Power Plants Near 55609 — Knife River, MN

15 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 55609 (Knife River, Minnesota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 46.9539, -91.7780 · County: Lake

Biomass 37%Coal 23%Natural Gas 20%Hydroelectric 15%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
14.1 mi	Jean Duluth Solar Duluth, MN	Solar	2 MW	Allete, Inc.
22.4 mi	Superior Generation Energy Center Superior, WI	Natural Gas	—	Allete, Inc.
23.2 mi	M L Hibbard Duluth, MN	Biomass	73 MW	Allete, Inc.
31.4 mi	Fond Du Lac Duluth, MN	Hydroelectric	12 MW	Allete, Inc.
33.4 mi	Thomson Carlton, MN	Hydroelectric	73 MW	Allete, Inc.
33.5 mi	Silver Bay Power Silver Bay, MN	Coal	132 MW	Cleveland Cliffs Inc
34.7 mi	Sappi Cloquet Mill Cloquet, MN	Biomass	95 MW	Sappi Cloquet Llc
34.8 mi	Scanlon Scanlon, MN	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Allete, Inc.
35.4 mi	Knife Falls Cloquet, MN	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Allete, Inc.
37.0 mi	Mp Csg 1 Llc Wrenshall, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
41.2 mi	Solon Diesel Solon Springs, WI	Oil	8 MW	Dahlberg Light & Power Co
43.6 mi	Laskin Solar Hoyt Lakes, MN	Solar	6 MW	Allete, Inc.
43.7 mi	Syl Laskin Hoyt Lakes, MN	Natural Gas	116 MW	Allete, Inc.
48.6 mi	Bay Front Ashland, WI	Biomass	47 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
49.6 mi	Gordon Gordon, WI	Oil	7 MW	Dahlberg Light & Power Co

Power generation near this area

There are 15 power plants within 50 miles of Knife River, Minnesota (ZIP 55609), with a combined 574 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 4 of the 15 nearby plants. The closest plant is Jean Duluth Solar at 14.1 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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