Power Plants Near 56479 — Staples, MN

22 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 56479 (Staples, Minnesota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 46.3536, -94.7633 · County: Todd

Wind 43%Solar 32%Hydroelectric 16%Oil 10%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
13.5 mi	Pillager Pillager, MN	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Allete, Inc.
18.0 mi	Sylvan Solar Pillager, MN	Solar	15 MW	Allete, Inc.
18.7 mi	Sylvan Pillager, MN	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Allete, Inc.
27.2 mi	Camp Ripley Solar Little Falls, MN	Solar	11 MW	Camp Riley Solar Facility
27.8 mi	Brainerd Public Utilities Brainerd, MN	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Brainerd Public Utilities
29.8 mi	Brainerd Airport Brainerd, MN	Solar	6 MW	Aep Onsite Partners, Llc
32.3 mi	Little Falls (Mn) Little Falls, MN	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Allete, Inc.
39.1 mi	Blanchard Royalton, MN	Hydroelectric	18 MW	Allete, Inc.
39.4 mi	Novel Oya Of Osakis Csg Osakis, MN	Solar	5 MW	Nrg Mn Community Llc
39.6 mi	Novel Herickhoff Solar Csg Osakis, MN	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
39.8 mi	Douglas Todd Community Solar One Llc Csg Osakis, MN	Solar	1 MW	Madison Energy Holdings Llc
39.9 mi	Fastsun 13 Csg Osakis, MN	Solar	1 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
43.6 mi	Alexandria Alexandria, MN	Oil	9 MW	City Of Alexandria - (Mn)
46.8 mi	Melrose 2 Melrose, MN	Oil	1 MW	Melrose Public Utilities
47.0 mi	Melrose Melrose, MN	Oil	8 MW	Melrose Public Utilities
47.1 mi	Uss Midtown Solar Llc Csg Melrose, MN	Solar	1 MW	Standard Solar
47.5 mi	Michael Solar Freeport, MN	Solar	4 MW	Socore Energy Llc
48.3 mi	New Munich Solar Melrose, MN	Solar	1 MW	New Munich Solar Llc
49.3 mi	Black Oak Wind Farm Sauk Centre, MN	Wind	78 MW	Black Oak Wind, Llc
49.6 mi	Stearns Solar I Albany, MN	Solar	1 MW	Stearns Solar I Llc
49.8 mi	Albany Solar Albany, MN	Solar	10 MW	Enel Green Power Na, Inc.
49.9 mi	Swan Garden Villard, MN	Solar	1 MW	Swan Garden Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 22 power plants within 50 miles of Staples, Minnesota (ZIP 56479), with a combined 183 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 13 of the 22 nearby plants. The closest plant is Pillager at 13.5 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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