Power Plants Near 66717 — Buffalo, KS

32 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 66717 (Buffalo, Kansas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.7011, -95.7014 · County: Wilson

Nuclear 45%Wind 44%Natural Gas 7%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
12.3 mi	Fredonia (Ks) Fredonia, KS	Oil	3 MW	City Of Fredonia - (Ks)
12.4 mi	Fredonia Solar (Ks) Fredonia, KS	Solar	2 MW	Ppm Solar Llc
13.3 mi	Chanute 2 Chanute, KS	Natural Gas	64 MW	City Of Chanute
13.4 mi	Chanute 3 Chanute, KS	Natural Gas	35 MW	City Of Chanute
13.5 mi	Chanute Solar Chanute, KS	Solar	—	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
13.5 mi	Chanute 1 Chanute, KS	Natural Gas	—	City Of Chanute
14.4 mi	Studebaker Fredonia, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
14.9 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Fredonia Fredonia, KS	Natural Gas	—	Archer Daniels Midland Co
19.4 mi	Urbana-Heartland Chanute, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
21.5 mi	Iola Iola, KS	Oil	29 MW	City Of Iola - (Ks)
23.2 mi	Neosho Ridge Wind Energy Center Galesburg, KS	Wind	301 MW	Empire District Electric Co
26.9 mi	Erie Energy Center Erie, KS	Oil	20 MW	City Of Erie - (Ks)
27.0 mi	Erie Erie, KS	Oil	4 MW	City Of Erie - (Ks)
32.3 mi	Prairie Queen Wind Farm Moran, KS	Wind	199 MW	Prairie Queen Wind Farm Llc
34.1 mi	Burlington (Ks) Burlington, KS	Oil	10 MW	City Of Burlington - (Ks)
36.7 mi	Jayhawk Wind Energy Center Hepler, KS	Wind	197 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
37.2 mi	Wolf Creek Generating Station Burlington, KS	Nuclear	1,296 MW	Wolf Creek Nuclear Optg Corp
38.9 mi	Waverly Wind Farm Llc Waverly, KS	Wind	199 MW	Waverly Wind Farm Llc
39.6 mi	Wolf Creek Generator Burlington, KS	Oil	1 MW	4 Rivers Electric Cooperative, Inc.
39.7 mi	Sharpe Waverly, KS	Oil	20 MW	Kansas Electric Power Coop Inc
40.0 mi	Mound Mound Valley, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
41.4 mi	Greenbush-Heartland Girard, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
42.4 mi	Neosho Parsons, KS	Natural Gas	—	Evergy Kansas South, Inc
42.5 mi	Cml&p Generating Facility No. 2 Coffeyville, KS	Natural Gas	56 MW	City Of Coffeyville - (Ks)
42.7 mi	Caney River Wind Project Howard, KS	Wind	200 MW	Caney River Wind Project
43.4 mi	Kingbird Solar Energy Llc Uniontown, KS	Battery Storage	—	Kingbird Solar Energy Llc
46.1 mi	Coffeyville Coffeyville, KS	Natural Gas	44 MW	City Of Coffeyville - (Ks)
46.5 mi	Garnett Municipal Garnett, KS	Oil	12 MW	City Of Garnett - (Ks)
46.8 mi	East Kansas Agri-Energy, Llc Garnett, KS	Other Fossil	2 MW	East Kansas Agri-Energy, Llc
47.2 mi	Elk River Wind Beaumont, KS	Wind	150 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
49.0 mi	Caney Valley Sedan, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
49.0 mi	Girard Girard, KS	Natural Gas	11 MW	City Of Girard - (Ks)

Power generation near this area

There are 32 power plants within 50 miles of Buffalo, Kansas (ZIP 66717), with a combined 2,861 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 32 nearby plants. The closest plant is Fredonia (Ks) at 12.3 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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