Power Plants Near 57069 — Vermillion, SD

22 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 57069 (Vermillion, South Dakota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.7951, -96.9258 · County: Clay

Wind 46%Coal 43%Oil 6%Hydroelectric 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.8 mi	Spirit Mound Vermillion, SD	Oil	135 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
22.7 mi	Yankton Yankton, SD	Natural Gas	13 MW	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)
26.5 mi	Laurel Laurel, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Laurel - (Ne)
28.4 mi	Gavins Point Crofton, NE	Hydroelectric	132 MW	Usace-Omaha
29.4 mi	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project Dixon, NE	Wind	318 MW	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project, Llc
30.8 mi	Poet Biorefining - Hudson Hudson, SD	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Biorefining - Hudson
33.9 mi	Crofton Bluffs Wind Llc Bloomfield, NE	Wind	40 MW	Crofton Bluffs Wind, Llc
33.9 mi	South Sioux City Solar Dakota, NE	Solar	2 MW	Tesla Inc.
34.7 mi	Prevailing Wind Park Lesterville, SD	Wind	220 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
35.8 mi	Elkhorn Ridge Wind Llc Bloomfield, NE	Wind	81 MW	Elkhorn Ridge Wind, Llc
36.3 mi	South Sioux City Energy Storage South Sioux City, NE	Other Fossil	2 MW	Dg Nebraska Energy Storage, Llc
36.5 mi	Wakefield Wakefield, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wakefield - (Ne)
37.2 mi	Emerson Emerson, NE	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Emerson - (Ne)
39.2 mi	Haystack Wind Project, Llc Carroll, NE	Wind	298 MW	Haystack Wind Project, Llc
39.5 mi	Wayne Ic Wayne, NE	Oil	22 MW	City Of Wayne
39.8 mi	Poet Biorefining - Chancellor Chancellor, SD	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining- Chancellor
40.2 mi	Sholes Wind Energy Center Randolph, NE	Wind	160 MW	Sholes Wind Energy Center, Llc
42.7 mi	George Neal North Sergeant Bluff, IA	Coal	584 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.4 mi	Neal Energy Center Solar Salix, IA	Solar	4 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.6 mi	George Neal South Salix, IA	Coal	696 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
46.0 mi	Plum Creek Wind Project (Ne) Winside, NE	Wind	230 MW	Plum Creek Wind, Llc
48.3 mi	Pender Pender, NE	Oil	5 MW	City Of Pender - (Ne)

Power generation near this area

There are 22 power plants within 50 miles of Vermillion, South Dakota (ZIP 57069), with a combined 2,961 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 22 nearby plants. The closest plant is Spirit Mound at 7.8 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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