Power Plants Near 57070 — Viborg, SD

15 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 57070 (Viborg, South Dakota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.1815, -97.1140 · County: Turner

Wind 43%Natural Gas 35%Oil 11%Hydroelectric 11%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
15.2 mi	Poet Biorefining - Chancellor Chancellor, SD	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining- Chancellor
20.6 mi	Spirit Mound Vermillion, SD	Oil	135 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
23.0 mi	Prevailing Wind Park Lesterville, SD	Wind	220 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
23.3 mi	Yankton Yankton, SD	Natural Gas	13 MW	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)
29.5 mi	Gavins Point Crofton, NE	Hydroelectric	132 MW	Usace-Omaha
32.6 mi	Poet Biorefining - Hudson Hudson, SD	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Biorefining - Hudson
37.7 mi	Pathfinder Sioux Falls, SD	Natural Gas	—	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
37.8 mi	Angus Anson Sioux Falls, SD	Natural Gas	406 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
40.9 mi	Crofton Bluffs Wind Llc Bloomfield, NE	Wind	40 MW	Crofton Bluffs Wind, Llc
42.1 mi	Elkhorn Ridge Wind Llc Bloomfield, NE	Wind	81 MW	Elkhorn Ridge Wind, Llc
44.6 mi	Hills Hills, MN	Oil	—	Interstate Power And Light Co
48.1 mi	Walleye Wind Beaver Creek, MN	Wind	110 MW	Walleye Wind, Llc
48.1 mi	Laverne Battery Beaver Creek, MN	Battery Storage	—	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
48.2 mi	Minwind Luverne, MN	Wind	4 MW	Community Renewables, Llc
48.7 mi	Beethoven Wind Tripp, SD	Wind	80 MW	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)

Power generation near this area

There are 15 power plants within 50 miles of Viborg, South Dakota (ZIP 57070), with a combined 1,230 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 15 nearby plants. The closest plant is Poet Biorefining - Chancellor at 15.2 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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