Power Plants Near 57058 — Salem, SD

8 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 57058 (Salem, South Dakota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.7356, -97.3797 · County: Mccook

Natural Gas 54%Wind 43%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
32.8 mi	Poet Biorefining - Chancellor Chancellor, SD	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining- Chancellor
36.3 mi	Poet Bioprocessing- Mitchell Mitchell, SD	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing- Mitchell
38.2 mi	Pathfinder Sioux Falls, SD	Natural Gas	—	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
38.3 mi	Angus Anson Sioux Falls, SD	Natural Gas	406 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
43.5 mi	Lake Preston Lake Preston, SD	Oil	24 MW	Otter Tail Power Co
48.7 mi	Prevailing Wind Park Lesterville, SD	Wind	220 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
49.9 mi	Walleye Wind Beaver Creek, MN	Wind	110 MW	Walleye Wind, Llc
49.9 mi	Laverne Battery Beaver Creek, MN	Battery Storage	—	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota

Power generation near this area

There are 8 power plants within 50 miles of Salem, South Dakota (ZIP 57058), with a combined 769 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 4 of the 8 nearby plants. The closest plant is Poet Biorefining - Chancellor at 32.8 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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