Power Plants Near 55702 — Alborn, MN

17 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 55702 (Alborn, Minnesota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 46.9782, -92.5579 · County: St. Louis

Natural Gas 37%Biomass 35%Hydroelectric 19%Wind 5%Solar 2%Oil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
18.1 mi	Knife Falls Cloquet, MN	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Allete, Inc.
18.6 mi	Sappi Cloquet Mill Cloquet, MN	Biomass	95 MW	Sappi Cloquet Llc
19.7 mi	Scanlon Scanlon, MN	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Allete, Inc.
24.7 mi	Thomson Carlton, MN	Hydroelectric	73 MW	Allete, Inc.
24.9 mi	Fond Du Lac Duluth, MN	Hydroelectric	12 MW	Allete, Inc.
24.9 mi	Jean Duluth Solar Duluth, MN	Solar	2 MW	Allete, Inc.
25.5 mi	M L Hibbard Duluth, MN	Biomass	73 MW	Allete, Inc.
26.0 mi	Mp Csg 1 Llc Wrenshall, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
30.8 mi	Superior Generation Energy Center Superior, WI	Natural Gas	—	Allete, Inc.
35.9 mi	Hibbing Hibbing, MN	Natural Gas	36 MW	Hibbing Public Utilities Comm
37.5 mi	Moose Lake Moose Lake, MN	Oil	10 MW	Moose Lake Water & Light Comm
41.2 mi	Taconite Ridge 1 Wind Energy Center Mountain Iron, MN	Wind	25 MW	Allete, Inc.
41.6 mi	Laskin Solar Hoyt Lakes, MN	Solar	6 MW	Allete, Inc.
42.4 mi	Syl Laskin Hoyt Lakes, MN	Natural Gas	116 MW	Allete, Inc.
47.9 mi	Uss Itasca Clean Energy Solar Llc Grand Rapids, MN	Solar	2 MW	United States Solar Corporation
49.1 mi	Prairie River Grand Rapids, MN	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Allete, Inc.
49.3 mi	Rapids Energy Center Grand Rapids, MN	Natural Gas	28 MW	Allete, Inc.

Power generation near this area

There are 17 power plants within 50 miles of Alborn, Minnesota (ZIP 55702), with a combined 483 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 17 nearby plants. The closest plant is Knife Falls at 18.1 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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