Power Plants Near 57214 — Badger, SD

34 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 57214 (Badger, South Dakota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 44.4918, -97.2184 · County: Kingsbury

Wind 73%Natural Gas 24%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.9 mi	Lake Preston Lake Preston, SD	Oil	24 MW	Otter Tail Power Co
26.3 mi	Brookings Solar Brookings, SD	Solar	—	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
28.8 mi	Watertown Power Plant Watertown, SD	Oil	68 MW	Missouri Basin Muni Power Agny
29.3 mi	Buffalo Ridge Ii Llc Elkton, SD	Wind	210 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
32.4 mi	Tatanka Ridge Toronto, SD	Wind	154 MW	Tatanka Ridge Llc
33.0 mi	Astoria Station Astoria, SD	Natural Gas	349 MW	Otter Tail Power Co
33.1 mi	Coyote Ridge White, SD	Wind	97 MW	Coyote Ridge Llc
34.4 mi	Deer Creek Station White, SD	Natural Gas	324 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
36.7 mi	Clark (Sd) Clark, SD	Oil	3 MW	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)
36.7 mi	Buffalo Ridge I Llc Elkton, SD	Wind	50 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
38.2 mi	Crowned Ridge Wind Ii Energy Center Watertown, SD	Wind	201 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
38.4 mi	Julia Hills Llc Hendricks, MN	Wind	2 MW	Chi Operations Inc
38.6 mi	Jack River Llc Hendricks, MN	Wind	2 MW	Chi Operations Inc
38.8 mi	Sun River Llc Hendricks, MN	Wind	2 MW	Chi Operations Inc
39.0 mi	Shaokatan Hills Llc Hendricks, MN	Wind	12 MW	Shaokatan Hills, Llc (Longroad)
39.0 mi	Tsar Nicholas Llc Hendricks, MN	Wind	2 MW	Chi Operations Inc
39.1 mi	Jessica Mills Llc Hendricks, MN	Wind	2 MW	Chi Operations Inc
39.1 mi	Autumn Hills Llc Hendricks, MN	Wind	2 MW	Chi Operations Inc
39.5 mi	Lakota Ridge Llc Hendricks, MN	Wind	11 MW	Lakota Ridge, Llc (Longroad)
39.9 mi	Oak Tree Energy Clark, SD	Wind	20 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
41.2 mi	Lincoln Heights I Lake Benton, MN	Wind	5 MW	Allete Clean Energy
42.0 mi	Blazing Star Wind Farm 1 Hendricks, MN	Wind	200 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
42.3 mi	Deuel Harvest Wind Energy Llc Clear Lake, SD	Wind	300 MW	Southern Power Co
42.8 mi	Blazing Star 2 Wind Farm Hendricks, MN	Wind	200 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
43.6 mi	Community Wind North Llc Verdi Township, MN	Wind	30 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
43.9 mi	Lake Benton I Lake Benton, MN	Wind	107 MW	Allete Clean Energy
45.4 mi	Lincoln Heights Ii Lake Benton, MN	Wind	4 MW	Allete Clean Energy
45.7 mi	Buffalo Ridge Wind Lake Benton, MN	Wind	106 MW	Buffalo Ridge Wind, Llc
45.9 mi	Minndakota Wind Llc Ivanhoe, MN	Wind	150 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
47.8 mi	Huron Huron, SD	Natural Gas	—	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)
47.8 mi	Bob Glanzer Generating Station Huron, SD	Natural Gas	69 MW	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)
48.8 mi	Crocker Wind Farm Conde, SD	Wind	200 MW	Crocker Wind Farm, Llc
49.5 mi	Crowned Ridge Wind Energy Center Watertown, SD	Wind	200 MW	Crowned Ridge Wind, Llc
49.9 mi	Twin Lake Hills Llc Lake Benton, MN	Wind	2 MW	Chi Operations Inc

Power generation near this area

There are 34 power plants within 50 miles of Badger, South Dakota (ZIP 57214), with a combined 3,107 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 26 of the 34 nearby plants. The closest plant is Lake Preston at 11.9 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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