Power Plants Near 56736 — Mentor, MN

16 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 56736 (Mentor, Minnesota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 47.6576, -96.1778 · County: Polk

Natural Gas 48%Coal 26%Oil 8%Wind 7%Hydroelectric 6%Solar 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
16.0 mi	Red Lake Falls Community Hybrid Red Lake Falls, MN	Wind	6 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
22.4 mi	American Crystal Sugar Crookston Crookston, MN	Coal	7 MW	American Crystal Sugar Co
31.6 mi	Thief River Falls Thief River Falls, MN	Hydroelectric	7 MW	City Of Thief River Falls
37.2 mi	Halstad Halstad, MN	Oil	4 MW	City Of Halstad - (Mn)
42.8 mi	American Crystal Sugar East Grand Forks East Grand Forks, MN	Coal	8 MW	American Crystal Sugar Co
44.0 mi	American Crystal Sugar Hillsboro Hillsboro, ND	Coal	13 MW	American Crystal Sugar Co
45.0 mi	Hillsboro Hillsboro, ND	Oil	4 MW	City Of Hillsboro - (Nd)
45.9 mi	Uss Jj Clay Solar Llc Csg Felton, MN	Solar	1 MW	Standard Solar
46.2 mi	Uss Horne North Solar Llc Csg Felton, MN	Solar	1 MW	Standard Solar
46.7 mi	Agassiz Beach Llc Averill, MN	Wind	2 MW	Chi Operations Inc
47.6 mi	Uss Horne South Solar Llc Csg Felton, MN	Solar	1 MW	Standard Solar
49.0 mi	Uss Kvpv Solar Llc Csg Fulton, MN	Solar	1 MW	Standard Solar
49.1 mi	Spring Prairie Solar Llc Csg Glyndon, MN	Solar	1 MW	United States Solar Corporation
49.4 mi	Uss Buckaroo Solar Llc Csg Glydon, MN	Solar	1 MW	Standard Solar
49.4 mi	Solway Solar Solway, MN	Solar	—	Otter Tail Power Co
49.5 mi	Solway Ct Solway, MN	Natural Gas	51 MW	Otter Tail Power Co

Power generation near this area

There are 16 power plants within 50 miles of Mentor, Minnesota (ZIP 56736), with a combined 107 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 16 nearby plants. The closest plant is Red Lake Falls Community Hybrid at 16.0 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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