Power Plants Near 57433 — Columbia, SD

7 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 57433 (Columbia, South Dakota). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 45.6512, -98.3158 · County: Brown

Wind 70%Natural Gas 30%
DistancePlantFuelCapacityOperator
17.6 miAberdeen Ct
Aberdeen, SD
Natural Gas111 MWNorthwestern Energy - (Sd)
21.9 miGroton Generation Station
Groton, SD
Natural Gas216 MWBasin Electric Power Coop
36.1 miDay County Wind Llc
Conde, SD
Wind99 MWDay County Wind Llc
37.1 miTatanka Wind Power Llc
Ashley, ND
Wind180 MWAcciona Wind Energy Usa Llc
41.1 miFoxtail Wind, Llc
Forbes, ND
Wind150 MWFoxtail Wind, Llc
47.7 miMerricourt Wind Energy Center
Kulm, ND
Wind150 MWOtter Tail Power Co
47.8 miCrocker Wind Farm
Conde, SD
Wind200 MWCrocker Wind Farm, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 7 power plants within 50 miles of Columbia, South Dakota (ZIP 57433), with a combined 1,106 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 7 nearby plants. The closest plant is Aberdeen Ct at 17.6 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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