Power Plants Near 54428 — Elcho, WI

19 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 54428 (Elcho, Wisconsin). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 45.4409, -89.1516 · County: Langlade

Coal 79%Natural Gas 11%Biomass 6%Hydroelectric 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
18.3 mi	Hat Rapids Rhinelander, WI	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Wisconsin Public Service Corp
18.4 mi	Hodag Solar Rhinelander, WI	Solar	8 MW	Wisconsin Public Service Corp
18.9 mi	Rhinelander Mill Rhinelander, WI	Natural Gas	21 MW	Ahlstrom-Munksjo
21.9 mi	Antigo-Forrest Street Solar Project Antigo, WI	Solar	6 MW	Wisconsin Public Service Corp
28.1 mi	Tomahawk Tomahawk, WI	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Wisconsin Public Service Corp
28.2 mi	Packaging Of America Tomahawk Mill Tomahawk, WI	Biomass	19 MW	Pca-Tomahawk Mill
31.6 mi	Merrill Merrill, WI	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Wisconsin Public Service Corp
32.5 mi	Grandfather Falls Irma, WI	Hydroelectric	17 MW	Wisconsin Public Service Corp
32.9 mi	Eagle River Eagle River, WI	Oil	—	Wisconsin Public Service Corp
34.2 mi	Alexander Merrill, WI	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Wisconsin Public Service Corp
39.9 mi	Fiber Recovery, Inc. Ringle, WI	Biomass	2 MW	Fiber Recovery, Inc
40.9 mi	Wausau Wausau, WI	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Wisconsin Public Service Corp
44.8 mi	Rothschild Biomass Cogen Facility Rothschild, WI	Biomass	58 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
44.8 mi	Domtar Paper Company Rothschild Rothschild, WI	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Domtar Paper Company Rothschild
45.1 mi	Caldron Falls Town Of Stephenson, WI	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Wisconsin Public Service Corp
47.0 mi	Weston Rothschild, WI	Coal	1,103 MW	Wisconsin Public Service Corp
47.2 mi	Weston Rice Kronenwetter, WI	Natural Gas	132 MW	Wisconsin Public Service Corp
47.5 mi	High Falls (Wi) Town Of Stephenson, WI	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Wisconsin Public Service Corp
49.3 mi	Johnson Falls Town Of Stephenson, WI	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Wisconsin Public Service Corp

Power generation near this area

There are 19 power plants within 50 miles of Elcho, Wisconsin (ZIP 54428), with a combined 1,400 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 19 nearby plants. The closest plant is Hat Rapids at 18.3 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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