Power Plants Near 56120 — Butterfield, MN

100 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 56120 (Butterfield, Minnesota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.9654, -94.7956 · County: Watonwan

Natural Gas 48%Wind 42%Oil 6%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.6 mi	Mountain Lake Mountain Lake, MN	Wind	9 MW	City Of Mountain Lake - (Mn)
7.6 mi	Odin Wind Farm Llc Mountainlake, MN	Wind	20 MW	Aspenall Energies (Delaware), Llc
9.1 mi	St James St James, MN	Oil	12 MW	City Of St James - (Mn)
10.3 mi	Odell Wind Farm Mountain Lake, MN	Wind	200 MW	Algonquin Power Co
11.8 mi	Lakefield Junction Trimont, MN	Natural Gas	538 MW	Great River Energy
12.2 mi	Trimont Area Wind Farm Trimont, MN	Wind	101 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
14.4 mi	Oreg 3 Inc Trimont, MN	Other Fossil	5 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
16.5 mi	Elm Creek Wind Llc Trimont, MN	Wind	99 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
16.7 mi	Windom Wind Project Bingham Lake, MN	Wind	16 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
17.2 mi	Windom Windom, MN	Oil	5 MW	City Of Windom
19.7 mi	Madelia City Of Madelia, MN	Oil	12 MW	City Of Madelia - (Mn)
19.8 mi	Elm Creek Wind Ii Llc Trimont, MN	Wind	149 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
20.2 mi	Truman Truman, MN	Oil	6 MW	City Of Truman
20.7 mi	Fox Lake Sherburn, MN	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
21.0 mi	Springfield (Mn) Springfield, MN	Oil	9 MW	Springfield Public Utils Comm - (Mn)
22.1 mi	Welcome Wind Turbine Welcome, MN	Wind	2 MW	Federated Rural Electric Assn
23.3 mi	Sleepy Eye Sleepy Eye, MN	Oil	11 MW	Sleepy Eye Public Utility Comm
23.6 mi	Jeffers Wind 20 Llc Jeffers, MN	Wind	50 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
26.9 mi	Fairmont (Mn) Fairmont, MN	Natural Gas	39 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
27.0 mi	Lakefield Wind Project Llc Lakefield, MN	Wind	206 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
27.3 mi	Poet Biorefining Lake Crystal Lake Crystal, MN	Natural Gas	7 MW	Poet Biorefining Lake Crystal
27.5 mi	Lakefield Utilities Lakefield, MN	Oil	3 MW	City Of Lakefield - (Mn)
29.4 mi	New Ulm New Ulm, MN	Oil	79 MW	New Ulm Public Utilities Comm
30.2 mi	Lake Crystal Lake Crystal, MN	Oil	6 MW	City Of Lake Crystal - (Mn)
31.4 mi	Morgan Community Solar Morgan, MN	Solar	3 MW	Morgan Community Solar
31.7 mi	Plum Creek Revere, MN	Wind	—	Plum Creek Wind Farm Llc
32.0 mi	Courtland Csg Llc Courtland, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
32.1 mi	Fairmont Wind Fairmont, MN	Wind	5 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
32.2 mi	Uss Dot Com Solar Llc Csg Morgan, MN	Solar	1 MW	Standard Solar
32.3 mi	Nicollet Community Solar One Llc Courtland, MN	Solar	1 MW	Madison Energy Holdings Llc
32.3 mi	Fastsun 8 Csg Courtland, MN	Solar	1 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
32.3 mi	Rengstorf Solar Csg Coutland, MN	Solar	5 MW	National Grid Renewables
32.3 mi	Uss Steamboat Solar Llc Csg Morgan, MN	Solar	1 MW	Standard Solar
32.6 mi	Westbrook Westbrook, MN	Oil	2 MW	City Of Westbrook
32.7 mi	Uss Verde Solar Llc Csg Morgan, MN	Solar	1 MW	Standard Solar
32.7 mi	Uss B&b Solar Llc Csg Morgan, MN	Solar	1 MW	Standard Solar
32.8 mi	Nicollet Garden Courtland, MN	Solar	1 MW	Excelsior Energy Capital
34.4 mi	Uss Cougar Solar Llc Csg Morgan, MN	Solar	1 MW	Standard Solar
35.2 mi	Rapidan Hydro Facility Mankato, MN	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
35.2 mi	Iris Solar, Llc (Mn) Nicollet, MN	Solar	1 MW	National Grid Renewables
35.6 mi	Uss Rosebud Solar Llc Morgan, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
35.9 mi	Uss Flower Solar Llc Csg Nicollet, MN	Solar	1 MW	Standard Solar
35.9 mi	Dl Windy Acres Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
36.0 mi	Uss Wonder Solar Llc Bird Island, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
36.1 mi	B&k Energy Systems Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
36.4 mi	S&p Windfarm Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
36.9 mi	Solarclub 35 Llc Mankato, MN	Solar	1 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
37.1 mi	Iowa Lakes Superior Wind Farm Superior, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
37.1 mi	Cisco Brewster, MN	Wind	8 MW	Allete Clean Energy
37.1 mi	Uss Mesa Solar Llc Danube, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
37.3 mi	Uss Cosmo Solar Llc (Csg) Danube, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
