Power Plants Near 66402 — Auburn, KS

28 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 66402 (Auburn, Kansas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.9167, -95.8199 · County: Shawnee

Coal 48%Nuclear 23%Natural Gas 21%Wind 7%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.3 mi	Freestate Crooked Post Solar I Topeka, KS	Solar	2 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
11.2 mi	Burlingame Burlingame, KS	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Burlingame - (Ks)
13.4 mi	Freestate Kiro Solar I Silver Lake, KS	Solar	1 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
16.5 mi	Tecumseh Energy Center Tecumseh, KS	Coal	—	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
18.3 mi	Osage City Solar Osage City, KS	Solar	2 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
18.4 mi	Waste Management Rolling Meadows Lfgte Topeka, KS	Biomass	6 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
19.6 mi	Osage City Osage City, KS	Natural Gas	11 MW	City Of Osage City - (Ks)
21.7 mi	Freestate Stull Solar I Lecompton, KS	Solar	1 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
30.1 mi	Jeffrey Energy Center St. Mary's, KS	Coal	2,160 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
30.2 mi	Lawrence Energy Center Lawrence, KS	Coal	517 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
30.8 mi	Oskaloosa Oskaloosa, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
30.9 mi	Americus Emporia, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
31.5 mi	Reading Wind Project Reading, KS	Wind	200 MW	Southern Power Co
31.7 mi	Kansas River Project Lawrence, KS	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Bowersock Mills & Power Co
32.7 mi	Wamego Wamego, KS	Natural Gas	15 MW	City Of Wamego - (Ks)
35.1 mi	Emporia Energy Center Emporia, KS	Natural Gas	730 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
35.4 mi	Baldwin City Plant No 2 Baldwin City, KS	Natural Gas	6 MW	City Of Baldwin City- (Ks)
35.5 mi	Baldwin City Plant No 1 Baldwin City, KS	Oil	4 MW	City Of Baldwin City- (Ks)
35.8 mi	Ottawa Ottawa, KS	Natural Gas	19 MW	City Of Ottawa - (Ks)
38.8 mi	Holton City Of Holton, KS	Oil	22 MW	City Of Holton - (Ks)
38.8 mi	Thunderbird Generator (Tbird) Emporia, KS	Oil	1 MW	4 Rivers Electric Cooperative, Inc.
40.5 mi	St. George St. George, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
44.9 mi	Sharpe Waverly, KS	Oil	20 MW	Kansas Electric Power Coop Inc
45.0 mi	Wolf Creek Generator Burlington, KS	Oil	1 MW	4 Rivers Electric Cooperative, Inc.
45.6 mi	Waverly Wind Farm Llc Waverly, KS	Wind	199 MW	Waverly Wind Farm Llc
45.7 mi	West Gardner Johnson, KS	Natural Gas	408 MW	Evergy Metro
47.3 mi	Wolf Creek Generating Station Burlington, KS	Nuclear	1,296 MW	Wolf Creek Nuclear Optg Corp
48.3 mi	Westar Wind St. Mary's, KS	Wind	—	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc

Power generation near this area

There are 28 power plants within 50 miles of Auburn, Kansas (ZIP 66402), with a combined 5,635 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 28 nearby plants. The closest plant is Freestate Crooked Post Solar I at 5.3 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 Kansas, visit the Kansas state page.

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