Power Plants Near 56540 — Fertile, MN

16 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 56540 (Fertile, Minnesota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 47.5361, -96.2803 · County: Polk

Coal 52%Wind 14%Oil 13%Hydroelectric 11%Solar 10%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
22.8 mi	American Crystal Sugar Crookston Crookston, MN	Coal	7 MW	American Crystal Sugar Co
23.1 mi	Red Lake Falls Community Hybrid Red Lake Falls, MN	Wind	6 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
28.8 mi	Halstad Halstad, MN	Oil	4 MW	City Of Halstad - (Mn)
36.5 mi	Uss Jj Clay Solar Llc Csg Felton, MN	Solar	1 MW	Standard Solar
36.7 mi	Uss Horne North Solar Llc Csg Felton, MN	Solar	1 MW	Standard Solar
37.2 mi	American Crystal Sugar Hillsboro Hillsboro, ND	Coal	13 MW	American Crystal Sugar Co
37.4 mi	Agassiz Beach Llc Averill, MN	Wind	2 MW	Chi Operations Inc
37.7 mi	Hillsboro Hillsboro, ND	Oil	4 MW	City Of Hillsboro - (Nd)
38.2 mi	Uss Horne South Solar Llc Csg Felton, MN	Solar	1 MW	Standard Solar
39.6 mi	Uss Kvpv Solar Llc Csg Fulton, MN	Solar	1 MW	Standard Solar
39.7 mi	Spring Prairie Solar Llc Csg Glyndon, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
40.0 mi	Uss Buckaroo Solar Llc Csg Glydon, MN	Solar	1 MW	Standard Solar
40.2 mi	Thief River Falls Thief River Falls, MN	Hydroelectric	7 MW	City Of Thief River Falls
43.3 mi	American Crystal Sugar East Grand Forks East Grand Forks, MN	Coal	8 MW	American Crystal Sugar Co
49.2 mi	Moorhead Wind Turbine Moorhead, MN	Wind	1 MW	City Of Moorhead - (Mn)
49.2 mi	American Crystal Sugar Moorhead Moorhead, MN	Coal	5 MW	American Crystal Sugar Co

Power generation near this area

There are 16 power plants within 50 miles of Fertile, Minnesota (ZIP 56540), with a combined 62 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 16 nearby plants. The closest plant is American Crystal Sugar Crookston at 22.8 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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