Power Plants Near 57374 — Spencer, SD

7 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 57374 (Spencer, South Dakota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.7557, -97.5936 · County: Mccook

Natural Gas 56%Wind 41%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
25.6 mi	Poet Bioprocessing- Mitchell Mitchell, SD	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Bioprocessing- Mitchell
41.4 mi	Poet Biorefining - Chancellor Chancellor, SD	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining- Chancellor
43.4 mi	Lake Preston Lake Preston, SD	Oil	24 MW	Otter Tail Power Co
47.8 mi	Beethoven Wind Tripp, SD	Wind	80 MW	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)
48.9 mi	Pathfinder Sioux Falls, SD	Natural Gas	—	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
49.0 mi	Angus Anson Sioux Falls, SD	Natural Gas	406 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
49.6 mi	Prevailing Wind Park Lesterville, SD	Wind	220 MW	Aes Distributed Energy

Power generation near this area

There are 7 power plants within 50 miles of Spencer, South Dakota (ZIP 57374), with a combined 739 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 4 of the 7 nearby plants. The closest plant is Poet Bioprocessing- Mitchell at 25.6 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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