Power Plants Near 55720 — Cloquet, MN

11 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 55720 (Cloquet, Minnesota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 46.7546, -92.5408 · County: Carlton

Biomass 60%Hydroelectric 32%Oil 7%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.8 mi	Knife Falls Cloquet, MN	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Allete, Inc.
5.7 mi	Sappi Cloquet Mill Cloquet, MN	Biomass	95 MW	Sappi Cloquet Llc
6.5 mi	Scanlon Scanlon, MN	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Allete, Inc.
11.8 mi	Mp Csg 1 Llc Wrenshall, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
12.0 mi	Thomson Carlton, MN	Hydroelectric	73 MW	Allete, Inc.
13.2 mi	Fond Du Lac Duluth, MN	Hydroelectric	12 MW	Allete, Inc.
18.5 mi	M L Hibbard Duluth, MN	Biomass	73 MW	Allete, Inc.
23.2 mi	Moose Lake Moose Lake, MN	Oil	10 MW	Moose Lake Water & Light Comm
23.2 mi	Superior Generation Energy Center Superior, WI	Natural Gas	—	Allete, Inc.
24.5 mi	Jean Duluth Solar Duluth, MN	Solar	2 MW	Allete, Inc.
43.7 mi	Solon Diesel Solon Springs, WI	Oil	8 MW	Dahlberg Light & Power Co

Power generation near this area

There are 11 power plants within 50 miles of Cloquet, Minnesota (ZIP 55720), with a combined 277 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 4 of the 11 nearby plants. The closest plant is Knife Falls at 4.8 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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