SAPPI CLOQUET MILL

How SAPPI CLOQUET MILL compares

With 95 MW of capacity, SAPPI CLOQUET MILL ranks 35th among the 215 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Minnesota and 2nd of the 12 operating Biomass plants in the state. It accounts for about 15% of Minnesota's operating Biomass capacity and 0.6% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 24th-largest of the 350 operating Biomass plants in the database. Commissioned in 1929, it is older than 92% of the 200 operating Minnesota plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Carlton County with 4 other operating plants, including THOMSON and MOOSE LAKE.

EIA-860 lists 7 generators at the site with 95 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly wood/wood waste biomass technology. Net generation was 487 GWh in 2024 (a 59% capacity factor), up 2% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1929 and 2001.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is STINSON (161 kV), about 17.7 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 115 kV line owned by MINNESOTA POWER INC, under 0.1 miles away. Another 6 operating power plants totaling 171 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is HIBBARD RENEWABLE ENERGY CENTER (73 MW, Biomass). Within 50 miles is one mapped data center, Duluth Missabe in Duluth, about 16.0 miles away.

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant, substation and transmission line records, EIA-860/923 survey data and PeeringDB data center locations; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology