Power Plants Near 55751 — Iron, MN

12 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 55751 (Iron, Minnesota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 47.4115, -92.6195 · County: St. Louis

Coal 75%Natural Gas 15%Biomass 8%Wind 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.4 mi	Taconite Ridge 1 Wind Energy Center Mountain Iron, MN	Wind	25 MW	Allete, Inc.
14.8 mi	Hibbing Hibbing, MN	Natural Gas	36 MW	Hibbing Public Utilities Comm
22.0 mi	Laskin Solar Hoyt Lakes, MN	Solar	6 MW	Allete, Inc.
22.9 mi	Syl Laskin Hoyt Lakes, MN	Natural Gas	116 MW	Allete, Inc.
42.0 mi	Prairie River Grand Rapids, MN	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Allete, Inc.
44.3 mi	Uss Itasca Clean Energy Solar Llc Grand Rapids, MN	Solar	2 MW	United States Solar Corporation
44.7 mi	Rapids Energy Center Grand Rapids, MN	Natural Gas	28 MW	Allete, Inc.
45.7 mi	Jean Duluth Solar Duluth, MN	Solar	2 MW	Allete, Inc.
48.0 mi	Knife Falls Cloquet, MN	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Allete, Inc.
48.3 mi	Sappi Cloquet Mill Cloquet, MN	Biomass	95 MW	Sappi Cloquet Llc
49.4 mi	Scanlon Scanlon, MN	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Allete, Inc.
49.5 mi	Clay Boswell Cohasset, MN	Coal	923 MW	Allete, Inc.

Power generation near this area

There are 12 power plants within 50 miles of Iron, Minnesota (ZIP 55751), with a combined 1,237 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 3 of the 12 nearby plants. The closest plant is Taconite Ridge 1 Wind Energy Center at 11.4 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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