Power Plants Near 56215 — Benson, MN

100 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 56215 (Benson, Minnesota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 45.3129, -95.5766 · County: Swift

Coal 58%Wind 22%Solar 15%Oil 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.3 mi	Benson City Of Benson, MN	Oil	9 MW	City Of Benson - (Mn)
18.7 mi	Vega Community Solar Glenwood, MN	Solar	5 MW	Vega Community Solar
22.5 mi	Wollan Garden Solar Starbuck, MN	Solar	1 MW	Wollan Garden Llc
22.9 mi	Solarclub 03 Starbuck, MN	Solar	1 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
23.0 mi	Popesun Csg, Llc Starbuck, MN	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
23.4 mi	Star Garden Starbuck, MN	Solar	1 MW	Star Garden Llc
23.7 mi	Mn Csg 2019-113 Montevideo, MN	Solar	—	Mn Csg 2019-113 Llc
23.7 mi	Uss Viceroy Solar Llc Csg Brooten, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
23.7 mi	Uss Riley Solar Llc (Csg) Montevideo, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
23.9 mi	Brooten Csg1, Llc Brooten, MN	Solar	1 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
23.9 mi	Strandness Garden Starbuck, MN	Solar	1 MW	Strandness Garden Llc
24.0 mi	Malmedal Solar Garden Starbuck, MN	Solar	1 MW	Malmedal Garden Llc
24.0 mi	Wcroc Wind Farm Morris, MN	Wind	2 MW	University Of Minnesota Wcroc
24.0 mi	Umm Wind Turbine Morris, MN	Wind	2 MW	University Of Minnesota Morris Campus
24.3 mi	Uss Rosewood Solar Llc (Csg) Montevideo, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
24.4 mi	Uss Christoffer Solar Llc Csg Montevideo, MN	Solar	1 MW	Standard Solar
24.6 mi	Wolverine Solar Maynard, MN	Solar	1 MW	Wolverine Solar, Llc
24.6 mi	Stevens Community Medical Center Morris, MN	Oil	1 MW	Stevens Community Medical Center
24.8 mi	Uss Monarch Solar Llc Csg Brooten, MN	Solar	1 MW	Standard Solar
24.9 mi	Lowry Csg2, Llc Glenwood, MN	Solar	1 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
25.1 mi	Snowdrop Solar, Llc Glenwood, MN	Solar	—	National Grid Renewables
25.1 mi	Armstrong Solar Glenwood, MN	Solar	3 MW	Etcap Nes Cs Mn 06 Llc
25.2 mi	Camellia Solar, Llc Glenwood, MN	Solar	1 MW	National Grid Renewables
25.3 mi	Pegasus Community Solar Brooten, MN	Solar	2 MW	Pegasus Community Solar
25.3 mi	Centaurus Community Solar Maynard, MN	Solar	2 MW	Centaurus Community Solar
25.6 mi	Hormel Csg Solar Montevideo, MN	Solar	1 MW	Dg Central 1, Llc
25.6 mi	Bellflower Solar, Llc Brooten, MN	Solar	1 MW	National Grid Renewables
25.7 mi	Taurus Community Solar Montevideo, MN	Solar	4 MW	Taurus Community Solar
25.9 mi	Novel Stavem Solar Llc Csg Glenwood, MN	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
26.0 mi	Aquila Community Solar Glenwood, MN	Solar	1 MW	National Grid Renewables
26.0 mi	Cassiopeia Community Solar Glenwood, MN	Solar	1 MW	National Grid Renewables
26.4 mi	Novel Brooten Solar Csg Brooten, MN	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
26.4 mi	Libra Community Solar Glenwood, MN	Solar	1 MW	National Grid Renewables
26.8 mi	Sagitta Community Solar Clara City, MN	Solar	1 MW	National Grid Renewables
26.9 mi	Syncarpha Clara City Csg I (Stamer) Clara City, MN	Solar	1 MW	Clara City Csg I, Llc
27.0 mi	Aster Community Solar Garden, Llc Raymond, MN	Solar	1 MW	National Grid Renewables
27.6 mi	Clara City Solar Clara City, MN	Solar	1 MW	Clara City Solar Llc
27.9 mi	Andresen Solar Clara City, MN	Solar	1 MW	Ballantyne Llc
27.9 mi	Willmar Municipal Sw Substation Willmar, MN	Oil	6 MW	Willmar Municipal Utilities
28.7 mi	Willmar Willmar, MN	Wind	4 MW	Willmar Municipal Utilities
29.1 mi	Montevideo Solar Llc, Csg Montevideo, MN	Solar	5 MW	Montevideo Solar Llc
29.4 mi	Geranium Solar, Llc Raymond, MN	Solar	1 MW	National Grid Renewables
29.8 mi	Willmar Municipal East Substation Willmar, MN	Oil	6 MW	Willmar Municipal Utilities
30.6 mi	Uss Pheasant Solar Llc Csg Clara City, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
31.5 mi	Palmer's Creek Wind Farm, Llc Granite Falls, MN	Wind	45 MW	Palmer's Creek Wind Farm, Llc
31.8 mi	Leven Garden Solar Villard, MN	Solar	1 MW	Leven Garden Llc
31.9 mi	Swan Garden Villard, MN	Solar	1 MW	Swan Garden Llc
31.9 mi	Pivot Energy Minnesota Solar 2 Prinsburg, MN	Solar	—	Pivot Energy
32.4 mi	Syncarpha Prinsburg Csg (Ledeboer) Prinsburg, MN	Solar	1 MW	Prinsburg Csg I, Llc
34.7 mi	Granite Falls Granite Falls, MN	Hydroelectric	1 MW	City Of Granite Falls - (Mn)
35.1 mi	Granite Falls 2 Granite Falls, MN	Oil	6 MW	City Of Granite Falls - (Mn)
