Power Plants Near 57319 — Bridgewater, SD

8 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 57319 (Bridgewater, South Dakota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.5503, -97.4691 · County: Mccook

Natural Gas 50%Wind 35%Hydroelectric 15%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
28.4 mi	Poet Biorefining - Chancellor Chancellor, SD	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining- Chancellor
35.4 mi	Prevailing Wind Park Lesterville, SD	Wind	220 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
36.1 mi	Poet Bioprocessing- Mitchell Mitchell, SD	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing- Mitchell
40.9 mi	Beethoven Wind Tripp, SD	Wind	80 MW	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)
41.7 mi	Pathfinder Sioux Falls, SD	Natural Gas	—	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
41.9 mi	Angus Anson Sioux Falls, SD	Natural Gas	406 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
45.8 mi	Yankton Yankton, SD	Natural Gas	13 MW	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)
48.5 mi	Gavins Point Crofton, NE	Hydroelectric	132 MW	Usace-Omaha

Power generation near this area

There are 8 power plants within 50 miles of Bridgewater, South Dakota (ZIP 57319), with a combined 861 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 8 nearby plants. The closest plant is Poet Biorefining - Chancellor at 28.4 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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