Power Plants Near 54880 — Superior, WI

12 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 54880 (Superior, Wisconsin). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 46.7016, -92.0912 · County: Douglas

Biomass 59%Hydroelectric 31%Oil 9%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.7 mi	Superior Generation Energy Center Superior, WI	Natural Gas	—	Allete, Inc.
3.7 mi	M L Hibbard Duluth, MN	Biomass	73 MW	Allete, Inc.
9.9 mi	Fond Du Lac Duluth, MN	Hydroelectric	12 MW	Allete, Inc.
11.9 mi	Thomson Carlton, MN	Hydroelectric	73 MW	Allete, Inc.
12.0 mi	Jean Duluth Solar Duluth, MN	Solar	2 MW	Allete, Inc.
15.2 mi	Mp Csg 1 Llc Wrenshall, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
15.7 mi	Scanlon Scanlon, MN	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Allete, Inc.
16.1 mi	Sappi Cloquet Mill Cloquet, MN	Biomass	95 MW	Sappi Cloquet Llc
17.0 mi	Knife Falls Cloquet, MN	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Allete, Inc.
26.9 mi	Solon Diesel Solon Springs, WI	Oil	8 MW	Dahlberg Light & Power Co
35.3 mi	Gordon Gordon, WI	Oil	7 MW	Dahlberg Light & Power Co
36.1 mi	Moose Lake Moose Lake, MN	Oil	10 MW	Moose Lake Water & Light Comm

Power generation near this area

There are 12 power plants within 50 miles of Superior, Wisconsin (ZIP 54880), with a combined 284 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 4 of the 12 nearby plants. The closest plant is Superior Generation Energy Center at 1.7 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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