Power Plants Near 66505 — Manhattan, KS

19 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 66505 (Manhattan, Kansas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.3049, -96.6753 · County: Riley

Coal 72%Wind 23%Natural Gas 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.4 mi	Westar Wind St. Mary's, KS	Wind	—	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
12.8 mi	St. George St. George, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
16.5 mi	Riley Iii - Site 12 Community Solar Fort Riley, KS	Solar	1 MW	Onyx Asset Services Group
16.9 mi	Corvias - Fort Riley Ii Fort Riley, KS	Solar	1 MW	Onyx Asset Services Group
17.3 mi	Riley Iii - Site 6 Community Solar Fort Riley, KS	Solar	2 MW	Onyx Asset Services Group
20.9 mi	Wamego Wamego, KS	Natural Gas	15 MW	City Of Wamego - (Ks)
21.1 mi	Munson-Ds&o Junction City, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
24.6 mi	Clay Center Clay Center, KS	Natural Gas	30 MW	City Of Clay Center - (Ks)
29.9 mi	Jeffrey Energy Center St. Mary's, KS	Coal	2,160 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
30.3 mi	Irish Creek Wind Frankfort, KS	Wind	301 MW	Irish Creek Wind, Llc
32.1 mi	Marshall Wind Farm Frankfort, KS	Wind	74 MW	Bhe Renewables, Llc
33.6 mi	Washington Washington, KS	Natural Gas	7 MW	City Of Washington - (Ks)
38.5 mi	Clifton Clifton, KS	Natural Gas	88 MW	Sunflower Electric Power Corp
40.6 mi	Abilene Energy Center Combustion Turbine Abilene, KS	Natural Gas	—	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
42.2 mi	Soldier Creek Wind Corning, KS	Wind	300 MW	Soldier Creek Wind Llc
46.5 mi	Herington Herington, KS	Oil	2 MW	City Of Herington - (Ks)
47.3 mi	Plum Nellie Wind Farm Llc Miltonvale, KS	Wind	—	Plum Nellie Wind Farm Llc
48.8 mi	Solomon-Ds&o Solomon, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
49.5 mi	Freestate Kiro Solar I Silver Lake, KS	Solar	1 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc

Power generation near this area

There are 19 power plants within 50 miles of Manhattan, Kansas (ZIP 66505), with a combined 2,984 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 19 nearby plants. The closest plant is Westar Wind at 5.4 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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