35.3 mi	Minnesota Valley Granite Falls, MN	Natural Gas	—	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
35.7 mi	Crater Community Solar Granite Falls, MN	Solar	3 MW	Crater Community Solar
36.4 mi	Black Oak Wind Farm Sauk Centre, MN	Wind	78 MW	Black Oak Wind, Llc
36.7 mi	Deneb Community Solar Belgrade, MN	Solar	1 MW	National Grid Renewables
37.0 mi	Mn Csg 2019-79 Granite Falls, MN	Solar	—	Mn Csg 2019-79 Llc
37.0 mi	Grant County Wind Llc Woodstock, MN	Wind	21 MW	Grant County Wind, Llc
37.2 mi	Novel Brock Solar Llc Clarkfield, MN	Solar	—	Novel Brock Solar Hq Llc
37.4 mi	Canopus Community Solar Belgrade, MN	Solar	1 MW	National Grid Renewables
37.7 mi	Skalbeck Solar Sacred Heart, MN	Solar	1 MW	Cascade Solar Llc
37.8 mi	Novel Historical Society Solar Csg Sacred Heart, MN	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
38.1 mi	Novel Handeland Solar Llc (Csg) Clarkfield, MN	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
38.1 mi	Sacred Heart Csg1, Llc Sacred Heart, MN	Solar	1 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
39.3 mi	Phare Garden Sacred Heart, MN	Solar	1 MW	Phare Garden Llc
39.5 mi	Dsi Don Solar Renville, MN	Solar	1 MW	Dsi Don Solar Llc
39.5 mi	Novel Schroeder Solar Llc Csg Renville, MN	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
39.8 mi	Pivot Energy Minnesota Solar 10 Greenwald, MN	Solar	1 MW	Pivot Energy
40.0 mi	Krause Csg Renville, MN	Solar	1 MW	Krause Csg Llc
40.1 mi	Kerria Solar, Llc Renville, MN	Solar	1 MW	National Grid Renewables
40.6 mi	Allie L.l.c. (Csg) Renville, MN	Solar	1 MW	Allie L.l.c.
40.6 mi	Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Renville, MN	Coal	8 MW	Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar
40.9 mi	Mn East Regal Llc (Csg) Paynesville, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
40.9 mi	Alexandria Alexandria, MN	Oil	9 MW	City Of Alexandria - (Mn)
41.0 mi	Atwater Solar Atwater, MN	Solar	4 MW	Enel Green Power Na, Inc.
41.6 mi	Mn Csg 2019-82 Atwater, MN	Solar	1 MW	Mn Csg 2019-82 Llc
41.7 mi	Westport Community Solar, Llc Lake Lillian, MN	Solar	1 MW	National Grid Renewables
41.9 mi	Allium Community Solar Garden, Llc Paynesville, MN	Solar	1 MW	National Grid Renewables
41.9 mi	Paynesville Solar Paynesville, MN	Solar	10 MW	Enel Green Power Na, Inc.
41.9 mi	Paynesville Csg1, Llc Paynesville, MN	Solar	1 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
42.0 mi	Fastsun 13 Csg Osakis, MN	Solar	1 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
42.1 mi	Douglas Todd Community Solar One Llc Csg Osakis, MN	Solar	1 MW	Madison Energy Holdings Llc
42.1 mi	Capricornus Community Solar Garden Paynsville, MN	Solar	1 MW	National Grid Renewables
42.3 mi	Paynesville Community Solar Paynesville, MN	Solar	5 MW	Paynesville Community Solar
42.3 mi	Lake Lilian Solar Lilian Lake, MN	Solar	1 MW	Lake Lilian Solar, Llc
42.3 mi	Novel Herickhoff Solar Csg Osakis, MN	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
42.5 mi	Novel Oya Of Osakis Csg Osakis, MN	Solar	5 MW	Nrg Mn Community Llc
42.5 mi	Uss Turkey Solar Llc Csg Atwater, MN	Solar	1 MW	Standard Solar
42.6 mi	Uss Danube Solar Llc Danube, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
42.6 mi	Rafterville Solar Atwater, MN	Solar	1 MW	Rafterville Solar, Llc
42.7 mi	Mn Csg 2019-22 Danube, MN	Solar	—	Mn Csg 2019-22 Llc
43.0 mi	Hertzberg Community (Csg) Paynesville, MN	Solar	1 MW	Hertzberg Community Solar
43.2 mi	Uss Chariot Solar Llc Danube, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
43.5 mi	Danielson Wind Farms Llc Cosmos, MN	Wind	20 MW	Beam Us, Llc
43.8 mi	Spica Community Solar Lake Lillian, MN	Solar	2 MW	Spica Community Solar
44.6 mi	Melrose Melrose, MN	Oil	8 MW	Melrose Public Utilities
45.1 mi	Melrose 2 Melrose, MN	Oil	1 MW	Melrose Public Utilities
45.4 mi	Big Stone Big Stone City, SD	Coal	451 MW	Otter Tail Power Co
46.1 mi	Uss Milkweed Solar Llc Csg Paynesville, MN	Solar	1 MW	Standard Solar
46.2 mi	New Munich Solar Melrose, MN	Solar	1 MW	New Munich Solar Llc
47.1 mi	Uss Midtown Solar Llc Csg Melrose, MN	Solar	1 MW	Standard Solar

Power generation near this area

There are 100 power plants within 50 miles of Benson, Minnesota (ZIP 56215), with a combined 794 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 81 of the 100 nearby plants. The closest plant is Benson City Of at 1.3 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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