Power Plants Near 56111 — Alpha, MN

72 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 56111 (Alpha, Minnesota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.5946, -94.9051 · County: Jackson

Wind 78%Natural Gas 18%Oil 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.4 mi	Elm Creek Wind Ii Llc Trimont, MN	Wind	149 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
11.0 mi	Iowa Lakes Superior Wind Farm Superior, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
11.3 mi	Elm Creek Wind Llc Trimont, MN	Wind	99 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
11.3 mi	Fox Lake Sherburn, MN	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
13.6 mi	Estherville Estherville, IA	Natural Gas	16 MW	City Of Estherville - (Ia)
13.8 mi	Lakefield Wind Project Llc Lakefield, MN	Wind	206 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
13.8 mi	Oreg 3 Inc Trimont, MN	Other Fossil	5 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
14.0 mi	Trimont Area Wind Farm Trimont, MN	Wind	101 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
14.4 mi	Lakefield Utilities Lakefield, MN	Oil	3 MW	City Of Lakefield - (Mn)
14.4 mi	Lakefield Junction Trimont, MN	Natural Gas	538 MW	Great River Energy
15.1 mi	Iowa Lakes Community College Wind Farm Estherville, IA	Wind	2 MW	Iowa Lakes Community College
16.9 mi	Welcome Wind Turbine Welcome, MN	Wind	2 MW	Federated Rural Electric Assn
17.9 mi	Odell Wind Farm Mountain Lake, MN	Wind	200 MW	Algonquin Power Co
20.8 mi	Odin Wind Farm Llc Mountainlake, MN	Wind	20 MW	Aspenall Energies (Delaware), Llc
21.6 mi	Windom Windom, MN	Oil	5 MW	City Of Windom
22.2 mi	Milford Milford, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Milford - (Ia)
22.5 mi	Fairmont (Mn) Fairmont, MN	Natural Gas	39 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
23.0 mi	Fairmont Wind Fairmont, MN	Wind	5 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
23.5 mi	Cisco Brewster, MN	Wind	8 MW	Allete Clean Energy
23.5 mi	Lake Park Lake Park, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Lake Park - (Ia)
23.5 mi	Dl Windy Acres Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
23.5 mi	South Fork Wind Farm Round Lake, MN	Wind	14 MW	South Fork Wind, Llc
23.9 mi	B&k Energy Systems Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
24.0 mi	Mountain Lake Mountain Lake, MN	Wind	9 MW	City Of Mountain Lake - (Mn)
24.2 mi	S&p Windfarm Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
24.3 mi	Flying Cloud Power Partners Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	44 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
25.7 mi	Ewington Energy Systems, Llc Worthington, MN	Wind	23 MW	Ewington Energy Systems, Llc
25.7 mi	Graettinger Graettinger, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Graettinger - (Ia)
27.1 mi	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	100 MW	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc
27.5 mi	Windom Wind Project Bingham Lake, MN	Wind	16 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
28.0 mi	Osceola Windpower Llc Harris, IA	Wind	98 MW	Osceola Windpower Llc
28.0 mi	Osceola Windpower Ii Harris, IA	Wind	50 MW	Osceola Windpower Ii
28.4 mi	Truman Truman, MN	Oil	6 MW	City Of Truman
30.8 mi	St James St James, MN	Oil	12 MW	City Of St James - (Mn)
32.2 mi	Palo Alto Wind Farm Emmetsburg, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
33.3 mi	Spencer Gas Turbine Spencer, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Spencer - (Ia)
34.8 mi	Earl F Wisdom Spencer, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
34.8 mi	Upland Prairie Spencer, IA	Wind	299 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
35.3 mi	Worthington Worthington, MN	Wind	20 MW	City Of Worthington - (Mn)
35.7 mi	Big Blue Blue Earth, MN	Wind	36 MW	Big Blue Wind Farm Llc (Mn)
36.4 mi	Jeffers Wind 20 Llc Jeffers, MN	Wind	50 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
37.2 mi	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg Emmetsburg, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg
37.7 mi	Blue Breezes Ii Llc Blue Earth, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
37.8 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
37.8 mi	Blue Breezes Llc Blue Earth, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
38.9 mi	Allendorf Allendorf, IA	Wind	6 MW	E&e Enterprises Llc
39.8 mi	Madelia City Of Madelia, MN	Oil	12 MW	City Of Madelia - (Mn)
40.3 mi	Blue Earth Blue Earth, MN	Oil	11 MW	Blue Earth Light & Water
40.3 mi	Bancroft Bancroft, IA	Oil	4 MW	Bancroft Municipal Utilities
40.7 mi	Lakota Wind Wind Farm Lakota, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
40.8 mi	Westbrook Westbrook, MN	Oil	2 MW	City Of Westbrook
41.1 mi	Nobles Wind Project Reading, MN	Wind	201 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
41.6 mi	Ledyard Windpower, Llc Lakota, IA	Wind	207 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
43.2 mi	Sibley One Sibley, IA	Oil	5 MW	City Of Sibley - (Ia)
43.6 mi	Wolf Wind Enterprises Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
43.6 mi	G Flow Wind Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
43.7 mi	Minnesota Breeze Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
43.8 mi	Sunset Breeze Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
43.8 mi	Green Acres Breeze Llc Rushmore, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
44.5 mi	Sibley No Two Sibley, IA	Oil	1 MW	City Of Sibley - (Ia)
44.7 mi	Springfield (Mn) Springfield, MN	Oil	9 MW	Springfield Public Utils Comm - (Mn)
44.9 mi	Plum Creek Revere, MN	Wind	—	Plum Creek Wind Farm Llc
45.2 mi	O'brien Wind Primghar, IA	Wind	250 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.6 mi	Community Wind South Rushmore, MN	Wind	30 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
45.9 mi	Golden Plains Buffalo Center, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
46.6 mi	Poet Biorefining Lake Crystal Lake Crystal, MN	Natural Gas	7 MW	Poet Biorefining Lake Crystal
48.7 mi	Noble Ridge Llc Wilmont, MN	Wind	2 MW	Renew Energy Inc
49.2 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
49.2 mi	Lake Crystal Lake Crystal, MN	Oil	6 MW	City Of Lake Crystal - (Mn)
49.2 mi	Nobles 2 Wind Project Wilmont, MN	Wind	250 MW	Nobles 2 Power Partners, Llc
49.4 mi	Sleepy Eye Sleepy Eye, MN	Oil	11 MW	Sleepy Eye Public Utility Comm
49.5 mi	West Bend West Bent, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of West Bend

Power generation near this area

There are 72 power plants within 50 miles of Alpha, Minnesota (ZIP 56111), with a combined 3,968 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 45 of the 72 nearby plants. The closest plant is Elm Creek Wind Ii Llc at 6.4 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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