Power Plants Near 57047 — Monroe, SD

15 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 57047 (Monroe, South Dakota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.5207, -97.2120 · County: Turner

Wind 44%Natural Gas 35%Oil 11%Hydroelectric 11%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
16.4 mi	Poet Biorefining - Chancellor Chancellor, SD	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining- Chancellor
29.3 mi	Pathfinder Sioux Falls, SD	Natural Gas	—	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
29.4 mi	Angus Anson Sioux Falls, SD	Natural Gas	406 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
36.8 mi	Prevailing Wind Park Lesterville, SD	Wind	220 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
41.9 mi	Walleye Wind Beaver Creek, MN	Wind	110 MW	Walleye Wind, Llc
41.9 mi	Laverne Battery Beaver Creek, MN	Battery Storage	—	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
42.5 mi	Hills Hills, MN	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
43.9 mi	Yankton Yankton, SD	Natural Gas	13 MW	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)
44.5 mi	Spirit Mound Vermillion, SD	Oil	135 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
45.6 mi	Minwind Luverne, MN	Wind	4 MW	Community Renewables, Llc
47.1 mi	Poet Biorefining - Hudson Hudson, SD	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Biorefining - Hudson
48.3 mi	Rock County Wind Fuel, Llc Luverne, MN	Wind	5 MW	Rock County Wind Fuel, Llc
48.4 mi	Gavins Point Crofton, NE	Hydroelectric	132 MW	Usace-Omaha
48.5 mi	Poet Bioprocessing- Mitchell Mitchell, SD	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing- Mitchell
49.3 mi	Prairie Rose Wind Farm Hardwick, MN	Wind	200 MW	Enel Green Power Na, Inc.

Power generation near this area

There are 15 power plants within 50 miles of Monroe, South Dakota (ZIP 57047), with a combined 1,238 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 15 nearby plants. The closest plant is Poet Biorefining - Chancellor at 16.4 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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