Power Plants Near 56097 — Wells, MN

100 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 56097 (Wells, Minnesota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.7434, -93.7321 · County: Faribault

Wind 59%Natural Gas 32%Solar 4%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
0.4 mi	Wells Ic Wells, MN	Natural Gas	9 MW	City Of Wells - (Mn)
8.8 mi	Cf Novel Solar Csg Gardens Two, Llc Minnesota Lake, MN	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
14.1 mi	Bent Tree Wind Farm Phase 1 Hartland, MN	Wind	201 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
15.5 mi	Schull Csg Mapleton, MN	Solar	1 MW	Schull Csg Llc
15.9 mi	Uss Solar Way Llc Csg Hartland, MN	Solar	1 MW	Standard Solar
16.5 mi	Bolduan Csg New Richland, MN	Solar	1 MW	Terraform Arcadia
17.0 mi	Mapleton Community Solar Mapleton, MN	Solar	3 MW	Mapleton Community Solar
17.2 mi	Novel - Oya Of Mapleton Csg Mapleton, MN	Solar	4 MW	Nrg Mn Community Llc
17.6 mi	Altair Community Solar Garden New Richmond, MN	Solar	1 MW	National Grid Renewables
18.3 mi	Uss All In Solar Llc Csg Hartland, MN	Solar	1 MW	Standard Solar
19.9 mi	Blue Earth Blue Earth, MN	Oil	11 MW	Blue Earth Light & Water
20.0 mi	Fox Garden Waseca, MN	Solar	1 MW	Fox Garden Llc
21.1 mi	Novel David Solar Llc Csg Waseca, MN	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
21.3 mi	Buffalo Garden Waseca, MN	Solar	1 MW	Buffalo Garden Llc
21.3 mi	Severson Garden Waseca, MN	Solar	1 MW	Severson Holdco Llc
21.7 mi	Silver Lake Garden Waseca, MN	Solar	1 MW	Excelsior Energy Capital
21.9 mi	Blue Breezes Llc Blue Earth, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
22.0 mi	Blue Breezes Ii Llc Blue Earth, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
22.5 mi	Goose Lake Mn Dpc-Gm Albert Lea, MN	Solar	2 MW	Engie Generation North America Llc
23.4 mi	Clear Garden Csg Waseca, MN	Solar	1 MW	Clear Garden Llc
24.1 mi	Reg Juhl Glenville Wind, Llc Albert Lea, MN	Wind	3 MW	Reg Juhl Glenville Wind, Llc
24.1 mi	Guse Csg Janesville, MN	Solar	1 MW	Terraform Arcadia
24.1 mi	Novel Kanewischer Solar Csg Waseca, MN	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
24.7 mi	Lake Mills Lake Mills, IA	Oil	18 MW	City Of Lake Mills
24.7 mi	Big Blue Blue Earth, MN	Wind	36 MW	Big Blue Wind Farm Llc (Mn)
24.9 mi	Lily Garden Waseca, MN	Solar	1 MW	Lily Garden Llc
25.4 mi	Novel Winegar Partnership Solar Csg Waseca, MN	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
25.5 mi	Loon Garden Waseca, MN	Solar	1 MW	Loon Garden Llc
25.5 mi	Everson Garden Waseca, MN	Solar	1 MW	Everson Garden Llc
25.8 mi	Novel Haley Solar Csg Waseca, MN	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
25.9 mi	Janesville Janesville, MN	Oil	5 MW	City Of Janesville - (Mn)
25.9 mi	Golden Plains Buffalo Center, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
26.1 mi	Waseca Solar Waseca, MN	Solar	10 MW	Enel Green Power Na, Inc.
26.1 mi	Lake Mills Gas Recovery Lake Mills, IA	Biomass	4 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
27.4 mi	Wasecasun Waseca, MN	Solar	5 MW	National Grid Renewables
27.5 mi	Enter Solar Janesville, MN	Solar	1 MW	Arcadia Solar, Llc
27.9 mi	Winegar Csg Waseca, MN	Solar	1 MW	Terraform Arcadia
28.6 mi	Ledyard Windpower, Llc Lakota, IA	Wind	207 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
29.3 mi	Cf Novel Solar Csg Gardens Five, Llc Waseca, MN	Solar	3 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
29.4 mi	Uss Maverick Solar Llc (Csg) Good Thunder, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
29.5 mi	Old Gold Energy Center, Llc Joice, IA	Wind	80 MW	Old Gold Energy Center, Llc
29.7 mi	Winnebago Wind Power Project Forest City, IA	Wind	20 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
29.9 mi	Eastwood Solar Mankato, MN	Solar	6 MW	Enel Green Power Na, Inc.
30.1 mi	Solarclub 35 Llc Mankato, MN	Solar	1 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
30.3 mi	Crystal Lake 3 Llc Britt, IA	Wind	66 MW	Crystal Lake 3 Llc
30.6 mi	Rapidan Hydro Facility Mankato, MN	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
30.8 mi	Fastsun 14 Csg Eagle Lake, MN	Solar	1 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
30.8 mi	Uss Peach Solar Llc Mankato, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
31.2 mi	Koppelman Sun Csg Eagle Lake, MN	Solar	5 MW	National Grid Renewables
31.5 mi	Freeborn Wind Farm Glenville, MN	Wind	218 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
31.9 mi	Novel Peter Solar Csg Waterville, MN	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
31.9 mi	Marigold Community Solar Garden, Llc Waterville, MN	Solar	1 MW	National Grid Renewables
31.9 mi	Oak Glen Wind Farm Blooming Prairie, MN	Wind	44 MW	Minnesota Municipal Power Agny
