Power Plants Near 56571 — Ottertail, MN

13 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 56571 (Ottertail, Minnesota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 46.4177, -95.5436 · County: Otter Tail

Wind 48%Solar 38%Oil 14%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
25.4 mi	Hoot Lake Fergus Falls, MN	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Otter Tail Power Co
25.4 mi	Hoot Lake Solar Fergus Falls, MN	Solar	50 MW	Otter Tail Power Co
26.9 mi	Fergus Control Ctr Fergus Falls, MN	Oil	—	Otter Tail Power Co
29.8 mi	Lake Region Community Hybrid, Llc Rothsay, MN	Wind	3 MW	Lake Region Community Hybrid, Llc
31.1 mi	Detroit Lakes Detroit Lakes, MN	Oil	13 MW	City Of Detroit Lakes - (Mn)
37.4 mi	Alexandria Alexandria, MN	Oil	9 MW	City Of Alexandria - (Mn)
37.9 mi	Lakeswind Power Partners Pelican Rapids, MN	Wind	52 MW	Lakeswind Power Partners
43.5 mi	Novel Oya Of Osakis Csg Osakis, MN	Solar	5 MW	Nrg Mn Community Llc
43.7 mi	Novel Herickhoff Solar Csg Osakis, MN	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
43.9 mi	Douglas Todd Community Solar One Llc Csg Osakis, MN	Solar	1 MW	Madison Energy Holdings Llc
44.1 mi	Fastsun 13 Csg Osakis, MN	Solar	1 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
45.5 mi	Grant County Wind Llc Woodstock, MN	Wind	21 MW	Grant County Wind, Llc
50.0 mi	Swan Garden Villard, MN	Solar	1 MW	Swan Garden Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 13 power plants within 50 miles of Ottertail, Minnesota (ZIP 56571), with a combined 157 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 13 nearby plants. The closest plant is Hoot Lake at 25.4 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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