Power Plants Near 55705 — Aurora, MN

7 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 55705 (Aurora, Minnesota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 47.4951, -92.2415 · County: St. Louis

Natural Gas 48%Coal 41%Wind 8%Solar 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.5 mi	Laskin Solar Hoyt Lakes, MN	Solar	6 MW	Allete, Inc.
4.5 mi	Syl Laskin Hoyt Lakes, MN	Natural Gas	116 MW	Allete, Inc.
17.2 mi	Taconite Ridge 1 Wind Energy Center Mountain Iron, MN	Wind	25 MW	Allete, Inc.
32.7 mi	Hibbing Hibbing, MN	Natural Gas	36 MW	Hibbing Public Utilities Comm
37.6 mi	Winton Winton, MN	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Allete, Inc.
43.8 mi	Jean Duluth Solar Duluth, MN	Solar	2 MW	Allete, Inc.
48.1 mi	Silver Bay Power Silver Bay, MN	Coal	132 MW	Cleveland Cliffs Inc

Power generation near this area

There are 7 power plants within 50 miles of Aurora, Minnesota (ZIP 55705), with a combined 320 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 2 of the 7 nearby plants. The closest plant is Laskin Solar at 3.5 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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