32.2 mi	Lemond Solar Owatonna, MN	Solar	5 MW	Adapture Renewables, Inc.
32.2 mi	Uss Water Town Solar Llc Csg Waterville, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
32.3 mi	School Sisters Csg Mankato, MN	Solar	1 MW	School Sisters Csg Llc
32.4 mi	Waterville Csg Solar Holdings Llc Waterville, MN	Solar	5 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
32.4 mi	Lakota Wind Wind Farm Lakota, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
32.4 mi	Novel Jewison Solar Csg Janesville, MN	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
32.6 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc Britt, IA	Wind	200 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc
32.7 mi	Corvus Community Solar Mankato, MN	Solar	5 MW	Corvus Community Solar
32.7 mi	Forest City Solar Forest City, IA	Solar	3 MW	Butter Solar, Llc
33.2 mi	Owatonna Energy Station Owatonna, MN	Natural Gas	39 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
33.3 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Mankato Mankato, MN	Coal	6 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
33.5 mi	Forest City Light Plant Forest City, IA	Oil	22 MW	City Of Forest City- (Ia)
33.6 mi	Top Of Iowa Windfarm Iii Kensett, IA	Wind	30 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
33.6 mi	Uss Water City Solar Llc Csg Waterville, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
33.7 mi	Lesun Csg, Llc Waterville, MN	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
34.1 mi	Wilmarth Mankato, MN	Biomass	25 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
34.2 mi	Primrose Solar, Llc Mankato, MN	Solar	1 MW	National Grid Renewables
34.2 mi	Mankato Energy Center Mankato, MN	Natural Gas	741 MW	Mec Holdings, Llc
34.2 mi	Northern Iowa Windpower Ii Kensett, IA	Wind	80 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
34.2 mi	Key City Mankato, MN	Natural Gas	—	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
34.3 mi	Owatonna Owatonna, MN	Natural Gas	19 MW	City Of Owatonna - (Mn)
34.5 mi	Mn Csg 2019-16 Llc Mankato, MN	Solar	1 MW	Mn Csg 2019-16 Llc
34.7 mi	Rjc I Csg Owatonna, MN	Solar	1 MW	Rjc I Csg Llc
34.8 mi	Rjc Csg, Llc Owatonna,, MN	Solar	1 MW	Madison Energy Holdings Llc
34.8 mi	Pivot Energy Minnesota Solar 1 Clinton Falls, MN	Solar	1 MW	Pivot Energy
34.9 mi	Lake Crystal Lake Crystal, MN	Oil	6 MW	City Of Lake Crystal - (Mn)
35.0 mi	Uss Bush Solar Llc Csg Owatonna, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
35.0 mi	Blooming Prairie Blooming Prairie, MN	Oil	9 MW	City Of Blooming Prairie - (Mn)
35.1 mi	Lyra Community Solar Waterville, MN	Solar	3 MW	Lyra Community Solar
35.3 mi	Sune Stolee Csg, Llc Kenyon, MN	Solar	3 MW	Ecoplexus, Inc
35.5 mi	Poet Biorefining-Hanlontown, Llc Hanlontown, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Biorefining-Hanlontown, Llc
35.6 mi	Uss Jayhawk Solar Llc (Csg) Mankato, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
35.6 mi	Windwalkers Llc Kensett, IA	Wind	2 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
35.6 mi	Truman Truman, MN	Oil	6 MW	City Of Truman
35.7 mi	Rice Two Solar Csg Morrison, MN	Solar	1 MW	Rice Community Solar Two Llc
35.7 mi	Fastsun12 Csg Morristown, MN	Solar	1 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
36.1 mi	Rjc Ii Community Solar Garden Owatonna, MN	Solar	1 MW	Rjc Ii Csg Llc
36.1 mi	Cf Novel Solar Csg Gardens Eleven, Llc Mankato, MN	Solar	3 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
36.3 mi	Poet Biorefining Lake Crystal Lake Crystal, MN	Natural Gas	7 MW	Poet Biorefining Lake Crystal
36.8 mi	Heyer Csg Morristown, MN	Solar	1 MW	Heyer Csg Llc
37.0 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc Britt, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc
37.1 mi	Fairmont (Mn) Fairmont, MN	Natural Gas	39 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
37.2 mi	Warsaw Solar Csg Morristown, MN	Solar	2 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
37.6 mi	Fairmont Wind Fairmont, MN	Wind	5 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
38.2 mi	Roeder Family Wind Farm Llc Manly, IA	Wind	2 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
38.2 mi	Msc-Rice01 Llc Csg Morristown, MN	Solar	1 MW	Msc-Rice01 Llc
38.9 mi	Acturus Community Solar Kasota, MN	Solar	1 MW	National Grid Renewables

Power generation near this area

There are 100 power plants within 50 miles of Wells, Minnesota (ZIP 56097), with a combined 2,647 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 61 of the 100 nearby plants. The closest plant is Wells Ic at 0.4 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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