Power Plants Near 56181 — Welcome, MN

90 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 56181 (Welcome, Minnesota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.6705, -94.5886 · County: Martin

Wind 61%Natural Gas 32%Oil 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
0.8 mi	Welcome Wind Turbine Welcome, MN	Wind	2 MW	Federated Rural Electric Assn
5.9 mi	Fox Lake Sherburn, MN	Natural Gas	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
6.3 mi	Fairmont (Mn) Fairmont, MN	Natural Gas	39 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
9.7 mi	Fairmont Wind Fairmont, MN	Wind	5 MW	Southern Minnesota Mun P Agny
10.2 mi	Oreg 3 Inc Trimont, MN	Other Fossil	5 MW	Ormat Nevada Inc
13.3 mi	Truman Truman, MN	Oil	6 MW	City Of Truman
14.6 mi	Elm Creek Wind Ii Llc Trimont, MN	Wind	149 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
15.4 mi	Lakefield Junction Trimont, MN	Natural Gas	538 MW	Great River Energy
15.6 mi	Trimont Area Wind Farm Trimont, MN	Wind	101 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
18.9 mi	Elm Creek Wind Llc Trimont, MN	Wind	99 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
20.2 mi	Big Blue Blue Earth, MN	Wind	36 MW	Big Blue Wind Farm Llc (Mn)
21.3 mi	Odell Wind Farm Mountain Lake, MN	Wind	200 MW	Algonquin Power Co
21.6 mi	Blue Breezes Ii Llc Blue Earth, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
21.8 mi	Blue Breezes Llc Blue Earth, MN	Wind	1 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
22.0 mi	St James St James, MN	Oil	12 MW	City Of St James - (Mn)
22.5 mi	Estherville Estherville, IA	Natural Gas	16 MW	City Of Estherville - (Ia)
22.5 mi	Odin Wind Farm Llc Mountainlake, MN	Wind	20 MW	Aspenall Energies (Delaware), Llc
22.8 mi	Iowa Lakes Community College Wind Farm Estherville, IA	Wind	2 MW	Iowa Lakes Community College
24.4 mi	Blue Earth Blue Earth, MN	Oil	11 MW	Blue Earth Light & Water
25.0 mi	Iowa Lakes Superior Wind Farm Superior, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
25.7 mi	Mountain Lake Mountain Lake, MN	Wind	9 MW	City Of Mountain Lake - (Mn)
27.6 mi	Madelia City Of Madelia, MN	Oil	12 MW	City Of Madelia - (Mn)
28.4 mi	Lakefield Wind Project Llc Lakefield, MN	Wind	206 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
29.1 mi	Lakefield Utilities Lakefield, MN	Oil	3 MW	City Of Lakefield - (Mn)
29.3 mi	Ledyard Windpower, Llc Lakota, IA	Wind	207 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
29.6 mi	Windom Windom, MN	Oil	5 MW	City Of Windom
29.7 mi	Lakota Wind Wind Farm Lakota, IA	Wind	11 MW	Iowa Lakes Electric Coop
30.8 mi	Graettinger Graettinger, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Graettinger - (Ia)
32.1 mi	Bancroft Bancroft, IA	Oil	4 MW	Bancroft Municipal Utilities
32.1 mi	Palo Alto Wind Farm Emmetsburg, IA	Wind	340 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
33.1 mi	Poet Biorefining Lake Crystal Lake Crystal, MN	Natural Gas	7 MW	Poet Biorefining Lake Crystal
33.1 mi	Golden Plains Buffalo Center, IA	Wind	200 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
33.5 mi	Windom Wind Project Bingham Lake, MN	Wind	16 MW	Midwest Power Partners Llc
35.3 mi	Lake Crystal Lake Crystal, MN	Oil	6 MW	City Of Lake Crystal - (Mn)
36.1 mi	Novel - Oya Of Mapleton Csg Mapleton, MN	Solar	4 MW	Nrg Mn Community Llc
36.2 mi	Mapleton Community Solar Mapleton, MN	Solar	3 MW	Mapleton Community Solar
36.8 mi	Milford Milford, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of Milford - (Ia)
37.0 mi	Schull Csg Mapleton, MN	Solar	1 MW	Schull Csg Llc
37.7 mi	Rapidan Hydro Facility Mankato, MN	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
39.0 mi	Dl Windy Acres Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
39.2 mi	Solarclub 35 Llc Mankato, MN	Solar	1 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
39.3 mi	Cisco Brewster, MN	Wind	8 MW	Allete Clean Energy
39.4 mi	B&k Energy Systems Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
39.4 mi	Cf Novel Solar Csg Gardens Two, Llc Minnesota Lake, MN	Solar	2 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
39.7 mi	S&p Windfarm Llc Brewster, MN	Wind	2 MW	Brewster
39.8 mi	South Fork Wind Farm Round Lake, MN	Wind	14 MW	South Fork Wind, Llc
39.9 mi	Uss Maverick Solar Llc (Csg) Good Thunder, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
