	10 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
30.9 mi	Tyto Solar Fitchburg, WI	Solar	6 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
31.5 mi	O'brien Solar Fields Fitchburg, WI	Solar	22 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
31.9 mi	Sunnyside Solar Energy Center Fitchburg, WI	Battery Storage	—	Madison Gas & Electric Co
32.2 mi	Strix Solar Fitchburg, WI	Solar	6 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
32.2 mi	Rockgen Energy Center Cambridge, WI	Natural Gas	561 MW	Dairyland Power Coop
32.3 mi	Uw Kegonsa Customer Hosted Solar Stoughton, WI	Solar	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
32.6 mi	Concord Watertown, WI	Natural Gas	382 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
33.9 mi	Epic Verona Verona, WI	Solar	46 MW	Epic Hosting, Llc
33.9 mi	Deertrack Park Gas Recovery Watertown, WI	Biomass	6 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
34.0 mi	Badger State Solar Llc Jefferson, WI	Solar	—	Badger State Solar Llc
34.4 mi	Crawfish River Jefferson, WI	Solar	75 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
35.8 mi	Jefferson Solar Park Jefferson, WI	Solar	1 MW	Concord New Energy
37.9 mi	Butler Ridge Mayville, WI	Wind	54 MW	Butler Ridge Wind Energy Center
39.3 mi	Forward Wind Energy Center Brownsville, WI	Wind	129 MW	Wisconsin Public Service Corp
39.9 mi	Jones Dairy Fort Atkinson, WI	Solar	2 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
40.4 mi	Berlin Landfill Gas Berlin, WI	Biomass	2 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
41.1 mi	Sheepskin Edgerton, WI	Natural Gas	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
41.2 mi	Hackbarth Solar Wi, Llc Fort Atkinson, WI	Solar	5 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
41.7 mi	Springfield Solar (Wi) Lomira, WI	Solar	100 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
41.9 mi	Wppi Hartford Dg Hartford, WI	Oil	—	Wppi Energy
42.7 mi	Adams Pv Plant Adams, WI	Solar	8 MW	Adams Pv Plant (Wi)
42.8 mi	South Fond Du Lac Fond Du Lac, WI	Natural Gas	382 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
42.8 mi	North Rock Edgerton, WI	Solar	50 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
43.1 mi	Byron Fond Du Lac, WI	Wind	—	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
43.8 mi	Fond Du Lac Community Solar Fond Du Lac, WI	Solar	1 MW	Socore Energy Llc
43.8 mi	Engie 2020 Projectco-Wi1 Llc Fond Du Lac, WI	Solar	1 MW	Engie 2020 Projectco-Wi1 Llc
44.3 mi	Wautoma Solar Wautoma, WI	Solar	99 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
44.6 mi	Lemonweir (Oak 1) Mauston, WI	Solar	3 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
44.9 mi	Elroy Solar Mauston, WI	Solar	2 MW	Butter Solar, Llc
46.8 mi	Whitewater Generating Station Whitewater, WI	Natural Gas	284 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
47.1 mi	Castle Rock Adams, WI	Hydroelectric	15 MW	Wisconsin River Power Company
49.0 mi	Cedar Ridge Eden, WI	Wind	68 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
49.5 mi	Janesville Community Solar Janesville, WI	Solar	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
49.5 mi	Rock County Customer Hosted Solar Janesville, WI	Solar	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co

Power generation near this area

There are 60 power plants within 50 miles of Rio, Wisconsin (ZIP 53960), with a combined 4,203 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 31 of the 60 nearby plants. The closest plant is Ursa Solar, Llc at 8.3 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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