Power Plants Near 54406 — Amherst, WI

34 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 54406 (Amherst, Wisconsin). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 44.4231, -89.3035 · County: Portage

Coal 48%Natural Gas 28%Solar 12%Biomass 9%Hydroelectric 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
13.6 mi	Vista Sands Solar Plover, WI	Solar	—	Vista Sands Solar Llc
14.2 mi	Whiting Whiting, WI	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Consolidated Water Power Co
14.7 mi	Stevens Point Mill Stevens Point, WI	Natural Gas	8 MW	Pixelle Specialty Solution, Llc
15.3 mi	Stevens Point Stevens Point, WI	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Consolidated Water Power Co
23.5 mi	Biron Mill Wisconsin Rapids, WI	Natural Gas	62 MW	Nd Paper, Inc.
23.6 mi	Biron Biron, WI	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Consolidated Water Power Co
23.9 mi	Du Bay Eau Pleine, WI	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Consolidated Water Power Co
24.9 mi	Wautoma Solar Wautoma, WI	Solar	99 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
25.8 mi	Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin Rapids, WI	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Consolidated Water Power Co
25.9 mi	Wisconsin Rapids Pulp Mill Wisconsin Rapids, WI	Biomass	72 MW	Pcr Rapids 1 Op, Llc
28.2 mi	Wood County Nekoosa, WI	Solar	150 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
28.5 mi	Port Edwards Mill Port Edwards, WI	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Domtar Industries Inc
30.2 mi	Georgia-Pacific Corp - Nekoosa Mill Nekoosa, WI	Biomass	39 MW	Domtar Industries Inc
31.5 mi	Wisconsin Rapids Paper Mill Wisconsin Rapids, WI	Other	—	Billerud Wisconsin Llc
31.6 mi	Mosinee Mill Mosinee, WI	Biomass	23 MW	Ahlstrom-Munksjo Na Specialty Solutions, Llc
32.3 mi	Fiber Recovery, Inc. Ringle, WI	Biomass	2 MW	Fiber Recovery, Inc
34.5 mi	Weston Rice Kronenwetter, WI	Natural Gas	132 MW	Wisconsin Public Service Corp
34.8 mi	Weston Rothschild, WI	Coal	1,103 MW	Wisconsin Public Service Corp
35.8 mi	Domtar Paper Company Rothschild Rothschild, WI	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Domtar Paper Company Rothschild
35.9 mi	Rothschild Biomass Cogen Facility Rothschild, WI	Biomass	58 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
37.3 mi	Berlin Landfill Gas Berlin, WI	Biomass	2 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
37.6 mi	Adams Pv Plant Adams, WI	Solar	8 MW	Adams Pv Plant (Wi)
40.4 mi	Wausau Wausau, WI	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Wisconsin Public Service Corp
42.5 mi	Alliant Energy Neenah Neenah, WI	Natural Gas	371 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
43.5 mi	Marshfield Utilities Gas Plant Marshfield, WI	Natural Gas	60 MW	City Of Marshfield - (Wi)
43.6 mi	Petenwell Necedah, WI	Hydroelectric	20 MW	Wisconsin River Power Company
43.7 mi	Juneau Necedah, WI	Oil	—	Wisconsin River Power Company
44.4 mi	Winnebago County Landfill Gas Oshkosh, WI	Biomass	3 MW	Winnebago County
45.7 mi	Appleton Appleton, WI	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
48.8 mi	Antigo-Forrest Street Solar Project Antigo, WI	Solar	6 MW	Wisconsin Public Service Corp
48.9 mi	Kimberly Mill Appleton, WI	Hydroelectric	2 MW	City Of Kaukauna
49.2 mi	Whistling Winds Dpc Solar New Lisbon, WI	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
49.4 mi	Rapide Croche Kaukana, WI	Hydroelectric	2 MW	City Of Kaukauna
49.7 mi	Kaukauna City Hydro Kaukauna, WI	Hydroelectric	5 MW	City Of Kaukauna

Power generation near this area

There are 34 power plants within 50 miles of Amherst, Wisconsin (ZIP 54406), with a combined 2,276 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 13 of the 34 nearby plants. The closest plant is Vista Sands Solar at 13.6 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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