Power Plants Near 57249 — Lake Preston, SD

24 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 57249 (Lake Preston, South Dakota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 44.3692, -97.3828 · County: Kingsbury

Wind 49%Natural Gas 45%Oil 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
0.3 mi	Lake Preston Lake Preston, SD	Oil	24 MW	Otter Tail Power Co
32.3 mi	Brookings Solar Brookings, SD	Solar	—	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
38.9 mi	Buffalo Ridge Ii Llc Elkton, SD	Wind	210 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
39.0 mi	Huron Huron, SD	Natural Gas	—	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)
39.0 mi	Bob Glanzer Generating Station Huron, SD	Natural Gas	69 MW	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)
39.0 mi	Clark (Sd) Clark, SD	Oil	3 MW	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)
39.2 mi	Watertown Power Plant Watertown, SD	Oil	68 MW	Missouri Basin Muni Power Agny
41.5 mi	Coyote Ridge White, SD	Wind	97 MW	Coyote Ridge Llc
42.0 mi	Deer Creek Station White, SD	Natural Gas	324 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
42.6 mi	Tatanka Ridge Toronto, SD	Wind	154 MW	Tatanka Ridge Llc
42.8 mi	Oak Tree Energy Clark, SD	Wind	20 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
43.0 mi	Astoria Station Astoria, SD	Natural Gas	349 MW	Otter Tail Power Co
44.9 mi	Buffalo Ridge I Llc Elkton, SD	Wind	50 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
46.4 mi	Julia Hills Llc Hendricks, MN	Wind	2 MW	Chi Operations Inc
46.6 mi	Jack River Llc Hendricks, MN	Wind	2 MW	Chi Operations Inc
46.9 mi	Sun River Llc Hendricks, MN	Wind	2 MW	Chi Operations Inc
46.9 mi	Tsar Nicholas Llc Hendricks, MN	Wind	2 MW	Chi Operations Inc
46.9 mi	Shaokatan Hills Llc Hendricks, MN	Wind	12 MW	Shaokatan Hills, Llc (Longroad)
47.0 mi	Autumn Hills Llc Hendricks, MN	Wind	2 MW	Chi Operations Inc
47.2 mi	Lakota Ridge Llc Hendricks, MN	Wind	11 MW	Lakota Ridge, Llc (Longroad)
47.2 mi	Jessica Mills Llc Hendricks, MN	Wind	2 MW	Chi Operations Inc
47.3 mi	Lincoln Heights I Lake Benton, MN	Wind	5 MW	Allete Clean Energy
49.0 mi	Community Wind North Llc Verdi Township, MN	Wind	30 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
49.3 mi	Crowned Ridge Wind Ii Energy Center Watertown, SD	Wind	201 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota

Power generation near this area

There are 24 power plants within 50 miles of Lake Preston, South Dakota (ZIP 57249), with a combined 1,638 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 16 of the 24 nearby plants. The closest plant is Lake Preston at 0.3 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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