Power Plants Near 64873 — Wentworth, MO

17 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 64873 (Wentworth, Missouri). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.0177, -94.0514 · County: Newton

Natural Gas 60%Coal 22%Wind 11%Hydroelectric 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
8.8 mi	Empire Energy Center Sarcoxie, MO	Natural Gas	379 MW	Empire District Electric Co
17.4 mi	Kings Point Wind Energy Center Golden City, MO	Wind	149 MW	Empire District Electric Co
17.5 mi	Carthage Carthage, MO	Natural Gas	42 MW	City Of Carthage - (Mo)
22.4 mi	Prosperity Solar Farm Csg Joplin, MO	Solar	2 MW	Empire District Electric Co
26.1 mi	Buffalo Branch Wind And Solar Llc Lockwood, MO	Wind	—	Buffalo Branch Wind And Solar Llc
31.2 mi	State Line Combined Cycle Joplin, MO	Natural Gas	691 MW	Empire District Electric Co
35.9 mi	Riverton Riverton, KS	Natural Gas	300 MW	Empire District Electric Co
36.0 mi	North Fork Ridge Wind Energy Center Mindenmines, MO	Wind	149 MW	Empire District Electric Co
37.7 mi	John Twitty Energy Center Springfield, MO	Coal	603 MW	City Utilities Of Springfield - (Mo)
37.9 mi	Asbury Asbury, MO	Coal	—	Empire District Electric Co
39.3 mi	Nixa Solar, Llc Nixa, MO	Solar	8 MW	Missouri Jnt Muni.pwr Elec. Ut. Comm.
40.9 mi	Cox Battery Energy Storage Springfield, MO	Other Fossil	1 MW	City Utilities Of Springfield - (Mo)
42.7 mi	Beaver Dam (Ar) Eureka Springs, AR	Hydroelectric	112 MW	Usce-Little Rock District
43.6 mi	Main Street (Mo) Springfield, MO	Oil	—	City Utilities Of Springfield - (Mo)
44.0 mi	James River Power Station Springfield, MO	Natural Gas	198 MW	City Utilities Of Springfield - (Mo)
46.0 mi	Noble Hill Landfill Willard, MO	Biomass	3 MW	City Of Springfield (Mo)
49.2 mi	Stockton Hydro Stockton, MO	Hydroelectric	52 MW	Usce-Kansas City District

Power generation near this area

There are 17 power plants within 50 miles of Wentworth, Missouri (ZIP 64873), with a combined 2,689 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 17 nearby plants. The closest plant is Empire Energy Center at 8.8 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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