Power Plants Near 66617 — Topeka, KS

24 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 66617 (Topeka, Kansas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.1271, -95.6384 · County: Shawnee

Coal 81%Natural Gas 9%Wind 9%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.0 mi	Waste Management Rolling Meadows Lfgte Topeka, KS	Biomass	6 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
6.3 mi	Tecumseh Energy Center Tecumseh, KS	Coal	—	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
8.0 mi	Freestate Kiro Solar I Silver Lake, KS	Solar	1 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
13.3 mi	Freestate Crooked Post Solar I Topeka, KS	Solar	2 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
14.7 mi	Freestate Stull Solar I Lecompton, KS	Solar	1 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
16.7 mi	Oskaloosa Oskaloosa, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
21.5 mi	Lawrence Energy Center Lawrence, KS	Coal	517 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
24.1 mi	Kansas River Project Lawrence, KS	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Bowersock Mills & Power Co
24.4 mi	Holton City Of Holton, KS	Oil	22 MW	City Of Holton - (Ks)
27.8 mi	Burlingame Burlingame, KS	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Burlingame - (Ks)
27.9 mi	Jeffrey Energy Center St. Mary's, KS	Coal	2,160 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
34.4 mi	Baldwin City Plant No 1 Baldwin City, KS	Oil	4 MW	City Of Baldwin City- (Ks)
34.4 mi	Osage City Solar Osage City, KS	Solar	2 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
34.7 mi	Baldwin City Plant No 2 Baldwin City, KS	Natural Gas	6 MW	City Of Baldwin City- (Ks)
35.6 mi	Osage City Osage City, KS	Natural Gas	11 MW	City Of Osage City - (Ks)
36.2 mi	Wamego Wamego, KS	Natural Gas	15 MW	City Of Wamego - (Ks)
40.3 mi	Ottawa Ottawa, KS	Natural Gas	19 MW	City Of Ottawa - (Ks)
41.6 mi	Iatan Weston, MO	Coal	1,754 MW	Evergy Metro
42.2 mi	Soldier Creek Wind Corning, KS	Wind	300 MW	Soldier Creek Wind Llc
42.2 mi	West Gardner Johnson, KS	Natural Gas	408 MW	Evergy Metro
44.4 mi	St. George St. George, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
45.1 mi	Gardner Energy Center Gardner, KS	Natural Gas	39 MW	City Of Gardner - (Ks)
48.4 mi	Reading Wind Project Reading, KS	Wind	200 MW	Southern Power Co
48.4 mi	Americus Emporia, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.

Power generation near this area

There are 24 power plants within 50 miles of Topeka, Kansas (ZIP 66617), with a combined 5,481 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 24 nearby plants. The closest plant is Waste Management Rolling Meadows Lfgte at 6.0 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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