Power Plants Near 56031 — Fairmont, MN

96 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 56031 (Fairmont, Minnesota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.6376, -94.4510 · County: Martin

Wind 60%Natural Gas 32%Oil 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.6 mi	Fairmont (Mn) Fairmont, MN	Natural Gas	39 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
4.3 mi	Fairmont Wind Fairmont, MN	Wind	5 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
7.6 mi	Welcome Wind Turbine Welcome, MN	Wind	2 MW	Federated Rural Electric Assn
13.1 mi	Fox Lake Sherburn, MN	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
13.1 mi	Big Blue Blue Earth, MN	Wind	36 MW	Big Blue Wind Farm Llc (Mn)
13.2 mi	Truman Truman, MN	Oil	6 MW	City Of Truman
14.8 mi	Blue Breezes Ii Llc Blue Earth, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
14.9 mi	Blue Breezes Llc Blue Earth, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
17.2 mi	Oreg 3 Inc Trimont, MN	Other Fossil	5 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
17.5 mi	Blue Earth Blue Earth, MN	Oil	11 MW	Blue Earth Light & Water
21.7 mi	Elm Creek Wind Ii Llc Trimont, MN	Wind	149 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
22.4 mi	Ledyard Windpower, Llc Lakota, IA	Wind	207 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
22.4 mi	Lakefield Junction Trimont, MN	Natural Gas	538 MW	Great River Energy
22.7 mi	Trimont Area Wind Farm Trimont, MN	Wind	101 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
23.2 mi	Lakota Wind Wind Farm Lakota, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
25.3 mi	Iowa Lakes Community College Wind Farm Estherville, IA	Wind	2 MW	Iowa Lakes Community College
25.5 mi	Estherville Estherville, IA	Natural Gas	16 MW	City Of Estherville - (Ia)
25.6 mi	St James St James, MN	Oil	12 MW	City Of St James - (Mn)
26.0 mi	Golden Plains Buffalo Center, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
26.2 mi	Elm Creek Wind Llc Trimont, MN	Wind	99 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
26.6 mi	Bancroft Bancroft, IA	Oil	4 MW	Bancroft Municipal Utilities
28.3 mi	Odell Wind Farm Mountain Lake, MN	Wind	200 MW	Algonquin Power Co
28.5 mi	Madelia City Of Madelia, MN	Oil	12 MW	City Of Madelia - (Mn)
29.2 mi	Odin Wind Farm Llc Mountainlake, MN	Wind	20 MW	Aspenall Energies (Delaware), Llc
29.7 mi	Iowa Lakes Superior Wind Farm Superior, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
30.2 mi	Palo Alto Wind Farm Emmetsburg, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
31.3 mi	Graettinger Graettinger, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Graettinger - (Ia)
31.7 mi	Novel - Oya Of Mapleton Csg Mapleton, MN	Solar	4 MW	Nrg Mn Community Llc
31.9 mi	Mapleton Community Solar Mapleton, MN	Solar	3 MW	Mapleton Community Solar
32.3 mi	Mountain Lake Mountain Lake, MN	Wind	9 MW	City Of Mountain Lake - (Mn)
32.3 mi	Schull Csg Mapleton, MN	Solar	1 MW	Schull Csg Llc
32.7 mi	Poet Biorefining Lake Crystal Lake Crystal, MN	Natural Gas	7 MW	Poet Biorefining Lake Crystal
33.9 mi	Cf Novel Solar Csg Gardens Two, Llc Minnesota Lake, MN	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
34.4 mi	Lake Crystal Lake Crystal, MN	Oil	6 MW	City Of Lake Crystal - (Mn)
35.4 mi	Lakefield Wind Project Llc Lakefield, MN	Wind	206 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
35.8 mi	Rapidan Hydro Facility Mankato, MN	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
36.0 mi	Crystal Lake 3 Llc Britt, IA	Wind	66 MW	Crystal Lake 3 Llc
36.1 mi	Lakefield Utilities Lakefield, MN	Oil	3 MW	City Of Lakefield - (Mn)
36.7 mi	Windom Windom, MN	Oil	5 MW	City Of Windom
37.0 mi	Solarclub 35 Llc Mankato, MN	Solar	1 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
37.1 mi	Wells Ic Wells, MN	Natural Gas	9 MW	City Of Wells - (Mn)
37.6 mi	Uss Maverick Solar Llc (Csg) Good Thunder, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
37.8 mi	Plum Creek Wind Algona, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
38.9 mi	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg Emmetsburg, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg
40.4 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
40.5 mi	Windom Wind Project Bingham Lake, MN	Wind	16 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
40.8 mi	Winnebago Wind Power Project Forest City, IA	Wind	20 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
41.1 mi	Milford Milford, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Milford - (Ia)
41.2 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc Britt, IA	Wind	200 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc
