Power Plants Near 56013 — Blue Earth, MN

100 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 56013 (Blue Earth, Minnesota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.6394, -94.0924 · County: Faribault

Wind 60%Natural Gas 34%Oil 3%Solar 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
0.5 mi	Blue Earth Blue Earth, MN	Oil	11 MW	Blue Earth Light & Water
3.3 mi	Blue Breezes Llc Blue Earth, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
3.4 mi	Blue Breezes Ii Llc Blue Earth, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
5.3 mi	Big Blue Blue Earth, MN	Wind	36 MW	Big Blue Wind Farm Llc (Mn)
14.5 mi	Ledyard Windpower, Llc Lakota, IA	Wind	207 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
14.9 mi	Golden Plains Buffalo Center, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
17.9 mi	Lakota Wind Wind Farm Lakota, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
18.3 mi	Fairmont Wind Fairmont, MN	Wind	5 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
18.7 mi	Fairmont (Mn) Fairmont, MN	Natural Gas	39 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
19.1 mi	Cf Novel Solar Csg Gardens Two, Llc Minnesota Lake, MN	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
19.8 mi	Wells Ic Wells, MN	Natural Gas	9 MW	City Of Wells - (Mn)
20.8 mi	Schull Csg Mapleton, MN	Solar	1 MW	Schull Csg Llc
21.1 mi	Mapleton Community Solar Mapleton, MN	Solar	3 MW	Mapleton Community Solar
21.1 mi	Novel - Oya Of Mapleton Csg Mapleton, MN	Solar	4 MW	Nrg Mn Community Llc
21.6 mi	Truman Truman, MN	Oil	6 MW	City Of Truman
24.5 mi	Crystal Lake 3 Llc Britt, IA	Wind	66 MW	Crystal Lake 3 Llc
24.8 mi	Bancroft Bancroft, IA	Oil	4 MW	Bancroft Municipal Utilities
25.0 mi	Welcome Wind Turbine Welcome, MN	Wind	2 MW	Federated Rural Electric Assn
27.6 mi	Winnebago Wind Power Project Forest City, IA	Wind	20 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
29.2 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc Britt, IA	Wind	200 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc
30.8 mi	Fox Lake Sherburn, MN	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
31.3 mi	Rapidan Hydro Facility Mankato, MN	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
31.9 mi	Uss Maverick Solar Llc (Csg) Good Thunder, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
31.9 mi	Solarclub 35 Llc Mankato, MN	Solar	1 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
31.9 mi	Lake Mills Gas Recovery Lake Mills, IA	Biomass	4 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
32.0 mi	Lake Mills Lake Mills, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Lake Mills
32.3 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc Britt, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc
32.5 mi	Plum Creek Wind Algona, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
32.6 mi	Bent Tree Wind Farm Phase 1 Hartland, MN	Wind	201 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
32.7 mi	Poet Biorefining Lake Crystal Lake Crystal, MN	Natural Gas	7 MW	Poet Biorefining Lake Crystal
32.7 mi	Madelia City Of Madelia, MN	Oil	12 MW	City Of Madelia - (Mn)
32.9 mi	Lake Crystal Lake Crystal, MN	Oil	6 MW	City Of Lake Crystal - (Mn)
34.0 mi	Oreg 3 Inc Trimont, MN	Other Fossil	5 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
34.2 mi	Forest City Solar Forest City, IA	Solar	3 MW	Butter Solar, Llc
34.7 mi	Forest City Light Plant Forest City, IA	Oil	22 MW	City Of Forest City- (Ia)
35.3 mi	Bolduan Csg New Richland, MN	Solar	1 MW	Terraform Arcadia
35.3 mi	Uss Solar Way Llc Csg Hartland, MN	Solar	1 MW	Standard Solar
35.5 mi	St James St James, MN	Oil	12 MW	City Of St James - (Mn)
36.1 mi	Altair Community Solar Garden New Richmond, MN	Solar	1 MW	National Grid Renewables
36.7 mi	Eastwood Solar Mankato, MN	Solar	6 MW	Enel Green Power Na, Inc.
