Power Plants Near 57043 — Marion, SD

14 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 57043 (Marion, South Dakota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.4188, -97.2771 · County: Turner

Natural Gas 39%Wind 37%Oil 12%Hydroelectric 12%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
16.3 mi	Poet Biorefining - Chancellor Chancellor, SD	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining- Chancellor
29.1 mi	Prevailing Wind Park Lesterville, SD	Wind	220 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
34.4 mi	Pathfinder Sioux Falls, SD	Natural Gas	—	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
34.6 mi	Angus Anson Sioux Falls, SD	Natural Gas	406 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
36.5 mi	Yankton Yankton, SD	Natural Gas	13 MW	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)
38.8 mi	Spirit Mound Vermillion, SD	Oil	135 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
40.7 mi	Gavins Point Crofton, NE	Hydroelectric	132 MW	Usace-Omaha
44.2 mi	Beethoven Wind Tripp, SD	Wind	80 MW	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)
46.0 mi	Poet Biorefining - Hudson Hudson, SD	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Biorefining - Hudson
46.4 mi	Hills Hills, MN	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
46.9 mi	Walleye Wind Beaver Creek, MN	Wind	110 MW	Walleye Wind, Llc
47.0 mi	Laverne Battery Beaver Creek, MN	Battery Storage	—	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
49.0 mi	Poet Bioprocessing- Mitchell Mitchell, SD	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing- Mitchell
49.7 mi	Minwind Luverne, MN	Wind	4 MW	Community Renewables, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 14 power plants within 50 miles of Marion, South Dakota (ZIP 57043), with a combined 1,113 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 14 nearby plants. The closest plant is Poet Biorefining - Chancellor at 16.3 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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