Power Plants Near 54817 — Birchwood, WI

33 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 54817 (Birchwood, Wisconsin). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 45.6403, -91.5776 · County: Washburn

Hydroelectric 76%Oil 8%Natural Gas 7%Solar 7%Biomass 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.7 mi	Rice Lake Solar Array Rice Lake, WI	Solar	4 MW	Aep Onsite Partners, Llc
14.8 mi	Lake Area Landfill Gas Recovery Sarona, WI	Natural Gas	—	Dairyland Power Coop
16.7 mi	Timberline Trail Gas Recovery Weyerhaeser, WI	Biomass	3 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
18.7 mi	Grimh Radisson, WI	Oil	—	North Central Power Co Inc
19.7 mi	Arpin Dam Radisson, WI	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Renewable World Energies Llc
20.8 mi	Barron Solar Array Barron, WI	Solar	3 MW	Aep Onsite Partners, Llc
20.8 mi	Barron Barron, WI	Hydroelectric	9 MW	City Of Barron - (Wi)
22.7 mi	Cumberland (Wi) Cumberland, WI	Natural Gas	22 MW	City Of Cumberland - (Wi)
23.4 mi	Cumberland Solar Cumberland, WI	Solar	3 MW	Butter Solar, Llc
23.5 mi	Thornapple Bruce, WI	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
23.7 mi	Spooner Solar Array Spooner, WI	Solar	2 MW	Aep Onsite Partners, Llc
26.0 mi	Trego Hayward, WI	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
26.8 mi	Ladysmith Dam Ladysmith, WI	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
27.6 mi	Flambeau Hydroelectric Station Ladysmith, WI	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Dairyland Power Coop
27.6 mi	Big Falls Glen Fora, WI	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
29.6 mi	Lac Courte Oreilles Hydroelect Winter, WI	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Renewable World Energies Llc
30.5 mi	New Auburn Dpc Solar New Auburn, WI	Solar	3 MW	Socore Energy Llc
31.9 mi	Conrath Dpc Solar Conrath, WI	Solar	1 MW	Socore Energy Llc
32.1 mi	Winter Winter, WI	Oil	6 MW	North Central Power Co Inc
33.2 mi	Viresco Turtle Lake Turtle Lake, WI	Biomass	3 MW	Viresco Turtle Lake
36.1 mi	Holcombe Holcombe, WI	Hydroelectric	34 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
38.7 mi	Cornell Chippewa Falls, WI	Hydroelectric	35 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
39.9 mi	Georgetown (Polk Burnett) Balsam Lake, WI	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
42.4 mi	Gordon Gordon, WI	Oil	7 MW	Dahlberg Light & Power Co
42.9 mi	Frederic Diesel Frederic, WI	Oil	14 MW	Northwestern Wisconsin Elec Co
43.3 mi	Jim Falls Jim Falls, WI	Hydroelectric	60 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
45.3 mi	Hay River (Dunn 1) Boyceville, WI	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
45.6 mi	Danbury Dam Danbury, WI	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Renewable World Energies Llc
45.7 mi	Danbury Diesel Danbury, WI	Oil	—	Northwestern Wisconsin Elec Co
47.5 mi	Walleye (Dunn 2) Colefax, WI	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
48.9 mi	Sand Lake Dpc Solar Centuria, WI	Solar	1 MW	Socore Energy Llc
49.9 mi	Chippewa Falls Chippewa Falls, WI	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
49.9 mi	Wissota Chippewa Falls, WI	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota

Power generation near this area

There are 33 power plants within 50 miles of Birchwood, Wisconsin (ZIP 54817), with a combined 316 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 14 of the 33 nearby plants. The closest plant is Rice Lake Solar Array at 11.7 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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