Power Plants Near 55724 — Cotton, MN

13 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 55724 (Cotton, Minnesota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 47.1521, -92.4352 · County: St. Louis

Biomass 38%Natural Gas 34%Hydroelectric 20%Wind 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
26.4 mi	Jean Duluth Solar Duluth, MN	Solar	2 MW	Allete, Inc.
28.3 mi	Laskin Solar Hoyt Lakes, MN	Solar	6 MW	Allete, Inc.
29.1 mi	Syl Laskin Hoyt Lakes, MN	Natural Gas	116 MW	Allete, Inc.
29.4 mi	Knife Falls Cloquet, MN	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Allete, Inc.
29.6 mi	Sappi Cloquet Mill Cloquet, MN	Biomass	95 MW	Sappi Cloquet Llc
30.1 mi	Taconite Ridge 1 Wind Energy Center Mountain Iron, MN	Wind	25 MW	Allete, Inc.
30.3 mi	Hibbing Hibbing, MN	Natural Gas	36 MW	Hibbing Public Utilities Comm
30.6 mi	Scanlon Scanlon, MN	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Allete, Inc.
31.7 mi	M L Hibbard Duluth, MN	Biomass	73 MW	Allete, Inc.
34.2 mi	Fond Du Lac Duluth, MN	Hydroelectric	12 MW	Allete, Inc.
34.7 mi	Thomson Carlton, MN	Hydroelectric	73 MW	Allete, Inc.
36.4 mi	Superior Generation Energy Center Superior, WI	Natural Gas	—	Allete, Inc.
36.8 mi	Mp Csg 1 Llc Wrenshall, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation

Power generation near this area

There are 13 power plants within 50 miles of Cotton, Minnesota (ZIP 55724), with a combined 441 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 4 of the 13 nearby plants. The closest plant is Jean Duluth Solar at 26.4 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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