Power Plants Near 55718 — Carlton, MN

16 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 55718 (Carlton, Minnesota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 46.6484, -92.4710 · County: Carlton

Biomass 58%Hydroelectric 31%Oil 9%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.4 mi	Mp Csg 1 Llc Wrenshall, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
4.8 mi	Scanlon Scanlon, MN	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Allete, Inc.
5.5 mi	Knife Falls Cloquet, MN	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Allete, Inc.
5.6 mi	Sappi Cloquet Mill Cloquet, MN	Biomass	95 MW	Sappi Cloquet Llc
6.5 mi	Thomson Carlton, MN	Hydroelectric	73 MW	Allete, Inc.
8.5 mi	Fond Du Lac Duluth, MN	Hydroelectric	12 MW	Allete, Inc.
16.3 mi	M L Hibbard Duluth, MN	Biomass	73 MW	Allete, Inc.
19.2 mi	Moose Lake Moose Lake, MN	Oil	10 MW	Moose Lake Water & Light Comm
19.8 mi	Superior Generation Energy Center Superior, WI	Natural Gas	—	Allete, Inc.
25.2 mi	Jean Duluth Solar Duluth, MN	Solar	2 MW	Allete, Inc.
36.7 mi	Solon Diesel Solon Springs, WI	Oil	8 MW	Dahlberg Light & Power Co
43.3 mi	Gordon Gordon, WI	Oil	7 MW	Dahlberg Light & Power Co
44.9 mi	Danbury Diesel Danbury, WI	Oil	—	Northwestern Wisconsin Elec Co
45.0 mi	Danbury Dam Danbury, WI	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Renewable World Energies Llc
48.6 mi	Clam River Dam Danbury, WI	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Renewable World Energies Llc
49.0 mi	Grand Casino Hinckley Solar Hinckley, MN	Solar	3 MW	Dg Central 1, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 16 power plants within 50 miles of Carlton, Minnesota (ZIP 55718), with a combined 289 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 16 nearby plants. The closest plant is Mp Csg 1 Llc at 4.4 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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