Power Plants Near 55602 — Brimson, MN

13 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 55602 (Brimson, Minnesota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 47.3142, -91.8625 · County: St. Louis

Coal 47%Biomass 26%Natural Gas 18%Wind 4%Hydroelectric 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
20.5 mi	Syl Laskin Hoyt Lakes, MN	Natural Gas	116 MW	Allete, Inc.
20.6 mi	Laskin Solar Hoyt Lakes, MN	Solar	6 MW	Allete, Inc.
28.3 mi	Silver Bay Power Silver Bay, MN	Coal	132 MW	Cleveland Cliffs Inc
31.7 mi	Jean Duluth Solar Duluth, MN	Solar	2 MW	Allete, Inc.
38.5 mi	Taconite Ridge 1 Wind Energy Center Mountain Iron, MN	Wind	25 MW	Allete, Inc.
42.3 mi	M L Hibbard Duluth, MN	Biomass	73 MW	Allete, Inc.
43.1 mi	Winton Winton, MN	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Allete, Inc.
44.0 mi	Superior Generation Energy Center Superior, WI	Natural Gas	—	Allete, Inc.
46.9 mi	Taconite Harbor Energy Center Schroeder, MN	Coal	168 MW	Allete, Inc.
48.7 mi	Sappi Cloquet Mill Cloquet, MN	Biomass	95 MW	Sappi Cloquet Llc
49.1 mi	Knife Falls Cloquet, MN	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Allete, Inc.
49.1 mi	Fond Du Lac Duluth, MN	Hydroelectric	12 MW	Allete, Inc.
49.4 mi	Scanlon Scanlon, MN	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Allete, Inc.

Power generation near this area

There are 13 power plants within 50 miles of Brimson, Minnesota (ZIP 55602), with a combined 635 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 4 of the 13 nearby plants. The closest plant is Syl Laskin at 20.5 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 Minnesota, visit the Minnesota state page.

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