Power Plants Near 54847 — Iron River, WI

17 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 54847 (Iron River, Wisconsin). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 46.5790, -91.4211 · County: Bayfield

Biomass 47%Coal 29%Hydroelectric 21%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
24.5 mi	Solon Diesel Solon Springs, WI	Oil	8 MW	Dahlberg Light & Power Co
24.7 mi	Bay Front Ashland, WI	Biomass	47 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
25.2 mi	White River (Wi) Ashland, WI	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
29.3 mi	Gordon Gordon, WI	Oil	7 MW	Dahlberg Light & Power Co
31.2 mi	Superior Generation Energy Center Superior, WI	Natural Gas	—	Allete, Inc.
36.2 mi	Jean Duluth Solar Duluth, MN	Solar	2 MW	Allete, Inc.
36.3 mi	M L Hibbard Duluth, MN	Biomass	73 MW	Allete, Inc.
41.9 mi	Fond Du Lac Duluth, MN	Hydroelectric	12 MW	Allete, Inc.
43.6 mi	Thomson Carlton, MN	Hydroelectric	73 MW	Allete, Inc.
46.0 mi	Mp Csg 1 Llc Wrenshall, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
47.7 mi	Superior Falls Ironwood, MI	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
48.3 mi	Scanlon Scanlon, MN	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Allete, Inc.
48.9 mi	Sappi Cloquet Mill Cloquet, MN	Biomass	95 MW	Sappi Cloquet Llc
49.0 mi	Trego Hayward, WI	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
49.5 mi	Silver Bay Power Silver Bay, MN	Coal	132 MW	Cleveland Cliffs Inc
49.8 mi	Knife Falls Cloquet, MN	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Allete, Inc.
49.8 mi	Saxon Falls Saxon, WI	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota

Power generation near this area

There are 17 power plants within 50 miles of Iron River, Wisconsin (ZIP 54847), with a combined 458 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 17 nearby plants. The closest plant is Solon Diesel at 24.5 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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