Power Plants Near 51652 — Sidney, IA

31 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 51652 (Sidney, Iowa). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.7507, -95.6403 · County: Fremont

Coal 53%Wind 20%Nuclear 12%Natural Gas 11%Oil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.4 mi	Nebraska City Nebraska City, NE	Coal	1,390 MW	Omaha Public Power District
11.9 mi	Nebraska City # 1 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	26 MW	City Of Nebraska City
13.3 mi	Nebraska City # 2 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Nebraska City
13.6 mi	Farmers City Wind Llc Tarkio, MO	Wind	146 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
13.9 mi	Shenandoah Shenandoah, IA	Oil	20 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
16.3 mi	Shenandoah Hills Wind Farm Blanchard, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
21.3 mi	Atchison County Wind Westboro, MO	Wind	299 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
21.7 mi	Cass County Plattsmouth, NE	Natural Gas	345 MW	Omaha Public Power District
22.4 mi	Cow Branch Tarkio, MO	Wind	50 MW	Cow Branch Wind Power, Llc
23.8 mi	Loess Hills Rock Port, MO	Wind	5 MW	Loess Hills Wind Farm Llc
25.5 mi	Papillion Creek Wastewater Bellevue, NE	Biomass	2 MW	City Of Omaha
26.8 mi	Cooper Nuclear Station Brownville, NE	Nuclear	801 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
27.3 mi	Auburn Auburn, NE	Natural Gas	19 MW	Auburn Board Of Public Works
28.6 mi	Syracuse # 2 Syracuse, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Nebraska City
29.4 mi	Bright Battery Weeping Water, NE	Other Fossil	1 MW	Omaha Public Power District
31.5 mi	Walter Scott Jr Energy Center Council Bluffs, IA	Coal	1,648 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
33.5 mi	Rock Creek Wind Project Tarkio, MO	Wind	300 MW	Enel Green Power Na, Inc.
33.7 mi	Sarpy County Bellevue, NE	Natural Gas	338 MW	Omaha Public Power District
34.7 mi	Missouri River Wastewater Treatment Omaha, NE	Biomass	3 MW	City Of Omaha
36.3 mi	Turtle Creek Springfield, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
36.4 mi	Villisca Municipal Power Plant Villisca, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Villisca - (Ia)
37.6 mi	Jones Street Omaha, NE	Oil	130 MW	Omaha Public Power District
39.2 mi	Tecumseh Tecumseh, NE	Oil	7 MW	City Of Tecumseh
42.7 mi	Contrail Wind Farm Bedford, IA	Wind	112 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.0 mi	North Omaha Omaha, NE	Coal	645 MW	Omaha Public Power District
45.6 mi	Standing Bear Lake Omaha, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
46.6 mi	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning Corning, IA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Poet Biorefining Llc - Corning
47.3 mi	Clear Creek Wind Maryville, MO	Wind	242 MW	Clear Creek Wind, Llc
48.1 mi	Falls City Falls City, NE	Natural Gas	31 MW	City Of Falls City - (Ne)
49.0 mi	White Cloud Wind Project, Llc Tarkio, MO	Wind	237 MW	White Cloud Wind Project, Llc
49.1 mi	Platteview Solar Llc Ashland, NE	Solar	81 MW	Aes Distributed Energy

Power generation near this area

There are 31 power plants within 50 miles of Sidney, Iowa (ZIP 51652), with a combined 6,904 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 31 nearby plants. The closest plant is Nebraska City at 11.4 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 Iowa, visit the Iowa state page.

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