Power Plants Near 66097 — Winchester, KS

34 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 66097 (Winchester, Kansas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.3245, -95.2696 · County: Jefferson

Coal 72%Oil 12%Natural Gas 12%Wind 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
12.6 mi	Oskaloosa Oskaloosa, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
17.6 mi	Iatan Weston, MO	Coal	1,754 MW	Evergy Metro
21.9 mi	Lawrence Energy Center Lawrence, KS	Coal	517 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
24.3 mi	Kansas River Project Lawrence, KS	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Bowersock Mills & Power Co
24.6 mi	Freestate Stull Solar I Lecompton, KS	Solar	1 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
24.6 mi	Tecumseh Energy Center Tecumseh, KS	Coal	—	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
26.7 mi	Holton City Of Holton, KS	Oil	22 MW	City Of Holton - (Ks)
26.8 mi	Waste Management Rolling Meadows Lfgte Topeka, KS	Biomass	6 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
30.9 mi	Kansas City International Kansas City, MO	Natural Gas	—	Evergy Missouri West
31.4 mi	Freestate Kiro Solar I Silver Lake, KS	Solar	1 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
32.5 mi	Nearman Creek Kansas, KS	Coal	365 MW	City Of Kansas City - (Ks)
32.5 mi	Bpu Solar Farm Kansas City, KS	Solar	1 MW	Mc Power Companies Inc
34.7 mi	Lake Road (Mo) St Joseph, MO	Natural Gas	278 MW	Evergy Missouri West
35.7 mi	St Joseph Landfill Generating Station St Joseph, MO	Biomass	2 MW	Evergy Missouri West
35.9 mi	Quindaro Kansas, KS	Oil	383 MW	City Of Kansas City - (Ks)
37.0 mi	Kaw Kansas City, KS	Natural Gas	166 MW	City Of Kansas City - (Ks)
37.1 mi	Freestate Crooked Post Solar I Topeka, KS	Solar	2 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
38.3 mi	Baldwin City Plant No 1 Baldwin City, KS	Oil	4 MW	City Of Baldwin City- (Ks)
38.9 mi	Baldwin City Plant No 2 Baldwin City, KS	Natural Gas	6 MW	City Of Baldwin City- (Ks)
39.7 mi	Grand Ave Plant Kansas City, MO	Natural Gas	5 MW	Vicinity Energy Kansas City
39.7 mi	Gardner Energy Center Gardner, KS	Natural Gas	39 MW	City Of Gardner - (Ks)
40.1 mi	West Gardner Johnson, KS	Natural Gas	408 MW	Evergy Metro
40.4 mi	Grand Avenue Kansas City, MO	Natural Gas	—	Evergy Metro
40.4 mi	Northeast (Mo) Kansas City, MO	Oil	540 MW	Evergy Metro
42.2 mi	Kcp&l Smartgrid Innovation Park Kansas City, MO	Other Fossil	1 MW	Evergy Metro
43.9 mi	Hawthorn Solar I Kansas City, MO	Solar	10 MW	Evergy Metro
44.4 mi	Hawthorn Kansas City, MO	Coal	1,046 MW	Evergy Metro
45.4 mi	Jeffrey Energy Center St. Mary's, KS	Coal	2,160 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
46.6 mi	Soldier Creek Wind Corning, KS	Wind	300 MW	Soldier Creek Wind Llc
48.6 mi	Jackson Square Independence, MO	Oil	36 MW	City Of Independence - (Mo)
49.0 mi	Ottawa Ottawa, KS	Natural Gas	19 MW	City Of Ottawa - (Ks)
49.1 mi	Sabetha Power Plant Sabetha, KS	Oil	22 MW	City Of Sabetha - (Ks)
49.7 mi	Burlingame Burlingame, KS	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Burlingame - (Ks)
49.9 mi	Station H Independence, MO	Natural Gas	43 MW	City Of Independence - (Mo)

Power generation near this area

There are 34 power plants within 50 miles of Winchester, Kansas (ZIP 66097), with a combined 8,148 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 11 of the 34 nearby plants. The closest plant is Oskaloosa at 12.6 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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