Power Plants Near 95521 — Arcata, CA

11 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 95521 (Arcata, California). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.8742, -124.0765 · County: Humboldt

Natural Gas 68%Biomass 27%Hydroelectric 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.4 mi	Foster Clean Power A Arcata, CA	Solar	—	Foster Clean Power A, Llc
1.4 mi	Foster Clean Power B Arcata, CA	Solar	—	Foster Clean Power B, Llc
4.3 mi	Blue Lake Power Llc Blue Lake, CA	Biomass	14 MW	Blue Lake Power Llc
6.6 mi	Redwood Coast Airport Microgrid Mckinleyville, CA	Solar	4 MW	Redwood Coast Energy Authority
8.4 mi	Fairhaven Power Samoa, CA	Biomass	19 MW	Dg Fairhaven Power Llc
11.5 mi	Humboldt Bay Eureka, CA	Natural Gas	167 MW	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
11.5 mi	Mobile Gt Eureka, CA	Oil	—	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
27.8 mi	Humboldt Sawmill Company Scotia, CA	Biomass	33 MW	Mendocino Forest Products
30.3 mi	Baker Creek Hydroelectric Bridgeville, CA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Baker Station Associates, Lp
34.1 mi	Big Creek Water Works Hyampom, CA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Big Creek Water Works Ltd
48.4 mi	Gosselin Hydro Plant Ruth, CA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Humboldt Bay Mun Water Dist

Power generation near this area

There are 11 power plants within 50 miles of Arcata, California (ZIP 95521), with a combined 245 MW of nameplate capacity. Biomass is the most common fuel type in this area with 3 of the 11 nearby plants. The closest plant is Foster Clean Power A at 1.4 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.

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