40.0 mi	Lake Park Lake Park, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Lake Park - (Ia)
40.1 mi	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg Emmetsburg, IA	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing Emmetsburg
40.6 mi	Flying Cloud Power Partners Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	44 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
41.6 mi	Ewington Energy Systems, Llc Worthington, MN	Wind	23 MW	Ewington Energy Systems, Llc
42.5 mi	Jeffers Wind 20 Llc Jeffers, MN	Wind	50 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
42.9 mi	Crystal Lake 3 Llc Britt, IA	Wind	66 MW	Crystal Lake 3 Llc
43.0 mi	Courtland Csg Llc Courtland, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
43.1 mi	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc Lake Park, IA	Wind	100 MW	Lost Lakes Wind Farm Llc
43.3 mi	Nicollet Garden Courtland, MN	Solar	1 MW	Excelsior Energy Capital
43.3 mi	Rengstorf Solar Csg Coutland, MN	Solar	5 MW	National Grid Renewables
43.4 mi	Nicollet Community Solar One Llc Courtland, MN	Solar	1 MW	Madison Energy Holdings Llc
43.4 mi	Fastsun 8 Csg Courtland, MN	Solar	1 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
43.5 mi	Wells Ic Wells, MN	Natural Gas	9 MW	City Of Wells - (Mn)
43.6 mi	Plum Creek Wind Algona, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
43.8 mi	Springfield (Mn) Springfield, MN	Oil	9 MW	Springfield Public Utils Comm - (Mn)
43.9 mi	Sleepy Eye Sleepy Eye, MN	Oil	11 MW	Sleepy Eye Public Utility Comm
44.5 mi	Iris Solar, Llc (Mn) Nicollet, MN	Solar	1 MW	National Grid Renewables
44.7 mi	Osceola Windpower Llc Harris, IA	Wind	98 MW	Osceola Windpower Llc
44.7 mi	Osceola Windpower Ii Harris, IA	Wind	50 MW	Osceola Windpower Ii
44.8 mi	Algona Algona, IA	Oil	16 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
45.1 mi	New Ulm New Ulm, MN	Oil	79 MW	New Ulm Public Utilities Comm
45.5 mi	Uss Flower Solar Llc Csg Nicollet, MN	Solar	1 MW	Standard Solar
45.8 mi	Spencer Gas Turbine Spencer, IA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Spencer - (Ia)
46.2 mi	Crosswind Energy Project Ruthven, IA	Wind	21 MW	Junction Hilltop Management Llc
46.4 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Mankato Mankato, MN	Coal	6 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
46.5 mi	Key City Mankato, MN	Natural Gas	—	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
46.7 mi	Wilmarth Mankato, MN	Biomass	25 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
46.7 mi	Mankato Energy Center Mankato, MN	Natural Gas	741 MW	Mec Holdings, Llc
46.7 mi	School Sisters Csg Mankato, MN	Solar	1 MW	School Sisters Csg Llc
47.3 mi	Eastwood Solar Mankato, MN	Solar	6 MW	Enel Green Power Na, Inc.
47.8 mi	Primrose Solar, Llc Mankato, MN	Solar	1 MW	National Grid Renewables
47.8 mi	Winnebago Wind Power Project Forest City, IA	Wind	20 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
48.1 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc Britt, IA	Wind	200 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Ii Llc
48.2 mi	Corvus Community Solar Mankato, MN	Solar	5 MW	Corvus Community Solar
48.4 mi	Uss Peach Solar Llc Mankato, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
48.6 mi	Earl F Wisdom Spencer, IA	Natural Gas	119 MW	Corn Belt Power Coop
48.9 mi	Mn Csg 2019-16 Llc Mankato, MN	Solar	1 MW	Mn Csg 2019-16 Llc
49.4 mi	Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project Algona, IA	Wind	2 MW	City Of Algona - (Ia)
49.5 mi	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc Britt, IA	Wind	150 MW	Fpl Energy Crystal Lake Wind Llc
49.5 mi	West Bend West Bent, IA	Oil	7 MW	City Of West Bend
49.6 mi	Westbrook Westbrook, MN	Oil	2 MW	City Of Westbrook
49.8 mi	Upland Prairie Spencer, IA	Wind	299 MW	Interstate Power And Light Co
49.8 mi	Uss Jayhawk Solar Llc (Csg) Mankato, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation

Power generation near this area

There are 90 power plants within 50 miles of Welcome, Minnesota (ZIP 56181), with a combined 4,539 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 38 of the 90 nearby plants. The closest plant is Welcome Wind Turbine at 0.8 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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