Power Plants Near 56481 — Verndale, MN

13 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 56481 (Verndale, Minnesota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 46.5065, -94.9676 · County: Wadena

Solar 55%Oil 30%Hydroelectric 15%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
26.5 mi	Pillager Pillager, MN	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Allete, Inc.
30.4 mi	Sylvan Solar Pillager, MN	Solar	15 MW	Allete, Inc.
31.4 mi	Sylvan Pillager, MN	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Allete, Inc.
38.5 mi	Brainerd Public Utilities Brainerd, MN	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Brainerd Public Utilities
40.2 mi	Brainerd Airport Brainerd, MN	Solar	6 MW	Aep Onsite Partners, Llc
41.5 mi	Camp Ripley Solar Little Falls, MN	Solar	11 MW	Camp Riley Solar Facility
46.2 mi	Novel Oya Of Osakis Csg Osakis, MN	Solar	5 MW	Nrg Mn Community Llc
46.4 mi	Novel Herickhoff Solar Csg Osakis, MN	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
46.5 mi	Little Falls (Mn) Little Falls, MN	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Allete, Inc.
46.6 mi	Douglas Todd Community Solar One Llc Csg Osakis, MN	Solar	1 MW	Madison Energy Holdings Llc
46.7 mi	Fastsun 13 Csg Osakis, MN	Solar	1 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
46.8 mi	Detroit Lakes Detroit Lakes, MN	Oil	13 MW	City Of Detroit Lakes - (Mn)
47.0 mi	Alexandria Alexandria, MN	Oil	9 MW	City Of Alexandria - (Mn)

Power generation near this area

There are 13 power plants within 50 miles of Verndale, Minnesota (ZIP 56481), with a combined 73 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 13 nearby plants. The closest plant is Pillager at 26.5 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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