36.7 mi	Guse Csg Janesville, MN	Solar	1 MW	Terraform Arcadia
37.6 mi	Palo Alto Wind Farm Emmetsburg, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.6 mi	Uss All In Solar Llc Csg Hartland, MN	Solar	1 MW	Standard Solar
37.8 mi	School Sisters Csg Mankato, MN	Solar	1 MW	School Sisters Csg Llc
37.9 mi	Uss Peach Solar Llc Mankato, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
37.9 mi	Fox Garden Waseca, MN	Solar	1 MW	Fox Garden Llc
38.2 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Mankato Mankato, MN	Coal	6 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
38.2 mi	Janesville Janesville, MN	Oil	5 MW	City Of Janesville - (Mn)
38.2 mi	Old Gold Energy Center, Llc Joice, IA	Wind	80 MW	Old Gold Energy Center, Llc
38.6 mi	Novel David Solar Llc Csg Waseca, MN	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
38.8 mi	Wilmarth Mankato, MN	Biomass	25 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
38.8 mi	Buffalo Garden Waseca, MN	Solar	1 MW	Buffalo Garden Llc
38.8 mi	Key City Mankato, MN	Natural Gas	—	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
38.8 mi	Severson Garden Waseca, MN	Solar	1 MW	Severson Holdco Llc
38.8 mi	Corvus Community Solar Mankato, MN	Solar	5 MW	Corvus Community Solar
38.9 mi	Mankato Energy Center Mankato, MN	Natural Gas	741 MW	Mec Holdings, Llc
39.0 mi	Fastsun 14 Csg Eagle Lake, MN	Solar	1 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
39.0 mi	Lakefield Junction Trimont, MN	Natural Gas	538 MW	Great River Energy
39.0 mi	Koppelman Sun Csg Eagle Lake, MN	Solar	5 MW	National Grid Renewables
39.2 mi	Silver Lake Garden Waseca, MN	Solar	1 MW	Excelsior Energy Capital
39.3 mi	Trimont Area Wind Farm Trimont, MN	Wind	101 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
39.5 mi	Elm Creek Wind Ii Llc Trimont, MN	Wind	149 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
39.5 mi	Primrose Solar, Llc Mankato, MN	Solar	1 MW	National Grid Renewables
39.6 mi	Reg Juhl Glenville Wind, Llc Albert Lea, MN	Wind	3 MW	Reg Juhl Glenville Wind, Llc
39.6 mi	Enter Solar Janesville, MN	Solar	1 MW	Arcadia Solar, Llc
39.8 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
40.0 mi	Goose Lake Mn Dpc-Gm Albert Lea, MN	Solar	2 MW	Engie Generation North America Llc
40.3 mi	Iowa Lakes Community College Wind Farm Estherville, IA	Wind	2 MW	Iowa Lakes Community College
40.3 mi	Mn Csg 2019-16 Llc Mankato, MN	Solar	1 MW	Mn Csg 2019-16 Llc
40.4 mi	Clear Garden Csg Waseca, MN	Solar	1 MW	Clear Garden Llc
40.7 mi	Lily Garden Waseca, MN	Solar	1 MW	Lily Garden Llc
40.9 mi	Novel Kanewischer Solar Csg Waseca, MN	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
41.0 mi	Novel Winegar Partnership Solar Csg Waseca, MN	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
41.0 mi	Loon Garden Waseca, MN	Solar	1 MW	Loon Garden Llc
41.0 mi	Estherville Estherville, IA	Natural Gas	16 MW	City Of Estherville - (Ia)
41.1 mi	Everson Garden Waseca, MN	Solar	1 MW	Everson Garden Llc
41.5 mi	Uss Jayhawk Solar Llc (Csg) Mankato, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
41.6 mi	Novel Haley Solar Csg Waseca, MN	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
41.8 mi	Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project Algona, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
42.0 mi	Waseca Solar Waseca, MN	Solar	10 MW	Enel Green Power Na, Inc.
42.0 mi	Cf Novel Solar Csg Gardens Eleven, Llc Mankato, MN	Solar	3 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
42.5 mi	Poet Biorefining-Hanlontown, Llc Hanlontown, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Biorefining-Hanlontown, Llc
42.8 mi	Iris Solar, Llc (Mn) Nicollet, MN	Solar	1 MW	National Grid Renewables
43.0 mi	Graettinger Graettinger, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Graettinger - (Ia)
43.2 mi	Top Of Iowa Windfarm Iii Kensett, IA	Wind	30 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
43.4 mi	Nicollet Garden Courtland, MN	Solar	1 MW	Excelsior Energy Capital
43.6 mi	Elm Creek Wind Llc Trimont, MN	Wind	99 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
43.7 mi	Courtland Csg Llc Courtland, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
43.8 mi	Winegar Csg Waseca, MN	Solar	1 MW	Terraform Arcadia
43.9 mi	Uss Flower Solar Llc Csg Nicollet, MN	Solar	1 MW	Standard Solar
43.9 mi	Rengstorf Solar Csg Coutland, MN	Solar	5 MW	National Grid Renewables
44.0 mi	Nicollet Community Solar One Llc Courtland, MN	Solar	1 MW	Madison Energy Holdings Llc
44.0 mi	Fastsun 8 Csg Courtland, MN	Solar	1 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
44.2 mi	Northern Iowa Windpower Ii Kensett, IA	Wind	80 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
44.4 mi	Odell Wind Farm Mountain Lake, MN	Wind	200 MW	Algonquin Power Co
44.6 mi	Kossuth Lu Verne, IA	Wind	152 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
44.7 mi	Odin Wind Farm Llc Mountainlake, MN	Wind	20 MW	Aspenall Energies (Delaware), Llc
44.9 mi	Novel Jewison Solar Csg Janesville, MN	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
45.0 mi	Acturus Community Solar Kasota, MN	Solar	1 MW	National Grid Renewables
45.1 mi	Kossuth County Wind Lu Verne, IA	Wind	70 MW	Kossuth County Wind, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 100 power plants within 50 miles of Blue Earth, Minnesota (ZIP 56013), with a combined 4,025 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 47 of the 100 nearby plants. The closest plant is Blue Earth at 0.5 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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