42.8 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc Britt, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc
43.4 mi	Courtland Csg Llc Courtland, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
43.5 mi	Nicollet Garden Courtland, MN	Solar	1 MW	Excelsior Energy Capital
43.7 mi	Rengstorf Solar Csg Coutland, MN	Solar	5 MW	National Grid Renewables
43.8 mi	Nicollet Community Solar One Llc Courtland, MN	Solar	1 MW	Madison Energy Holdings Llc
43.8 mi	Fastsun 8 Csg Courtland, MN	Solar	1 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
44.2 mi	Iris Solar, Llc (Mn) Nicollet, MN	Solar	1 MW	National Grid Renewables
44.3 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Mankato Mankato, MN	Coal	6 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
44.4 mi	School Sisters Csg Mankato, MN	Solar	1 MW	School Sisters Csg Llc
44.5 mi	Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project Algona, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
44.5 mi	Key City Mankato, MN	Natural Gas	—	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
44.5 mi	Eastwood Solar Mankato, MN	Solar	6 MW	Enel Green Power Na, Inc.
44.7 mi	Wilmarth Mankato, MN	Biomass	25 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
44.7 mi	Mankato Energy Center Mankato, MN	Natural Gas	741 MW	Mec Holdings, Llc
45.3 mi	Uss Flower Solar Llc Csg Nicollet, MN	Solar	1 MW	Standard Solar
45.6 mi	Lake Park Lake Park, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Lake Park - (Ia)
45.7 mi	Uss Peach Solar Llc Mankato, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
45.7 mi	Primrose Solar, Llc Mankato, MN	Solar	1 MW	National Grid Renewables
45.8 mi	Corvus Community Solar Mankato, MN	Solar	5 MW	Corvus Community Solar
45.8 mi	Flying Cloud Power Partners Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	44 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
45.9 mi	Dl Windy Acres Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
46.1 mi	Cisco Brewster, MN	Wind	8 MW	Allete Clean Energy
46.2 mi	B&k Energy Systems Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
46.4 mi	South Fork Wind Farm Round Lake, MN	Wind	14 MW	South Fork Wind, Llc
46.6 mi	S&p Windfarm Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
46.7 mi	West Bend West Bent, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of West Bend
46.8 mi	Mn Csg 2019-16 Llc Mankato, MN	Solar	1 MW	Mn Csg 2019-16 Llc
46.9 mi	New Ulm New Ulm, MN	Oil	79 MW	New Ulm Public Utilities Comm
47.2 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
47.3 mi	Kossuth Lu Verne, IA	Wind	152 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
47.3 mi	Koppelman Sun Csg Eagle Lake, MN	Solar	5 MW	National Grid Renewables
47.4 mi	Fastsun 14 Csg Eagle Lake, MN	Solar	1 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
47.6 mi	Sleepy Eye Sleepy Eye, MN	Oil	11 MW	Sleepy Eye Public Utility Comm
47.7 mi	Kossuth County Wind Lu Verne, IA	Wind	70 MW	Kossuth County Wind, Llc
47.8 mi	Uss Jayhawk Solar Llc (Csg) Mankato, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
48.0 mi	Lake Mills Gas Recovery Lake Mills, IA	Biomass	4 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
48.2 mi	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	100 MW	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc
48.2 mi	Forest City Solar Forest City, IA	Solar	3 MW	Butter Solar, Llc
48.3 mi	Cf Novel Solar Csg Gardens Eleven, Llc Mankato, MN	Solar	3 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
48.3 mi	Ewington Energy Systems, Llc Worthington, MN	Wind	23 MW	Ewington Energy Systems, Llc
48.4 mi	Forest City Light Plant Forest City, IA	Oil	22 MW	City Of Forest City- (Ia)
48.5 mi	Lake Mills Lake Mills, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Lake Mills
48.5 mi	Guse Csg Janesville, MN	Solar	1 MW	Terraform Arcadia
48.7 mi	Spencer Gas Turbine Spencer, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Spencer - (Ia)
49.1 mi	Springfield (Mn) Springfield, MN	Oil	9 MW	Springfield Public Utils Comm - (Mn)
49.4 mi	Jeffers Wind 20 Llc Jeffers, MN	Wind	50 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
49.7 mi	Janesville Janesville, MN	Oil	5 MW	City Of Janesville - (Mn)

Power generation near this area

There are 96 power plants within 50 miles of Fairmont, Minnesota (ZIP 56031), with a combined 4,254 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 37 of the 96 nearby plants. The closest plant is Fairmont (Mn) at 1.6 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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