Power Plants Near 66510 — Melvern, KS

34 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 66510 (Melvern, Kansas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.5027, -95.6290 · County: Osage

Natural Gas 34%Nuclear 34%Wind 16%Coal 13%Oil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
14.0 mi	Osage City Osage City, KS	Natural Gas	11 MW	City Of Osage City - (Ks)
14.9 mi	Osage City Solar Osage City, KS	Solar	2 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
16.0 mi	Sharpe Waverly, KS	Oil	20 MW	Kansas Electric Power Coop Inc
16.1 mi	Wolf Creek Generator Burlington, KS	Oil	1 MW	4 Rivers Electric Cooperative, Inc.
18.3 mi	Reading Wind Project Reading, KS	Wind	200 MW	Southern Power Co
18.5 mi	Wolf Creek Generating Station Burlington, KS	Nuclear	1,296 MW	Wolf Creek Nuclear Optg Corp
19.7 mi	Waverly Wind Farm Llc Waverly, KS	Wind	199 MW	Waverly Wind Farm Llc
20.4 mi	Ottawa Ottawa, KS	Natural Gas	19 MW	City Of Ottawa - (Ks)
20.7 mi	Burlingame Burlingame, KS	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Burlingame - (Ks)
22.4 mi	Burlington (Ks) Burlington, KS	Oil	10 MW	City Of Burlington - (Ks)
23.9 mi	Emporia Energy Center Emporia, KS	Natural Gas	730 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
26.3 mi	Garnett Municipal Garnett, KS	Oil	12 MW	City Of Garnett - (Ks)
26.4 mi	East Kansas Agri-Energy, Llc Garnett, KS	Other Fossil	2 MW	East Kansas Agri-Energy, Llc
28.4 mi	Americus Emporia, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
29.7 mi	Baldwin City Plant No 2 Baldwin City, KS	Natural Gas	6 MW	City Of Baldwin City- (Ks)
30.4 mi	Baldwin City Plant No 1 Baldwin City, KS	Oil	4 MW	City Of Baldwin City- (Ks)
33.9 mi	Thunderbird Generator (Tbird) Emporia, KS	Oil	1 MW	4 Rivers Electric Cooperative, Inc.
35.4 mi	Freestate Crooked Post Solar I Topeka, KS	Solar	2 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
35.4 mi	Freestate Stull Solar I Lecompton, KS	Solar	1 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
36.2 mi	Osawatomie City Of Osawatomie, KS	Oil	7 MW	City Of Osawatomie - (Ks)
36.3 mi	Osawatomie Power Plant North Sub Osawatomie, KS	Oil	6 MW	City Of Osawatomie - (Ks)
36.6 mi	Osawatomie Power Plant South Sub Osawatomie, KS	Oil	6 MW	City Of Osawatomie - (Ks)
37.4 mi	Osawatomie Solar Osawatomie, KS	Solar	5 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
38.2 mi	Tecumseh Energy Center Tecumseh, KS	Coal	—	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
38.9 mi	Kansas River Project Lawrence, KS	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Bowersock Mills & Power Co
39.3 mi	Osawatomie Miami, KS	Natural Gas	102 MW	Evergy Metro
39.9 mi	West Gardner Johnson, KS	Natural Gas	408 MW	Evergy Metro
39.9 mi	Lawrence Energy Center Lawrence, KS	Coal	517 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
41.5 mi	Iola Iola, KS	Oil	29 MW	City Of Iola - (Ks)
42.3 mi	Prairie Queen Wind Farm Moran, KS	Wind	199 MW	Prairie Queen Wind Farm Llc
42.7 mi	Freestate Kiro Solar I Silver Lake, KS	Solar	1 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
45.9 mi	Gardner Energy Center Gardner, KS	Natural Gas	39 MW	City Of Gardner - (Ks)
46.7 mi	Waste Management Rolling Meadows Lfgte Topeka, KS	Biomass	6 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
47.4 mi	Oskaloosa Oskaloosa, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.

Power generation near this area

There are 34 power plants within 50 miles of Melvern, Kansas (ZIP 66510), with a combined 3,855 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 34 nearby plants. The closest plant is Osage City at 14.0 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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