Power Plants Near 66071 — Paola, KS

46 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 66071 (Paola, Kansas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.5720, -94.8937 · County: Miami

Coal 41%Natural Gas 29%Nuclear 15%Oil 12%Wind 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.8 mi	Osawatomie Miami, KS	Natural Gas	102 MW	Evergy Metro
4.2 mi	Osawatomie Solar Osawatomie, KS	Solar	5 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
6.0 mi	Osawatomie Power Plant North Sub Osawatomie, KS	Oil	6 MW	City Of Osawatomie - (Ks)
6.0 mi	Osawatomie City Of Osawatomie, KS	Oil	7 MW	City Of Osawatomie - (Ks)
6.2 mi	Osawatomie Power Plant South Sub Osawatomie, KS	Oil	6 MW	City Of Osawatomie - (Ks)
15.7 mi	West Gardner Johnson, KS	Natural Gas	408 MW	Evergy Metro
17.9 mi	Gardner Energy Center Gardner, KS	Natural Gas	39 MW	City Of Gardner - (Ks)
20.5 mi	La Cygne La Cygne, KS	Coal	1,599 MW	Evergy Metro
20.9 mi	Baldwin City Plant No 2 Baldwin City, KS	Natural Gas	6 MW	City Of Baldwin City- (Ks)
21.1 mi	Ottawa Ottawa, KS	Natural Gas	19 MW	City Of Ottawa - (Ks)
21.1 mi	Baldwin City Plant No 1 Baldwin City, KS	Oil	4 MW	City Of Baldwin City- (Ks)
23.4 mi	South Harper Kansas City, MO	Natural Gas	351 MW	Evergy Missouri West
27.9 mi	East Kansas Agri-Energy, Llc Garnett, KS	Other Fossil	2 MW	East Kansas Agri-Energy, Llc
28.2 mi	Garnett Municipal Garnett, KS	Oil	12 MW	City Of Garnett - (Ks)
33.3 mi	Kansas River Project Lawrence, KS	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Bowersock Mills & Power Co
35.5 mi	Dogwood Energy Facility Pleasant Hill, MO	Natural Gas	655 MW	Dogwood Power Management, Llc
36.1 mi	Butler Solar Power Project Butler, MO	Solar	3 MW	Missouri Jnt Muni.pwr Elec. Ut. Comm.
36.2 mi	Lawrence Energy Center Lawrence, KS	Coal	517 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
36.4 mi	Ralph Green Pleasant Hill, MO	Natural Gas	89 MW	Evergy Missouri West
36.6 mi	Butler Municipal Power Plant Butler, MO	Oil	11 MW	City Of Butler - (Mo)
36.7 mi	Kcp&l Smartgrid Innovation Park Kansas City, MO	Other Fossil	1 MW	Evergy Metro
37.8 mi	Greenwood (Mo) Greenwood, MO	Natural Gas	288 MW	Evergy Missouri West
37.9 mi	Kaw Kansas City, KS	Natural Gas	166 MW	City Of Kansas City - (Ks)
40.8 mi	Freestate Stull Solar I Lecompton, KS	Solar	1 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
40.8 mi	Grand Avenue Kansas City, MO	Natural Gas	—	Evergy Metro
40.9 mi	Grand Ave Plant Kansas City, MO	Natural Gas	5 MW	Vicinity Energy Kansas City
42.1 mi	Northeast (Mo) Kansas City, MO	Oil	540 MW	Evergy Metro
42.2 mi	Quindaro Kansas, KS	Oil	383 MW	City Of Kansas City - (Ks)
42.4 mi	Bpu Solar Farm Kansas City, KS	Solar	1 MW	Mc Power Companies Inc
42.5 mi	Nearman Creek Kansas, KS	Coal	365 MW	City Of Kansas City - (Ks)
43.0 mi	Station I Independence, MO	Oil	38 MW	City Of Independence - (Mo)
43.8 mi	Kingbird Solar Energy Llc Uniontown, KS	Battery Storage	—	Kingbird Solar Energy Llc
44.5 mi	Jackson Square Independence, MO	Oil	36 MW	City Of Independence - (Mo)
44.6 mi	Hawthorn Solar I Kansas City, MO	Solar	10 MW	Evergy Metro
44.6 mi	Hawthorn Kansas City, MO	Coal	1,046 MW	Evergy Metro
44.7 mi	Prairie Queen Wind Farm Moran, KS	Wind	199 MW	Prairie Queen Wind Farm Llc
46.1 mi	Oskaloosa Oskaloosa, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
46.1 mi	Station H Independence, MO	Natural Gas	43 MW	City Of Independence - (Mo)
46.6 mi	Independence Ii Solar Farm Independence, MO	Solar	9 MW	Mc Power Companies Inc
47.2 mi	Blue Valley Independence, MO	Natural Gas	—	City Of Independence - (Mo)
47.4 mi	Sharpe Waverly, KS	Oil	20 MW	Kansas Electric Power Coop Inc
47.5 mi	Wolf Creek Generator Burlington, KS	Oil	1 MW	4 Rivers Electric Cooperative, Inc.
48.9 mi	Wolf Creek Generating Station Burlington, KS	Nuclear	1,296 MW	Wolf Creek Nuclear Optg Corp
49.3 mi	Tecumseh Energy Center Tecumseh, KS	Coal	—	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
49.8 mi	Independence Solar Farm Independence, MO	Solar	3 MW	Mc Power Companies Inc
49.9 mi	Holden Holden, MO	Natural Gas	321 MW	Associated Electric Coop, Inc

Power generation near this area

There are 46 power plants within 50 miles of Paola, Kansas (ZIP 66071), with a combined 8,621 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 15 of the 46 nearby plants. The closest plant is Osawatomie at 2.8 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 Kansas, visit the Kansas state page.

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