Power Plants Near 54421 — Colby, WI

33 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 54421 (Colby, Wisconsin). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 44.9117, -90.3144 · County: Clark

Coal 62%Natural Gas 14%Biomass 12%Hydroelectric 11%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.3 mi	Popple Creek (Clark 1) Colby, WI	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
17.6 mi	Medford Dpc Solar Medford, WI	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
21.1 mi	Marshfield Utilities Gas Plant Marshfield, WI	Natural Gas	60 MW	City Of Marshfield - (Wi)
31.7 mi	Mosinee Mill Mosinee, WI	Biomass	23 MW	Ahlstrom-Munksjo Na Specialty Solutions, Llc
31.9 mi	Wolf River (Chipewa 1) Stanley, WI	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
32.5 mi	Weston Rothschild, WI	Coal	1,103 MW	Wisconsin Public Service Corp
32.6 mi	Weston Rice Kronenwetter, WI	Natural Gas	132 MW	Wisconsin Public Service Corp
33.3 mi	Alexander Merrill, WI	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Wisconsin Public Service Corp
33.3 mi	Wausau Wausau, WI	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Wisconsin Public Service Corp
33.6 mi	Rothschild Biomass Cogen Facility Rothschild, WI	Biomass	58 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
33.7 mi	Domtar Paper Company Rothschild Rothschild, WI	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Domtar Paper Company Rothschild
35.8 mi	Merrill Merrill, WI	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Wisconsin Public Service Corp
36.7 mi	Du Bay Eau Pleine, WI	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Consolidated Water Power Co
37.1 mi	Ogema Ogema, WI	Solar	1 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
37.1 mi	Grandfather Falls Irma, WI	Hydroelectric	17 MW	Wisconsin Public Service Corp
39.9 mi	Wisconsin Rapids Paper Mill Wisconsin Rapids, WI	Other	—	Billerud Wisconsin Llc
42.3 mi	Biron Biron, WI	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Consolidated Water Power Co
42.4 mi	Biron Mill Wisconsin Rapids, WI	Natural Gas	62 MW	Nd Paper, Inc.
42.5 mi	Strobus Merrillan, WI	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
43.0 mi	Wisconsin Rapids Pulp Mill Wisconsin Rapids, WI	Biomass	72 MW	Pcr Rapids 1 Op, Llc
43.1 mi	Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin Rapids, WI	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Consolidated Water Power Co
44.7 mi	Cornell Chippewa Falls, WI	Hydroelectric	35 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
45.1 mi	Stevens Point Stevens Point, WI	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Consolidated Water Power Co
45.1 mi	Holcombe Holcombe, WI	Hydroelectric	34 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
45.4 mi	Port Edwards Mill Port Edwards, WI	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Domtar Industries Inc
45.5 mi	Fiber Recovery, Inc. Ringle, WI	Biomass	2 MW	Fiber Recovery, Inc
46.1 mi	Georgia-Pacific Corp - Nekoosa Mill Nekoosa, WI	Biomass	39 MW	Domtar Industries Inc
46.3 mi	Tomahawk Tomahawk, WI	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Wisconsin Public Service Corp
46.3 mi	Packaging Of America Tomahawk Mill Tomahawk, WI	Biomass	19 MW	Pca-Tomahawk Mill
46.6 mi	Whiting Whiting, WI	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Consolidated Water Power Co
47.6 mi	Conrath Dpc Solar Conrath, WI	Solar	1 MW	Socore Energy Llc
47.9 mi	Jim Falls Jim Falls, WI	Hydroelectric	60 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
48.5 mi	Vista Sands Solar Plover, WI	Solar	—	Vista Sands Solar Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 33 power plants within 50 miles of Colby, Wisconsin (ZIP 54421), with a combined 1,779 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 15 of the 33 nearby plants. The closest plant is Popple Creek (Clark 1) at 6.3 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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