Power Plants Near 57053 — Parker, SD

15 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 57053 (Parker, South Dakota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.4020, -97.1333 · County: Turner

Natural Gas 41%Wind 32%Oil 14%Hydroelectric 13%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
9.0 mi	Poet Biorefining - Chancellor Chancellor, SD	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining- Chancellor
28.4 mi	Pathfinder Sioux Falls, SD	Natural Gas	—	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
28.6 mi	Angus Anson Sioux Falls, SD	Natural Gas	406 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
31.9 mi	Prevailing Wind Park Lesterville, SD	Wind	220 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
35.6 mi	Spirit Mound Vermillion, SD	Oil	135 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
36.9 mi	Yankton Yankton, SD	Natural Gas	13 MW	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)
39.2 mi	Poet Biorefining - Hudson Hudson, SD	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Biorefining - Hudson
39.5 mi	Hills Hills, MN	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
40.6 mi	Walleye Wind Beaver Creek, MN	Wind	110 MW	Walleye Wind, Llc
40.7 mi	Laverne Battery Beaver Creek, MN	Battery Storage	—	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
42.1 mi	Gavins Point Crofton, NE	Hydroelectric	132 MW	Usace-Omaha
42.9 mi	Minwind Luverne, MN	Wind	4 MW	Community Renewables, Llc
46.7 mi	Rock County Wind Fuel, Llc Luverne, MN	Wind	5 MW	Rock County Wind Fuel, Llc
48.4 mi	Rock Rapids Rock Rapids, IA	Oil	3 MW	Rock Rapids Municipal Utility
49.8 mi	Luverne Luverne, MN	Oil	10 MW	City Of Luverne - (Mn)

Power generation near this area

There are 15 power plants within 50 miles of Parker, South Dakota (ZIP 57053), with a combined 1,046 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 15 nearby plants. The closest plant is Poet Biorefining - Chancellor at 9.0 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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