Power Plants Near 66770 — Riverton, KS

21 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 66770 (Riverton, Kansas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.0810, -94.7175 · County: Cherokee

Natural Gas 61%Wind 32%Hydroelectric 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.2 mi	Riverton Riverton, KS	Natural Gas	300 MW	Empire District Electric Co
5.8 mi	State Line Combined Cycle Joplin, MO	Natural Gas	691 MW	Empire District Electric Co
16.0 mi	Prosperity Solar Farm Csg Joplin, MO	Solar	2 MW	Empire District Electric Co
20.6 mi	Asbury Asbury, MO	Coal	—	Empire District Electric Co
24.0 mi	Carthage Carthage, MO	Natural Gas	42 MW	City Of Carthage - (Mo)
24.2 mi	North Fork Ridge Wind Energy Center Mindenmines, MO	Wind	149 MW	Empire District Electric Co
26.6 mi	Neosho Parsons, KS	Natural Gas	—	Evergy Kansas South, Inc
30.2 mi	Girard Girard, KS	Natural Gas	11 MW	City Of Girard - (Ks)
33.3 mi	Greenbush-Heartland Girard, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
34.0 mi	Empire Energy Center Sarcoxie, MO	Natural Gas	379 MW	Empire District Electric Co
38.1 mi	Oak Grove Power Producers Arcadia, KS	Biomass	4 MW	Cube District Energy, Llc
38.9 mi	Kings Point Wind Energy Center Golden City, MO	Wind	149 MW	Empire District Electric Co
40.7 mi	Mound Mound Valley, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
44.1 mi	Erie Erie, KS	Oil	4 MW	City Of Erie - (Ks)
44.5 mi	Erie Energy Center Erie, KS	Oil	20 MW	City Of Erie - (Ks)
45.8 mi	Neosho Ridge Wind Energy Center Galesburg, KS	Wind	301 MW	Empire District Electric Co
46.0 mi	Pensacola Langley, OK	Hydroelectric	130 MW	Grand River Dam Authority
46.4 mi	Jayhawk Wind Energy Center Hepler, KS	Wind	197 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
47.8 mi	Cml&p Generating Facility No. 2 Coffeyville, KS	Natural Gas	56 MW	City Of Coffeyville - (Ks)
48.1 mi	Buffalo Branch Wind And Solar Llc Lockwood, MO	Wind	—	Buffalo Branch Wind And Solar Llc
49.5 mi	Coffeyville Coffeyville, KS	Natural Gas	44 MW	City Of Coffeyville - (Ks)

Power generation near this area

There are 21 power plants within 50 miles of Riverton, Kansas (ZIP 66770), with a combined 2,482 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 21 nearby plants. The closest plant is Riverton at 1.2 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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