Power Plants Near 66618 — Topeka, KS

25 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 66618 (Topeka, Kansas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 39.1329, -95.7023 · County: Shawnee

Coal 81%Natural Gas 9%Wind 9%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.3 mi	Waste Management Rolling Meadows Lfgte Topeka, KS	Biomass	6 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
4.8 mi	Freestate Kiro Solar I Silver Lake, KS	Solar	1 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
9.0 mi	Tecumseh Energy Center Tecumseh, KS	Coal	—	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
11.4 mi	Freestate Crooked Post Solar I Topeka, KS	Solar	2 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
17.7 mi	Freestate Stull Solar I Lecompton, KS	Solar	1 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
20.1 mi	Oskaloosa Oskaloosa, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
23.6 mi	Holton City Of Holton, KS	Oil	22 MW	City Of Holton - (Ks)
24.6 mi	Jeffrey Energy Center St. Mary's, KS	Coal	2,160 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
24.8 mi	Lawrence Energy Center Lawrence, KS	Coal	517 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
27.1 mi	Burlingame Burlingame, KS	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Burlingame - (Ks)
27.4 mi	Kansas River Project Lawrence, KS	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Bowersock Mills & Power Co
32.8 mi	Wamego Wamego, KS	Natural Gas	15 MW	City Of Wamego - (Ks)
34.0 mi	Osage City Solar Osage City, KS	Solar	2 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
35.2 mi	Osage City Osage City, KS	Natural Gas	11 MW	City Of Osage City - (Ks)
37.2 mi	Baldwin City Plant No 1 Baldwin City, KS	Oil	4 MW	City Of Baldwin City- (Ks)
37.4 mi	Baldwin City Plant No 2 Baldwin City, KS	Natural Gas	6 MW	City Of Baldwin City- (Ks)
40.2 mi	Soldier Creek Wind Corning, KS	Wind	300 MW	Soldier Creek Wind Llc
40.9 mi	St. George St. George, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
42.4 mi	Ottawa Ottawa, KS	Natural Gas	19 MW	City Of Ottawa - (Ks)
44.3 mi	Iatan Weston, MO	Coal	1,754 MW	Evergy Metro
45.3 mi	West Gardner Johnson, KS	Natural Gas	408 MW	Evergy Metro
46.9 mi	Americus Emporia, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
47.6 mi	Reading Wind Project Reading, KS	Wind	200 MW	Southern Power Co
48.0 mi	Westar Wind St. Mary's, KS	Wind	—	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
48.4 mi	Gardner Energy Center Gardner, KS	Natural Gas	39 MW	City Of Gardner - (Ks)

Power generation near this area

There are 25 power plants within 50 miles of Topeka, Kansas (ZIP 66618), with a combined 5,481 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 Waste Management Rolling Meadows Lfgte at 3.3 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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