Power Plants Near 66091 — Welda, KS

35 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 66091 (Welda, Kansas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.1686, -95.3096 · County: Anderson

Coal 29%Natural Gas 25%Nuclear 24%Wind 20%Oil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.8 mi	Garnett Municipal Garnett, KS	Oil	12 MW	City Of Garnett - (Ks)
8.1 mi	East Kansas Agri-Energy, Llc Garnett, KS	Other Fossil	2 MW	East Kansas Agri-Energy, Llc
13.9 mi	Prairie Queen Wind Farm Moran, KS	Wind	199 MW	Prairie Queen Wind Farm Llc
18.1 mi	Iola Iola, KS	Oil	29 MW	City Of Iola - (Ks)
21.2 mi	Wolf Creek Generating Station Burlington, KS	Nuclear	1,296 MW	Wolf Creek Nuclear Optg Corp
21.6 mi	Wolf Creek Generator Burlington, KS	Oil	1 MW	4 Rivers Electric Cooperative, Inc.
21.6 mi	Sharpe Waverly, KS	Oil	20 MW	Kansas Electric Power Coop Inc
24.0 mi	Burlington (Ks) Burlington, KS	Oil	10 MW	City Of Burlington - (Ks)
24.4 mi	Kingbird Solar Energy Llc Uniontown, KS	Battery Storage	—	Kingbird Solar Energy Llc
28.1 mi	Waverly Wind Farm Llc Waverly, KS	Wind	199 MW	Waverly Wind Farm Llc
29.7 mi	Osawatomie Power Plant South Sub Osawatomie, KS	Oil	6 MW	City Of Osawatomie - (Ks)
29.8 mi	Osawatomie City Of Osawatomie, KS	Oil	7 MW	City Of Osawatomie - (Ks)
29.9 mi	Osawatomie Power Plant North Sub Osawatomie, KS	Oil	6 MW	City Of Osawatomie - (Ks)
30.9 mi	Ottawa Ottawa, KS	Natural Gas	19 MW	City Of Ottawa - (Ks)
31.6 mi	Osawatomie Solar Osawatomie, KS	Solar	5 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
33.4 mi	Osawatomie Miami, KS	Natural Gas	102 MW	Evergy Metro
33.7 mi	Chanute 2 Chanute, KS	Natural Gas	64 MW	City Of Chanute
34.4 mi	Chanute 1 Chanute, KS	Natural Gas	—	City Of Chanute
35.5 mi	Jayhawk Wind Energy Center Hepler, KS	Wind	197 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
37.7 mi	Chanute 3 Chanute, KS	Natural Gas	35 MW	City Of Chanute
37.7 mi	Chanute Solar Chanute, KS	Solar	—	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
38.1 mi	La Cygne La Cygne, KS	Coal	1,599 MW	Evergy Metro
39.3 mi	Urbana-Heartland Chanute, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
41.3 mi	Erie Energy Center Erie, KS	Oil	20 MW	City Of Erie - (Ks)
41.4 mi	Reading Wind Project Reading, KS	Wind	200 MW	Southern Power Co
41.7 mi	Baldwin City Plant No 2 Baldwin City, KS	Natural Gas	6 MW	City Of Baldwin City- (Ks)
41.8 mi	Erie Erie, KS	Oil	4 MW	City Of Erie - (Ks)
42.4 mi	Baldwin City Plant No 1 Baldwin City, KS	Oil	4 MW	City Of Baldwin City- (Ks)
42.6 mi	Osage City Osage City, KS	Natural Gas	11 MW	City Of Osage City - (Ks)
43.6 mi	Osage City Solar Osage City, KS	Solar	2 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
45.2 mi	Emporia Energy Center Emporia, KS	Natural Gas	730 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
46.2 mi	West Gardner Johnson, KS	Natural Gas	408 MW	Evergy Metro
47.3 mi	Neosho Ridge Wind Energy Center Galesburg, KS	Wind	301 MW	Empire District Electric Co
48.6 mi	Greenbush-Heartland Girard, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
49.6 mi	Burlingame Burlingame, KS	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Burlingame - (Ks)

Power generation near this area

There are 35 power plants within 50 miles of Welda, Kansas (ZIP 66091), with a combined 5,502 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 11 of the 35 nearby plants. The closest plant is Garnett Municipal at 7.8 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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