Power Plants Near 57025 — Elk Point, SD

24 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 57025 (Elk Point, South Dakota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.7382, -96.6870 · County: Union

Wind 52%Coal 38%Oil 5%Hydroelectric 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
18.9 mi	Spirit Mound Vermillion, SD	Oil	135 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
23.1 mi	South Sioux City Solar Dakota, NE	Solar	2 MW	Tesla Inc.
25.4 mi	South Sioux City Energy Storage South Sioux City, NE	Other Fossil	2 MW	Dg Nebraska Energy Storage, Llc
26.1 mi	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project Dixon, NE	Wind	318 MW	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project, Llc
27.0 mi	Poet Biorefining - Hudson Hudson, SD	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Biorefining - Hudson
29.6 mi	Laurel Laurel, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Laurel - (Ne)
32.0 mi	Emerson Emerson, NE	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Emerson - (Ne)
32.5 mi	George Neal North Sergeant Bluff, IA	Coal	584 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
32.9 mi	Neal Energy Center Solar Salix, IA	Solar	4 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
33.6 mi	Wakefield Wakefield, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wakefield - (Ne)
34.5 mi	George Neal South Salix, IA	Coal	696 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
35.4 mi	Yankton Yankton, SD	Natural Gas	13 MW	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)
38.5 mi	Plymouth Wind Remsen, IA	Wind	203 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.1 mi	Wayne Ic Wayne, NE	Oil	22 MW	City Of Wayne
41.0 mi	Gavins Point Crofton, NE	Hydroelectric	132 MW	Usace-Omaha
41.8 mi	Haystack Wind Project, Llc Carroll, NE	Wind	298 MW	Haystack Wind Project, Llc
43.1 mi	Pender Pender, NE	Oil	5 MW	City Of Pender - (Ne)
45.4 mi	Sholes Wind Energy Center Randolph, NE	Wind	160 MW	Sholes Wind Energy Center, Llc
45.4 mi	Crofton Bluffs Wind Llc Bloomfield, NE	Wind	40 MW	Crofton Bluffs Wind, Llc
45.8 mi	Poet Biorefining - Chancellor Chancellor, SD	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining- Chancellor
47.2 mi	Glaciers Edge Wind Project Cleghorn, IA	Wind	212 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
47.3 mi	Prevailing Wind Park Lesterville, SD	Wind	220 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
47.4 mi	Elkhorn Ridge Wind Llc Bloomfield, NE	Wind	81 MW	Elkhorn Ridge Wind, Llc
47.8 mi	Plum Creek Wind Project (Ne) Winside, NE	Wind	230 MW	Plum Creek Wind, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 24 power plants within 50 miles of Elk Point, South Dakota (ZIP 57025), with a combined 3,375 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 9 of the 24 nearby plants. The closest plant is Spirit Mound at 18.9 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 South Dakota, visit the South Dakota state page.

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