Power Plants Near 57314 — Artesian, SD

10 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 57314 (Artesian, South Dakota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 44.0210, -98.0114 · County: Sanborn

Wind 82%Natural Gas 13%Oil 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
15.8 mi	Poet Bioprocessing- Mitchell Mitchell, SD	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing- Mitchell
25.4 mi	Huron Huron, SD	Natural Gas	—	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)
25.4 mi	Bob Glanzer Generating Station Huron, SD	Natural Gas	69 MW	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)
28.8 mi	Wessington Springs Wessington Springs, SD	Wind	51 MW	Wessington Wind
33.3 mi	Mobile Unit Huron, SD	Oil	—	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)
39.2 mi	Lake Preston Lake Preston, SD	Oil	24 MW	Otter Tail Power Co
39.7 mi	Prairie Winds Sd1 Crow Lake, SD	Wind	162 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
42.5 mi	Aurora County Wind White Lake, SD	Wind	20 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
46.6 mi	Sweetland Wind Farm, Llc St. Lawrence, SD	Wind	200 MW	Sweetland Wind Farm, Llc
50.0 mi	Brule County Wind Kimball, SD	Wind	20 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.

Power generation near this area

There are 10 power plants within 50 miles of Artesian, South Dakota (ZIP 57314), with a combined 550 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 10 nearby plants. The closest plant is Poet Bioprocessing- Mitchell at 15.8 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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