Power Plants Near 55780 — Sawyer, MN

14 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 55780 (Sawyer, Minnesota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 46.6831, -92.6927 · County: Carlton

Biomass 60%Hydroelectric 32%Oil 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.9 mi	Knife Falls Cloquet, MN	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Allete, Inc.
12.8 mi	Sappi Cloquet Mill Cloquet, MN	Biomass	95 MW	Sappi Cloquet Llc
13.0 mi	Scanlon Scanlon, MN	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Allete, Inc.
15.1 mi	Mp Csg 1 Llc Wrenshall, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
16.1 mi	Moose Lake Moose Lake, MN	Oil	10 MW	Moose Lake Water & Light Comm
17.2 mi	Thomson Carlton, MN	Hydroelectric	73 MW	Allete, Inc.
18.9 mi	Fond Du Lac Duluth, MN	Hydroelectric	12 MW	Allete, Inc.
25.9 mi	M L Hibbard Duluth, MN	Biomass	73 MW	Allete, Inc.
30.1 mi	Superior Generation Energy Center Superior, WI	Natural Gas	—	Allete, Inc.
33.1 mi	Jean Duluth Solar Duluth, MN	Solar	2 MW	Allete, Inc.
47.0 mi	Solon Diesel Solon Springs, WI	Oil	8 MW	Dahlberg Light & Power Co
47.9 mi	Grand Casino Hinckley Solar Hinckley, MN	Solar	3 MW	Dg Central 1, Llc
49.4 mi	Danbury Diesel Danbury, WI	Oil	—	Northwestern Wisconsin Elec Co
49.6 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 Sawyer, Minnesota (ZIP 55780), with a combined 281 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 Knife Falls at 11.9 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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