Power Plants Near 55781 — Side Lake, MN

8 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 55781 (Side Lake, Minnesota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 47.6671, -93.0424 · County: St. Louis

Coal 81%Natural Gas 16%Wind 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
17.2 mi	Hibbing Hibbing, MN	Natural Gas	36 MW	Hibbing Public Utilities Comm
21.9 mi	Taconite Ridge 1 Wind Energy Center Mountain Iron, MN	Wind	25 MW	Allete, Inc.
33.8 mi	Prairie River Grand Rapids, MN	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Allete, Inc.
37.8 mi	Rapids Energy Center Grand Rapids, MN	Natural Gas	28 MW	Allete, Inc.
38.6 mi	Uss Itasca Clean Energy Solar Llc Grand Rapids, MN	Solar	2 MW	United States Solar Corporation
40.0 mi	Clay Boswell Cohasset, MN	Coal	923 MW	Allete, Inc.
41.5 mi	Laskin Solar Hoyt Lakes, MN	Solar	6 MW	Allete, Inc.
42.1 mi	Syl Laskin Hoyt Lakes, MN	Natural Gas	116 MW	Allete, Inc.

Power generation near this area

There are 8 power plants within 50 miles of Side Lake, Minnesota (ZIP 55781), with a combined 1,137 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 Hibbing at 17.2 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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