Power Plants Near 56589 — Waubun, MN

17 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 56589 (Waubun, Minnesota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 47.1920, -95.8871 · County: Mahnomen

Wind 39%Natural Gas 35%Oil 19%Solar 4%Coal 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
26.0 mi	Detroit Lakes Detroit Lakes, MN	Oil	13 MW	City Of Detroit Lakes - (Mn)
28.8 mi	Agassiz Beach Llc Averill, MN	Wind	2 MW	Chi Operations Inc
30.3 mi	Uss Horne North Solar Llc Csg Felton, MN	Solar	1 MW	Standard Solar
30.9 mi	Uss Jj Clay Solar Llc Csg Felton, MN	Solar	1 MW	Standard Solar
31.6 mi	Spring Prairie Solar Llc Csg Glyndon, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
31.6 mi	Uss Horne South Solar Llc Csg Felton, MN	Solar	1 MW	Standard Solar
32.3 mi	Uss Kvpv Solar Llc Csg Fulton, MN	Solar	1 MW	Standard Solar
32.5 mi	Uss Buckaroo Solar Llc Csg Glydon, MN	Solar	1 MW	Standard Solar
36.2 mi	Lakeswind Power Partners Pelican Rapids, MN	Wind	52 MW	Lakeswind Power Partners
43.0 mi	Solway Ct Solway, MN	Natural Gas	51 MW	Otter Tail Power Co
43.1 mi	Solway Solar Solway, MN	Solar	—	Otter Tail Power Co
44.9 mi	Moorhead Wind Turbine Moorhead, MN	Wind	1 MW	City Of Moorhead - (Mn)
45.6 mi	Halstad Halstad, MN	Oil	4 MW	City Of Halstad - (Mn)
45.7 mi	American Crystal Sugar Moorhead Moorhead, MN	Coal	5 MW	American Crystal Sugar Co
46.1 mi	Moorhead Moorhead, MN	Oil	—	City Of Moorhead - (Mn)
46.3 mi	Centennial Generating Station Moorhead, MN	Oil	12 MW	City Of Moorhead - (Mn)
49.2 mi	Lake Region Community Hybrid, Llc Rothsay, MN	Wind	3 MW	Lake Region Community Hybrid, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 17 power plants within 50 miles of Waubun, Minnesota (ZIP 56589), with a combined 148 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 17 nearby plants. The closest plant is Detroit Lakes at 26.0 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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