Power Plants Near 64778 — Richards, MO

28 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 64778 (Richards, Missouri). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.9061, -94.5592 · County: Vernon

Coal 65%Wind 22%Oil 5%Natural Gas 5%Hydroelectric 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
12.3 mi	Nevada Nevada, MO	Oil	22 MW	Evergy Missouri West
19.6 mi	Oak Grove Power Producers Arcadia, KS	Biomass	4 MW	Cube District Energy, Llc
22.3 mi	Kingbird Solar Energy Llc Uniontown, KS	Battery Storage	—	Kingbird Solar Energy Llc
27.4 mi	Butler Municipal Power Plant Butler, MO	Oil	11 MW	City Of Butler - (Mo)
27.6 mi	Butler Solar Power Project Butler, MO	Solar	3 MW	Missouri Jnt Muni.pwr Elec. Ut. Comm.
29.2 mi	Jayhawk Wind Energy Center Hepler, KS	Wind	197 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
30.5 mi	El Dorado Springs Solar Farm El Dorado Springs, MO	Solar	3 MW	Missouri Jnt Muni.pwr Elec. Ut. Comm.
30.9 mi	La Cygne La Cygne, KS	Coal	1,599 MW	Evergy Metro
31.5 mi	Girard Girard, KS	Natural Gas	11 MW	City Of Girard - (Ks)
35.6 mi	Greenbush-Heartland Girard, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
35.8 mi	North Fork Ridge Wind Energy Center Mindenmines, MO	Wind	149 MW	Empire District Electric Co
36.6 mi	Prairie Queen Wind Farm Moran, KS	Wind	199 MW	Prairie Queen Wind Farm Llc
37.7 mi	Asbury Asbury, MO	Coal	—	Empire District Electric Co
43.6 mi	Erie Energy Center Erie, KS	Oil	20 MW	City Of Erie - (Ks)
43.9 mi	Erie Erie, KS	Oil	4 MW	City Of Erie - (Ks)
44.0 mi	Beavertail Solar Montrose, MO	Solar	—	Beavertail Solar, Llc
44.0 mi	Montrose Clinton, MO	Coal	—	Evergy Metro
44.9 mi	East Kansas Agri-Energy, Llc Garnett, KS	Other Fossil	2 MW	East Kansas Agri-Energy, Llc
45.0 mi	Garnett Municipal Garnett, KS	Oil	12 MW	City Of Garnett - (Ks)
45.6 mi	Stockton Hydro Stockton, MO	Hydroelectric	52 MW	Usce-Kansas City District
46.0 mi	Osawatomie Power Plant South Sub Osawatomie, KS	Oil	6 MW	City Of Osawatomie - (Ks)
46.4 mi	Osawatomie Power Plant North Sub Osawatomie, KS	Oil	6 MW	City Of Osawatomie - (Ks)
46.6 mi	Osawatomie City Of Osawatomie, KS	Oil	7 MW	City Of Osawatomie - (Ks)
47.1 mi	Osawatomie Miami, KS	Natural Gas	102 MW	Evergy Metro
47.2 mi	Osawatomie Solar Osawatomie, KS	Solar	5 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
47.2 mi	Iola Iola, KS	Oil	29 MW	City Of Iola - (Ks)
49.0 mi	Urbana-Heartland Chanute, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
49.9 mi	Buffalo Branch Wind And Solar Llc Lockwood, MO	Wind	—	Buffalo Branch Wind And Solar Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 28 power plants within 50 miles of Richards, Missouri (ZIP 64778), with a combined 2,444 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 9 of the 28 nearby plants. The closest plant is Nevada at 12.3 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 Missouri, visit the Missouri state page.

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