38.0 mi	Uss Maverick Solar Llc (Csg) Good Thunder, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
38.4 mi	Blue Breezes Ii Llc Blue Earth, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
38.5 mi	Blue Breezes Llc Blue Earth, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
38.7 mi	Novel Martens Solar Llc(Csg) Lafayette, MN	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
38.8 mi	Big Blue Blue Earth, MN	Wind	36 MW	Big Blue Wind Farm Llc (Mn)
38.9 mi	Fairfax Fairfax, MN	Oil	2 MW	City Of Fairfax - (Mn)
38.9 mi	Estherville Estherville, IA	Natural Gas	16 MW	City Of Estherville - (Ia)
39.0 mi	South Fork Wind Farm Round Lake, MN	Wind	14 MW	South Fork Wind, Llc
39.2 mi	Ewington Energy Systems, Llc Worthington, MN	Wind	23 MW	Ewington Energy Systems, Llc
39.8 mi	Uss Franklin Solar Llc Franklin, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
39.8 mi	Uss Catfish Solar Llc Franklin, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
39.8 mi	Preston Garden (Csg) Franklin, MN	Solar	1 MW	Preston Garden Llc
40.0 mi	Franklin Csg 1 Franklin, MN	Solar	—	Franklin Csg 1 Llc
40.1 mi	Iowa Lakes Community College Wind Farm Estherville, IA	Wind	2 MW	Iowa Lakes Community College
40.7 mi	Gibbon Solar Gibbon, MN	Solar	3 MW	Green Street Power Partners
41.4 mi	Blue Earth Blue Earth, MN	Oil	11 MW	Blue Earth Light & Water
41.6 mi	Redwood Falls Wind Redwood Falls, MN	Wind	3 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
41.6 mi	Novel - Oya Of Mapleton Csg Mapleton, MN	Solar	4 MW	Nrg Mn Community Llc
41.8 mi	Mapleton Community Solar Mapleton, MN	Solar	3 MW	Mapleton Community Solar
42.2 mi	South Generation Redwood Falls, MN	Oil	7 MW	Redwood Falls Public Util Comm
42.3 mi	Key City Mankato, MN	Natural Gas	—	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
42.5 mi	Mankato Energy Center Mankato, MN	Natural Gas	741 MW	Mec Holdings, Llc
42.6 mi	Wilmarth Mankato, MN	Biomass	25 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
42.7 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Mankato Mankato, MN	Coal	6 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
43.0 mi	Redwood Falls Redwood Falls, MN	Natural Gas	9 MW	Redwood Falls Public Util Comm
43.2 mi	Schull Csg Mapleton, MN	Solar	1 MW	Schull Csg Llc
43.6 mi	School Sisters Csg Mankato, MN	Solar	1 MW	School Sisters Csg Llc
43.8 mi	Primrose Solar, Llc Mankato, MN	Solar	1 MW	National Grid Renewables
44.8 mi	Aquarius Community Solar Tracy, MN	Solar	1 MW	National Grid Renewables
44.9 mi	Antares Community Solar Tracy, MN	Solar	3 MW	Antares Community Solar
44.9 mi	Mn Csg 2019-16 Llc Mankato, MN	Solar	1 MW	Mn Csg 2019-16 Llc
45.1 mi	Corvus Community Solar Mankato, MN	Solar	5 MW	Corvus Community Solar
45.2 mi	Lake Park Lake Park, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Lake Park - (Ia)
45.4 mi	Uss Jayhawk Solar Llc (Csg) Mankato, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
45.6 mi	Eastwood Solar Mankato, MN	Solar	6 MW	Enel Green Power Na, Inc.
45.6 mi	Cf Novel Solar Csg Gardens Eleven, Llc Mankato, MN	Solar	3 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
46.3 mi	Uss Peach Solar Llc Mankato, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
46.6 mi	Worthington Worthington, MN	Wind	20 MW	City Of Worthington - (Mn)
47.1 mi	Flying Cloud Power Partners Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	44 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
47.1 mi	Acturus Community Solar Kasota, MN	Solar	1 MW	National Grid Renewables
47.6 mi	Milford Milford, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Milford - (Ia)
47.8 mi	Uss Kass Solar Llc Garvin, MN	Solar	1 MW	Standard Solar
48.0 mi	Koppelman Sun Csg Eagle Lake, MN	Solar	5 MW	National Grid Renewables
48.3 mi	Uss Slayton Solar Llc (Csg) Slayton, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
48.3 mi	Osceola Windpower Llc Harris, IA	Wind	98 MW	Osceola Windpower Llc
48.3 mi	Osceola Windpower Ii Harris, IA	Wind	50 MW	Osceola Windpower Ii
48.3 mi	Slayton Solar Slayton, MN	Solar	2 MW	Ecos Energy Llc
48.3 mi	Auriga Community Solar Slayton, MN	Solar	1 MW	National Grid Renewables
48.4 mi	Cf Novel Solar Csg Gardens Two, Llc Minnesota Lake, MN	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables

Power generation near this area

There are 100 power plants within 50 miles of Butterfield, Minnesota (ZIP 56120), with a combined 2,815 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 45 of the 100 nearby plants. The closest plant is Mountain Lake at 7.6 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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