Power Plants Near 57045 — Menno, SD

9 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 57045 (Menno, South Dakota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.2340, -97.5650 · County: Hutchinson

Wind 59%Oil 19%Hydroelectric 19%Natural Gas 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
13.6 mi	Prevailing Wind Park Lesterville, SD	Wind	220 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
25.8 mi	Yankton Yankton, SD	Natural Gas	13 MW	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)
26.4 mi	Beethoven Wind Tripp, SD	Wind	80 MW	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)
26.9 mi	Gavins Point Crofton, NE	Hydroelectric	132 MW	Usace-Omaha
31.9 mi	Poet Biorefining - Chancellor Chancellor, SD	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining- Chancellor
37.0 mi	Crofton Bluffs Wind Llc Bloomfield, NE	Wind	40 MW	Crofton Bluffs Wind, Llc
37.1 mi	Elkhorn Ridge Wind Llc Bloomfield, NE	Wind	81 MW	Elkhorn Ridge Wind, Llc
37.2 mi	Spirit Mound Vermillion, SD	Oil	135 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
47.6 mi	Poet Bioprocessing- Mitchell Mitchell, SD	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing- Mitchell

Power generation near this area

There are 9 power plants within 50 miles of Menno, South Dakota (ZIP 57045), with a combined 711 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 4 of the 9 nearby plants. The closest plant is Prevailing Wind Park at 13.6 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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