Power Plants Near 57038 — Jefferson, SD

23 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 57038 (Jefferson, South Dakota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.6013, -96.5784 · County: Union

Wind 47%Coal 42%Oil 6%Hydroelectric 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
12.1 mi	South Sioux City Solar Dakota, NE	Solar	2 MW	Tesla Inc.
14.5 mi	South Sioux City Energy Storage South Sioux City, NE	Other Fossil	2 MW	Dg Nebraska Energy Storage, Llc
20.2 mi	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project Dixon, NE	Wind	318 MW	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project, Llc
21.6 mi	George Neal North Sergeant Bluff, IA	Coal	584 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
21.9 mi	Neal Energy Center Solar Salix, IA	Solar	4 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
23.5 mi	George Neal South Salix, IA	Coal	696 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
23.8 mi	Emerson Emerson, NE	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Emerson - (Ne)
27.1 mi	Wakefield Wakefield, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wakefield - (Ne)
28.6 mi	Laurel Laurel, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Laurel - (Ne)
29.3 mi	Spirit Mound Vermillion, SD	Oil	135 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
34.2 mi	Wayne Ic Wayne, NE	Oil	22 MW	City Of Wayne
34.2 mi	Pender Pender, NE	Oil	5 MW	City Of Pender - (Ne)
34.6 mi	Poet Biorefining - Hudson Hudson, SD	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Biorefining - Hudson
36.4 mi	Plymouth Wind Remsen, IA	Wind	203 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
39.2 mi	Haystack Wind Project, Llc Carroll, NE	Wind	298 MW	Haystack Wind Project, Llc
42.7 mi	Cuming County Renewables, Llc Wisner, NE	Wind	3 MW	Cuming County Renewables. Llc
44.1 mi	Plum Creek Wind Project (Ne) Winside, NE	Wind	230 MW	Plum Creek Wind, Llc
44.2 mi	Yankton Yankton, SD	Natural Gas	13 MW	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)
44.7 mi	Glaciers Edge Wind Project Cleghorn, IA	Wind	212 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
44.8 mi	Sholes Wind Energy Center Randolph, NE	Wind	160 MW	Sholes Wind Energy Center, Llc
45.7 mi	Wisner Wisner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wisner
46.2 mi	Lyons Lyons, NE	Oil	3 MW	City Of Lyons - (Ne)
48.9 mi	Gavins Point Crofton, NE	Hydroelectric	132 MW	Usace-Omaha

Power generation near this area

There are 23 power plants within 50 miles of Jefferson, South Dakota (ZIP 57038), with a combined 3,037 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 23 nearby plants. The closest plant is South Sioux City Solar at 12.1 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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