Power Plants Near 66781 — Weir, KS

26 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 66781 (Weir, Kansas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.2912, -94.7286 · County: Cherokee

Natural Gas 65%Wind 33%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
9.1 mi	Asbury Asbury, MO	Coal	—	Empire District Electric Co
13.8 mi	North Fork Ridge Wind Energy Center Mindenmines, MO	Wind	149 MW	Empire District Electric Co
15.2 mi	Riverton Riverton, KS	Natural Gas	300 MW	Empire District Electric Co
16.1 mi	Girard Girard, KS	Natural Gas	11 MW	City Of Girard - (Ks)
16.8 mi	State Line Combined Cycle Joplin, MO	Natural Gas	691 MW	Empire District Electric Co
19.8 mi	Prosperity Solar Farm Csg Joplin, MO	Solar	2 MW	Empire District Electric Co
20.8 mi	Greenbush-Heartland Girard, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
21.0 mi	Neosho Parsons, KS	Natural Gas	—	Evergy Kansas South, Inc
23.9 mi	Oak Grove Power Producers Arcadia, KS	Biomass	4 MW	Cube District Energy, Llc
24.9 mi	Carthage Carthage, MO	Natural Gas	42 MW	City Of Carthage - (Mo)
33.0 mi	Jayhawk Wind Energy Center Hepler, KS	Wind	197 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
33.8 mi	Erie Erie, KS	Oil	4 MW	City Of Erie - (Ks)
34.1 mi	Erie Energy Center Erie, KS	Oil	20 MW	City Of Erie - (Ks)
35.9 mi	Empire Energy Center Sarcoxie, MO	Natural Gas	379 MW	Empire District Electric Co
37.2 mi	Kings Point Wind Energy Center Golden City, MO	Wind	149 MW	Empire District Electric Co
38.0 mi	Neosho Ridge Wind Energy Center Galesburg, KS	Wind	301 MW	Empire District Electric Co
40.8 mi	Mound Mound Valley, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
41.2 mi	Urbana-Heartland Chanute, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
44.0 mi	Nevada Nevada, MO	Oil	22 MW	Evergy Missouri West
44.3 mi	Buffalo Branch Wind And Solar Llc Lockwood, MO	Wind	—	Buffalo Branch Wind And Solar Llc
46.7 mi	Kingbird Solar Energy Llc Uniontown, KS	Battery Storage	—	Kingbird Solar Energy Llc
47.1 mi	Chanute Solar Chanute, KS	Solar	—	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
47.2 mi	Chanute 3 Chanute, KS	Natural Gas	35 MW	City Of Chanute
48.2 mi	Chanute 1 Chanute, KS	Natural Gas	—	City Of Chanute
48.8 mi	Chanute 2 Chanute, KS	Natural Gas	64 MW	City Of Chanute
49.1 mi	Cml&p Generating Facility No. 2 Coffeyville, KS	Natural Gas	56 MW	City Of Coffeyville - (Ks)

Power generation near this area

There are 26 power plants within 50 miles of Weir, Kansas (ZIP 66781), with a combined 2,429 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 26 nearby plants. The closest plant is Asbury at 9.1 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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