Power Plants Near 57255 — New Effington, SD

11 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 57255 (New Effington, South Dakota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 45.8659, -96.9150 · County: Roberts

Wind 60%Coal 40%
DistancePlantFuelCapacityOperator
6.3 miDakota Magic
Hankinson, ND
Oil2 MWDakota Magic Casino
39.1 miAbercrombie Solar
Abercrombie, ND
SolarOtter Tail Power Co
42.1 miWebster Ic
Webster, SD
OilNorthwestern Energy - (Sd)
42.3 miDakota Range Iii Wind Project
Summit, SD
Wind154 MWEngie North America
43.5 miBig Stone
Big Stone City, SD
Coal451 MWOtter Tail Power Co
44.7 miDakota Range Wind
Marvin, SD
Wind304 MWNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota
46.5 miValley Queen Cheese
Milbank, SD
Oil5 MWValley Queen Cheese Factory, Inc.
46.9 miState Auto Insurance
Milbank, SD
Oil2 MWSlb Milbank Llc
49.3 miCrowned Ridge Wind Energy Center
Watertown, SD
Wind200 MWCrowned Ridge Wind, Llc
49.6 miFergus Control Ctr
Fergus Falls, MN
OilOtter Tail Power Co
49.8 miGrant County Wind Llc
Woodstock, MN
Wind21 MWGrant County Wind, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 11 power plants within 50 miles of New Effington, South Dakota (ZIP 57255), with a combined 1,137 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 11 nearby plants. The closest plant is Dakota Magic at 6.3 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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