Power Plants Near 55711 — Brookston, MN

12 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 55711 (Brookston, Minnesota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 46.8384, -92.6430 · County: St. Louis

Biomass 55%Hydroelectric 29%Natural Gas 12%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
12.0 mi	Knife Falls Cloquet, MN	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Allete, Inc.
12.8 mi	Sappi Cloquet Mill Cloquet, MN	Biomass	95 MW	Sappi Cloquet Llc
13.8 mi	Scanlon Scanlon, MN	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Allete, Inc.
19.3 mi	Mp Csg 1 Llc Wrenshall, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
19.4 mi	Thomson Carlton, MN	Hydroelectric	73 MW	Allete, Inc.
20.3 mi	Fond Du Lac Duluth, MN	Hydroelectric	12 MW	Allete, Inc.
24.3 mi	M L Hibbard Duluth, MN	Biomass	73 MW	Allete, Inc.
27.1 mi	Moose Lake Moose Lake, MN	Oil	10 MW	Moose Lake Water & Light Comm
28.0 mi	Jean Duluth Solar Duluth, MN	Solar	2 MW	Allete, Inc.
29.5 mi	Superior Generation Energy Center Superior, WI	Natural Gas	—	Allete, Inc.
43.1 mi	Hibbing Hibbing, MN	Natural Gas	36 MW	Hibbing Public Utilities Comm
48.6 mi	Uss Itasca Clean Energy Solar Llc Grand Rapids, MN	Solar	2 MW	United States Solar Corporation

Power generation near this area

There are 12 power plants within 50 miles of Brookston, Minnesota (ZIP 55711), with a combined 307 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 Knife Falls at 12.0 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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