Power Plants Near 54401 — Wausau, WI

33 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 54401 (Wausau, Wisconsin). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 44.9654, -89.7066 · County: Marathon

Coal 60%Natural Gas 15%Biomass 12%Solar 9%Hydroelectric 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.5 mi	Wausau Wausau, WI	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Wisconsin Public Service Corp
6.6 mi	Rothschild Biomass Cogen Facility Rothschild, WI	Biomass	58 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
6.7 mi	Domtar Paper Company Rothschild Rothschild, WI	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Domtar Paper Company Rothschild
7.7 mi	Weston Rothschild, WI	Coal	1,103 MW	Wisconsin Public Service Corp
8.0 mi	Weston Rice Kronenwetter, WI	Natural Gas	132 MW	Wisconsin Public Service Corp
12.3 mi	Mosinee Mill Mosinee, WI	Biomass	23 MW	Ahlstrom-Munksjo Na Specialty Solutions, Llc
14.8 mi	Merrill Merrill, WI	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Wisconsin Public Service Corp
15.5 mi	Alexander Merrill, WI	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Wisconsin Public Service Corp
16.6 mi	Fiber Recovery, Inc. Ringle, WI	Biomass	2 MW	Fiber Recovery, Inc
21.0 mi	Du Bay Eau Pleine, WI	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Consolidated Water Power Co
23.6 mi	Grandfather Falls Irma, WI	Hydroelectric	17 MW	Wisconsin Public Service Corp
28.2 mi	Antigo-Forrest Street Solar Project Antigo, WI	Solar	6 MW	Wisconsin Public Service Corp
31.0 mi	Marshfield Utilities Gas Plant Marshfield, WI	Natural Gas	60 MW	City Of Marshfield - (Wi)
31.7 mi	Stevens Point Stevens Point, WI	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Consolidated Water Power Co
32.9 mi	Tomahawk Tomahawk, WI	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Wisconsin Public Service Corp
33.0 mi	Packaging Of America Tomahawk Mill Tomahawk, WI	Biomass	19 MW	Pca-Tomahawk Mill
33.5 mi	Whiting Whiting, WI	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Consolidated Water Power Co
35.3 mi	Medford Dpc Solar Medford, WI	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
36.3 mi	Popple Creek (Clark 1) Colby, WI	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
36.4 mi	Vista Sands Solar Plover, WI	Solar	—	Vista Sands Solar Llc
37.1 mi	Biron Biron, WI	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Consolidated Water Power Co
37.2 mi	Biron Mill Wisconsin Rapids, WI	Natural Gas	62 MW	Nd Paper, Inc.
39.8 mi	Wisconsin Rapids Pulp Mill Wisconsin Rapids, WI	Biomass	72 MW	Pcr Rapids 1 Op, Llc
39.9 mi	Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin Rapids, WI	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Consolidated Water Power Co
40.8 mi	Wisconsin Rapids Paper Mill Wisconsin Rapids, WI	Other	—	Billerud Wisconsin Llc
42.8 mi	Stevens Point Mill Stevens Point, WI	Natural Gas	8 MW	Pixelle Specialty Solution, Llc
43.3 mi	Hat Rapids Rhinelander, WI	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Wisconsin Public Service Corp
44.2 mi	Port Edwards Mill Port Edwards, WI	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Domtar Industries Inc
45.0 mi	Ogema Ogema, WI	Solar	1 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
46.0 mi	Georgia-Pacific Corp - Nekoosa Mill Nekoosa, WI	Biomass	39 MW	Domtar Industries Inc
46.5 mi	Hodag Solar Rhinelander, WI	Solar	8 MW	Wisconsin Public Service Corp
48.2 mi	Wood County Nekoosa, WI	Solar	150 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
48.6 mi	Rhinelander Mill Rhinelander, WI	Natural Gas	21 MW	Ahlstrom-Munksjo

Power generation near this area

There are 33 power plants within 50 miles of Wausau, Wisconsin (ZIP 54401), with a combined 1,840 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 13 of the 33 nearby plants. The closest plant is Wausau at 3.5 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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