Power Plants Near 55784 — Swan River, MN

11 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 55784 (Swan River, Minnesota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 47.0739, -93.1964 · County: Itasca

Coal 82%Biomass 8%Natural Gas 6%Wind 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
17.8 mi	Uss Itasca Clean Energy Solar Llc Grand Rapids, MN	Solar	2 MW	United States Solar Corporation
19.5 mi	Rapids Energy Center Grand Rapids, MN	Natural Gas	28 MW	Allete, Inc.
20.4 mi	Prairie River Grand Rapids, MN	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Allete, Inc.
25.0 mi	Clay Boswell Cohasset, MN	Coal	923 MW	Allete, Inc.
27.5 mi	Hibbing Hibbing, MN	Natural Gas	36 MW	Hibbing Public Utilities Comm
42.7 mi	Knife Falls Cloquet, MN	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Allete, Inc.
43.5 mi	Sappi Cloquet Mill Cloquet, MN	Biomass	95 MW	Sappi Cloquet Llc
44.4 mi	Scanlon Scanlon, MN	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Allete, Inc.
44.7 mi	Taconite Ridge 1 Wind Energy Center Mountain Iron, MN	Wind	25 MW	Allete, Inc.
47.5 mi	Moose Lake Moose Lake, MN	Oil	10 MW	Moose Lake Water & Light Comm
49.4 mi	Mp Csg 1 Llc Wrenshall, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation

Power generation near this area

There are 11 power plants within 50 miles of Swan River, Minnesota (ZIP 55784), with a combined 1,125 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 3 of the 11 nearby plants. The closest plant is Uss Itasca Clean Energy Solar Llc at 17.8 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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