Power Plants Near 55768 — Mountain Iron, MN

8 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 55768 (Mountain Iron, Minnesota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 47.5133, -92.6243 · County: St. Louis

Natural Gas 83%Wind 11%Solar 3%Hydroelectric 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.5 mi	Taconite Ridge 1 Wind Energy Center Mountain Iron, MN	Wind	25 MW	Allete, Inc.
15.6 mi	Hibbing Hibbing, MN	Natural Gas	36 MW	Hibbing Public Utilities Comm
20.8 mi	Laskin Solar Hoyt Lakes, MN	Solar	6 MW	Allete, Inc.
21.6 mi	Syl Laskin Hoyt Lakes, MN	Natural Gas	116 MW	Allete, Inc.
43.8 mi	Prairie River Grand Rapids, MN	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Allete, Inc.
46.8 mi	Uss Itasca Clean Energy Solar Llc Grand Rapids, MN	Solar	2 MW	United States Solar Corporation
46.8 mi	Rapids Energy Center Grand Rapids, MN	Natural Gas	28 MW	Allete, Inc.
49.5 mi	Winton Winton, MN	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Allete, Inc.

Power generation near this area

There are 8 power plants within 50 miles of Mountain Iron, Minnesota (ZIP 55768), with a combined 218 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 3 of the 8 nearby plants. The closest plant is Taconite Ridge 1 Wind Energy Center at 4.5 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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