Power Plants Near 66539 — Silver Lake, KS

25 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 66539 (Silver Lake, Kansas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.1102, -95.8552 · County: Shawnee

Coal 66%Natural Gas 19%Wind 14%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.7 mi	Freestate Kiro Solar I Silver Lake, KS	Solar	1 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
8.0 mi	Waste Management Rolling Meadows Lfgte Topeka, KS	Biomass	6 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
8.3 mi	Freestate Crooked Post Solar I Topeka, KS	Solar	2 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
15.8 mi	Tecumseh Energy Center Tecumseh, KS	Coal	—	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
18.6 mi	Jeffrey Energy Center St. Mary's, KS	Coal	2,160 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
24.4 mi	Freestate Stull Solar I Lecompton, KS	Solar	1 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
24.6 mi	Burlingame Burlingame, KS	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Burlingame - (Ks)
25.1 mi	Wamego Wamego, KS	Natural Gas	15 MW	City Of Wamego - (Ks)
26.0 mi	Holton City Of Holton, KS	Oil	22 MW	City Of Holton - (Ks)
28.4 mi	Oskaloosa Oskaloosa, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
31.7 mi	Osage City Solar Osage City, KS	Solar	2 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
32.2 mi	Lawrence Energy Center Lawrence, KS	Coal	517 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
33.0 mi	Osage City Osage City, KS	Natural Gas	11 MW	City Of Osage City - (Ks)
33.2 mi	St. George St. George, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
34.6 mi	Kansas River Project Lawrence, KS	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Bowersock Mills & Power Co
38.9 mi	Soldier Creek Wind Corning, KS	Wind	300 MW	Soldier Creek Wind Llc
40.6 mi	Westar Wind St. Mary's, KS	Wind	—	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
41.8 mi	Americus Emporia, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
42.8 mi	Baldwin City Plant No 1 Baldwin City, KS	Oil	4 MW	City Of Baldwin City- (Ks)
42.9 mi	Baldwin City Plant No 2 Baldwin City, KS	Natural Gas	6 MW	City Of Baldwin City- (Ks)
44.3 mi	Reading Wind Project Reading, KS	Wind	200 MW	Southern Power Co
46.1 mi	Ottawa Ottawa, KS	Natural Gas	19 MW	City Of Ottawa - (Ks)
47.3 mi	Emporia Energy Center Emporia, KS	Natural Gas	730 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
48.9 mi	Marshall Wind Farm Frankfort, KS	Wind	74 MW	Bhe Renewables, Llc
49.2 mi	Thunderbird Generator (Tbird) Emporia, KS	Oil	1 MW	4 Rivers Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Power generation near this area

There are 25 power plants within 50 miles of Silver Lake, Kansas (ZIP 66539), with a combined 4,085 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 25 nearby plants. The closest plant is Freestate Kiro Solar I at 3.7 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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