Power Plants Near 57040 — Lesterville, SD
10 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 57040 (Lesterville, South Dakota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.
Centroid: 43.0394, -97.5956 · County: Yankton
| Distance | Plant | Fuel | Capacity | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 mi | Prevailing Wind Park Lesterville, SD | Wind | 220 MW | Aes Distributed Energy |
| 14.4 mi | Gavins Point Crofton, NE | Hydroelectric | 132 MW | Usace-Omaha |
| 15.9 mi | Yankton Yankton, SD | Natural Gas | 13 MW | Northwestern Energy - (Sd) |
| 23.6 mi | Crofton Bluffs Wind Llc Bloomfield, NE | Wind | 40 MW | Crofton Bluffs Wind, Llc |
| 23.6 mi | Elkhorn Ridge Wind Llc Bloomfield, NE | Wind | 81 MW | Elkhorn Ridge Wind, Llc |
| 25.8 mi | Beethoven Wind Tripp, SD | Wind | 80 MW | Northwestern Energy - (Sd) |
| 32.1 mi | Spirit Mound Vermillion, SD | Oil | 135 MW | Basin Electric Power Coop |
| 39.4 mi | Poet Biorefining - Chancellor Chancellor, SD | Natural Gas | 5 MW | Poet Biorefining- Chancellor |
| 48.4 mi | Fort Randall Pickstown, SD | Hydroelectric | 320 MW | Usace-Omaha |
| 49.3 mi | Laurel Laurel, NE | Natural Gas | 4 MW | City Of Laurel - (Ne) |
Power generation near this area
There are 10 power plants within 50 miles of Lesterville, South Dakota (ZIP 57040), with a combined 1,031 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 4 of the 10 nearby plants. The closest plant is Prevailing Wind Park at 3.5 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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