Power Plants Near 59044 — Laurel, MT

19 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 59044 (Laurel, Montana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 45.6745, -108.7690 · County: Yellowstone

Wind 35%Hydroelectric 28%Natural Gas 21%Solar 9%Oil 7%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.1 mi	Yellowstone County Generating Station Laurel, MT	Natural Gas	207 MW	Northwestern Energy (Mt Wind/Thermal)
8.0 mi	Beartooth Energy Storage Llc Billings, MT	Battery Storage	—	Beartooth Energy Storage, Llc
14.4 mi	Western Sugar Cooperative - Billings Billings, MT	Coal	2 MW	Western Sugar Cooperative - Billings
14.9 mi	Mtsun Billings, MT	Solar	80 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
15.2 mi	Phillips 66 Billings Refinery Billings, MT	Other Fossil	2 MW	Phillips 66 Billings Refinery
15.5 mi	J E Corette Plant Billings, MT	Coal	—	Talen Montana Llc
19.0 mi	Yellowstone Energy Lp Billings, MT	Oil	68 MW	Yellowstone Energy Lp
29.6 mi	Two Dot Wind Broadview East Llc Broadview, MT	Wind	2 MW	Two Dot Wind Broadview East Llc
31.2 mi	Horse Thief Wind Project, Llc Bridger, MT	Wind	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
35.4 mi	Pryor Mountain Wind Bridger, MT	Wind	240 MW	Pacificorp
36.6 mi	Stillwater Wind, Llc Reed Point, MT	Wind	80 MW	Pattern Operators Lp
37.6 mi	South Dry Creek Hydro Red Lodge, MT	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Hydrodynamics Inc
38.5 mi	River Bend Solar, Llc (Mt) Reed Point, MT	Solar	2 MW	Adapture Renewables, Inc.
39.0 mi	Mud Springs Wind Project, Llc Bridger, MT	Wind	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
40.1 mi	Beaver Creek Wind Facility Big Timber, MT	Wind	—	Puget Sound Energy Inc
43.4 mi	Magpie Solar, Llc Lavina, MT	Solar	3 MW	Adapture Renewables, Inc.
44.2 mi	Big Timber Wind Farm Big Timber, MT	Wind	25 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
46.8 mi	Yellowtail Hardin, MT	Hydroelectric	278 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
48.1 mi	Elk Basin Gasoline Plant Powell, WY	Other Fossil	2 MW	Contango Oil And Gas

Power generation near this area

There are 19 power plants within 50 miles of Laurel, Montana (ZIP 59044), with a combined 992 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 19 nearby plants. The closest plant is Yellowstone County Generating Station at 1.1 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 Montana, visit the Montana state page.

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