Power Plants Near 55733 — Esko, MN

14 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 55733 (Esko, Minnesota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 46.7126, -92.3569 · County: Carlton

Biomass 59%Hydroelectric 31%Oil 9%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.1 mi	Scanlon Scanlon, MN	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Allete, Inc.
3.5 mi	Sappi Cloquet Mill Cloquet, MN	Biomass	95 MW	Sappi Cloquet Llc
4.1 mi	Thomson Carlton, MN	Hydroelectric	73 MW	Allete, Inc.
4.4 mi	Fond Du Lac Duluth, MN	Hydroelectric	12 MW	Allete, Inc.
4.5 mi	Knife Falls Cloquet, MN	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Allete, Inc.
6.6 mi	Mp Csg 1 Llc Wrenshall, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
9.8 mi	M L Hibbard Duluth, MN	Biomass	73 MW	Allete, Inc.
14.2 mi	Superior Generation Energy Center Superior, WI	Natural Gas	—	Allete, Inc.
18.2 mi	Jean Duluth Solar Duluth, MN	Solar	2 MW	Allete, Inc.
26.2 mi	Moose Lake Moose Lake, MN	Oil	10 MW	Moose Lake Water & Light Comm
35.2 mi	Solon Diesel Solon Springs, WI	Oil	8 MW	Dahlberg Light & Power Co
42.7 mi	Gordon Gordon, WI	Oil	7 MW	Dahlberg Light & Power Co
49.0 mi	Danbury Diesel Danbury, WI	Oil	—	Northwestern Wisconsin Elec Co
49.2 mi	Danbury Dam Danbury, WI	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Renewable World Energies Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 14 power plants within 50 miles of Esko, Minnesota (ZIP 55733), with a combined 285 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 14 nearby plants. The closest plant is Scanlon at 3.1 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.

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