Power Plants Near 66801 — Emporia, KS

16 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 66801 (Emporia, Kansas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.4184, -96.1871 · County: Lyon

Nuclear 48%Natural Gas 28%Wind 22%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.0 mi	Thunderbird Generator (Tbird) Emporia, KS	Oil	1 MW	4 Rivers Electric Cooperative, Inc.
6.9 mi	Emporia Energy Center Emporia, KS	Natural Gas	730 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
9.4 mi	Americus Emporia, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
12.6 mi	Reading Wind Project Reading, KS	Wind	200 MW	Southern Power Co
23.1 mi	Waverly Wind Farm Llc Waverly, KS	Wind	199 MW	Waverly Wind Farm Llc
24.4 mi	Osage City Osage City, KS	Natural Gas	11 MW	City Of Osage City - (Ks)
25.2 mi	Osage City Solar Osage City, KS	Solar	2 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
28.3 mi	Burlington (Ks) Burlington, KS	Oil	10 MW	City Of Burlington - (Ks)
29.0 mi	Sharpe Waverly, KS	Oil	20 MW	Kansas Electric Power Coop Inc
29.0 mi	Wolf Creek Generator Burlington, KS	Oil	1 MW	4 Rivers Electric Cooperative, Inc.
29.7 mi	Wolf Creek Generating Station Burlington, KS	Nuclear	1,296 MW	Wolf Creek Nuclear Optg Corp
30.0 mi	Burlingame Burlingame, KS	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Burlingame - (Ks)
44.5 mi	Freestate Crooked Post Solar I Topeka, KS	Solar	2 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
44.6 mi	Herington Herington, KS	Oil	2 MW	City Of Herington - (Ks)
47.3 mi	Degraff Butler Electric Burns, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
48.4 mi	Sunflower Energy Center, Llc Peabody, KS	Wind	201 MW	Sunflower Energy Center, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 16 power plants within 50 miles of Emporia, Kansas (ZIP 66801), with a combined 2,681 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 16 nearby plants. The closest plant is Thunderbird Generator (Tbird) at 5.0 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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