Power Plants Near 59477 — Simms, MT

11 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 59477 (Simms, Montana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 47.4958, -111.8861 · County: Cascade

Hydroelectric 88%Wind 12%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
12.4 mi	Turnbull Hydro Fairfield, MT	Hydroelectric	13 MW	Turnbull Hydro Llc
16.1 mi	Greenfield Wind - Mt Fairfield, MT	Wind	25 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
16.1 mi	Fairfield Wind Fairfield, MT	Wind	10 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
20.9 mi	Horseshoe Bend Wind Park Great Falls, MT	Wind	9 MW	Cycle Holdings, Llc
29.2 mi	Black Eagle Great Falls, MT	Hydroelectric	24 MW	Northwestern Energy (Mt Hydro)
29.7 mi	Black Eagle Solar, Llc Black Eagle, MT	Solar	3 MW	Adapture Renewables, Inc.
31.9 mi	Rainbow (Mt) Great Falls, MT	Hydroelectric	59 MW	Northwestern Energy (Mt Hydro)
32.4 mi	Cochrane Great Falls, MT	Hydroelectric	60 MW	Northwestern Energy (Mt Hydro)
35.3 mi	Holter Wolf Creek, MT	Hydroelectric	57 MW	Northwestern Energy (Mt Hydro)
36.0 mi	Ryan Great Falls, MT	Hydroelectric	55 MW	Northwestern Energy (Mt Hydro)
38.9 mi	Morony Great Falls, MT	Hydroelectric	63 MW	Northwestern Energy (Mt Hydro)

Power generation near this area

There are 11 power plants within 50 miles of Simms, Montana (ZIP 59477), with a combined 378 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 11 nearby plants. The closest plant is Turnbull Hydro at 12.4 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 Montana, visit the Montana state page.

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