Power Plants Near 66608 — Topeka, KS

26 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 66608 (Topeka, Kansas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.0858, -95.6867 · County: Shawnee

Coal 71%Natural Gas 20%Wind 8%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.6 mi	Freestate Kiro Solar I Silver Lake, KS	Solar	1 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
6.6 mi	Waste Management Rolling Meadows Lfgte Topeka, KS	Biomass	6 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
6.7 mi	Tecumseh Energy Center Tecumseh, KS	Coal	—	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
9.4 mi	Freestate Crooked Post Solar I Topeka, KS	Solar	2 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
15.4 mi	Freestate Stull Solar I Lecompton, KS	Solar	1 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
19.7 mi	Oskaloosa Oskaloosa, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
23.1 mi	Lawrence Energy Center Lawrence, KS	Coal	517 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
24.2 mi	Burlingame Burlingame, KS	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Burlingame - (Ks)
25.4 mi	Kansas River Project Lawrence, KS	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Bowersock Mills & Power Co
26.9 mi	Holton City Of Holton, KS	Oil	22 MW	City Of Holton - (Ks)
26.9 mi	Jeffrey Energy Center St. Mary's, KS	Coal	2,160 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
31.0 mi	Osage City Solar Osage City, KS	Solar	2 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
32.2 mi	Osage City Osage City, KS	Natural Gas	11 MW	City Of Osage City - (Ks)
34.2 mi	Wamego Wamego, KS	Natural Gas	15 MW	City Of Wamego - (Ks)
34.4 mi	Baldwin City Plant No 1 Baldwin City, KS	Oil	4 MW	City Of Baldwin City- (Ks)
34.6 mi	Baldwin City Plant No 2 Baldwin City, KS	Natural Gas	6 MW	City Of Baldwin City- (Ks)
39.2 mi	Ottawa Ottawa, KS	Natural Gas	19 MW	City Of Ottawa - (Ks)
42.4 mi	St. George St. George, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
42.9 mi	West Gardner Johnson, KS	Natural Gas	408 MW	Evergy Metro
43.5 mi	Soldier Creek Wind Corning, KS	Wind	300 MW	Soldier Creek Wind Llc
44.6 mi	Americus Emporia, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
44.8 mi	Reading Wind Project Reading, KS	Wind	200 MW	Southern Power Co
45.3 mi	Iatan Weston, MO	Coal	1,754 MW	Evergy Metro
46.3 mi	Gardner Energy Center Gardner, KS	Natural Gas	39 MW	City Of Gardner - (Ks)
48.7 mi	Emporia Energy Center Emporia, KS	Natural Gas	730 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
49.7 mi	Westar Wind St. Mary's, KS	Wind	—	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc

Power generation near this area

There are 26 power plants within 50 miles of Topeka, Kansas (ZIP 66608), with a combined 6,211 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 26 nearby plants. The closest plant is Freestate Kiro Solar I at 5.6 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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