Power Plants Near 56211 — Beardsley, MN

15 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 56211 (Beardsley, Minnesota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 45.5539, -96.7060 · County: Big Stone

Wind 69%Coal 26%Oil 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
19.7 mi	Big Stone Big Stone City, SD	Coal	451 MW	Otter Tail Power Co
23.2 mi	Valley Queen Cheese Milbank, SD	Oil	5 MW	Valley Queen Cheese Factory, Inc.
23.4 mi	State Auto Insurance Milbank, SD	Oil	2 MW	Slb Milbank Llc
27.3 mi	Dakota Magic Hankinson, ND	Oil	2 MW	Dakota Magic Casino
27.5 mi	Dakota Range Wind Marvin, SD	Wind	304 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
27.6 mi	Dakota Range Iii Wind Project Summit, SD	Wind	154 MW	Engie North America
28.3 mi	Crowned Ridge Wind Energy Center Watertown, SD	Wind	200 MW	Crowned Ridge Wind, Llc
34.0 mi	Webster Ic Webster, SD	Oil	—	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)
38.8 mi	Stevens Community Medical Center Morris, MN	Oil	1 MW	Stevens Community Medical Center
39.4 mi	Crowned Ridge Wind Ii Energy Center Watertown, SD	Wind	201 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
40.2 mi	Umm Wind Turbine Morris, MN	Wind	2 MW	University Of Minnesota Morris Campus
40.2 mi	Wcroc Wind Farm Morris, MN	Wind	2 MW	University Of Minnesota Wcroc
43.2 mi	Grant County Wind Llc Woodstock, MN	Wind	21 MW	Grant County Wind, Llc
48.4 mi	Deuel Harvest Wind Energy Llc Clear Lake, SD	Wind	300 MW	Southern Power Co
49.1 mi	Watertown Power Plant Watertown, SD	Oil	68 MW	Missouri Basin Muni Power Agny

Power generation near this area

There are 15 power plants within 50 miles of Beardsley, Minnesota (ZIP 56211), with a combined 1,710 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 15 nearby plants. The closest plant is Big Stone at 19.7 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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