Power Plants Near 54741 — Fairchild, WI

27 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 54741 (Fairchild, Wisconsin). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 44.5963, -90.9906 · County: Eau Claire

Coal 38%Natural Gas 37%Hydroelectric 20%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
13.0 mi	Strobus Merrillan, WI	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
21.8 mi	Blue Prairie Solar, Llc Black River Falls, WI	Solar	3 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
24.5 mi	Wolf River (Chipewa 1) Stanley, WI	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
24.8 mi	Seven Mile Creek Lfg Eau Claire, WI	Natural Gas	—	Dairyland Power Coop
26.9 mi	Lafayette Dpc Solar Chippewa Falls, WI	Solar	1 MW	Socore Energy Llc
28.5 mi	Lake Hallie Chippewa Falls, WI	Solar	5 MW	Standard Solar
29.2 mi	Wissota Chippewa Falls, WI	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
29.9 mi	Shamrock Solar Llc Black River Falls, WI	Solar	3 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
30.2 mi	Dells Eau Claire, WI	Hydroelectric	12 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
30.3 mi	Chippewa Falls Chippewa Falls, WI	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
32.6 mi	Wheaton Eau Claire, WI	Natural Gas	247 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
33.6 mi	Arcadia Solar Arcadia, WI	Solar	5 MW	Butter Solar, Llc
33.9 mi	Popple Creek (Clark 1) Colby, WI	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
34.3 mi	Jim Falls Jim Falls, WI	Hydroelectric	60 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
34.7 mi	Arcadia Electric Arcadia, WI	Oil	17 MW	City Of Arcadia - (Wi)
35.4 mi	Elk Mound Elk Mound, WI	Natural Gas	71 MW	Dairyland Power Coop
40.1 mi	Cornell Chippewa Falls, WI	Hydroelectric	35 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
42.2 mi	Marshfield Utilities Gas Plant Marshfield, WI	Natural Gas	60 MW	City Of Marshfield - (Wi)
43.9 mi	Holcombe Holcombe, WI	Hydroelectric	34 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
46.4 mi	Downsville Dpc Solar Menomonee, WI	Solar	1 MW	Socore Energy Llc
47.6 mi	Walleye (Dunn 2) Colefax, WI	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
47.7 mi	New Auburn Dpc Solar New Auburn, WI	Solar	3 MW	Socore Energy Llc
48.8 mi	Stromland Solar Cochrane, WI	Solar	3 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
49.5 mi	Medford Dpc Solar Medford, WI	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
49.6 mi	Alma Alma, WI	Coal	—	Dairyland Power Coop
49.8 mi	John P Madgett Alma, WI	Coal	387 MW	Dairyland Power Coop
49.9 mi	Cedar Falls (Wi) Menomonie, WI	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota

Power generation near this area

There are 27 power plants within 50 miles of Fairchild, Wisconsin (ZIP 54741), with a combined 1,022 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 13 of the 27 nearby plants. The closest plant is Strobus at 13.0 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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