Power Plants Near 66543 — Vassar, KS

32 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 66543 (Vassar, Kansas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.6419, -95.6012 · County: Osage

Natural Gas 36%Nuclear 36%Coal 14%Wind 11%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
12.2 mi	Osage City Osage City, KS	Natural Gas	11 MW	City Of Osage City - (Ks)
12.3 mi	Osage City Solar Osage City, KS	Solar	2 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
14.9 mi	Burlingame Burlingame, KS	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Burlingame - (Ks)
17.4 mi	Ottawa Ottawa, KS	Natural Gas	19 MW	City Of Ottawa - (Ks)
22.8 mi	Reading Wind Project Reading, KS	Wind	200 MW	Southern Power Co
23.6 mi	Baldwin City Plant No 2 Baldwin City, KS	Natural Gas	6 MW	City Of Baldwin City- (Ks)
24.2 mi	Baldwin City Plant No 1 Baldwin City, KS	Oil	4 MW	City Of Baldwin City- (Ks)
25.7 mi	Sharpe Waverly, KS	Oil	20 MW	Kansas Electric Power Coop Inc
25.8 mi	Wolf Creek Generator Burlington, KS	Oil	1 MW	4 Rivers Electric Cooperative, Inc.
25.8 mi	Freestate Stull Solar I Lecompton, KS	Solar	1 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
26.9 mi	Freestate Crooked Post Solar I Topeka, KS	Solar	2 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
28.2 mi	Wolf Creek Generating Station Burlington, KS	Nuclear	1,296 MW	Wolf Creek Nuclear Optg Corp
28.5 mi	Emporia Energy Center Emporia, KS	Natural Gas	730 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
28.5 mi	Tecumseh Energy Center Tecumseh, KS	Coal	—	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
29.0 mi	Waverly Wind Farm Llc Waverly, KS	Wind	199 MW	Waverly Wind Farm Llc
30.3 mi	Kansas River Project Lawrence, KS	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Bowersock Mills & Power Co
30.3 mi	Americus Emporia, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
30.9 mi	Lawrence Energy Center Lawrence, KS	Coal	517 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
32.0 mi	Burlington (Ks) Burlington, KS	Oil	10 MW	City Of Burlington - (Ks)
32.1 mi	East Kansas Agri-Energy, Llc Garnett, KS	Other Fossil	2 MW	East Kansas Agri-Energy, Llc
32.1 mi	Garnett Municipal Garnett, KS	Oil	12 MW	City Of Garnett - (Ks)
33.8 mi	Freestate Kiro Solar I Silver Lake, KS	Solar	1 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
34.7 mi	West Gardner Johnson, KS	Natural Gas	408 MW	Evergy Metro
36.0 mi	Osawatomie City Of Osawatomie, KS	Oil	7 MW	City Of Osawatomie - (Ks)
36.1 mi	Osawatomie Power Plant North Sub Osawatomie, KS	Oil	6 MW	City Of Osawatomie - (Ks)
36.5 mi	Osawatomie Power Plant South Sub Osawatomie, KS	Oil	6 MW	City Of Osawatomie - (Ks)
36.8 mi	Osawatomie Solar Osawatomie, KS	Solar	5 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
37.2 mi	Thunderbird Generator (Tbird) Emporia, KS	Oil	1 MW	4 Rivers Electric Cooperative, Inc.
37.5 mi	Waste Management Rolling Meadows Lfgte Topeka, KS	Biomass	6 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
37.9 mi	Oskaloosa Oskaloosa, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
38.5 mi	Osawatomie Miami, KS	Natural Gas	102 MW	Evergy Metro
40.5 mi	Gardner Energy Center Gardner, KS	Natural Gas	39 MW	City Of Gardner - (Ks)

Power generation near this area

There are 32 power plants within 50 miles of Vassar, Kansas (ZIP 66543), with a combined 3,627 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 9 of the 32 nearby plants. The closest plant is Osage City at 12.2 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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