Power Plants Near 66840 — Burns, KS

21 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 66840 (Burns, Kansas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.1222, -96.8634 · County: Marion

Natural Gas 70%Wind 29%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
9.5 mi	Degraff Butler Electric Burns, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
12.5 mi	Sunflower Energy Center, Llc Peabody, KS	Wind	201 MW	Sunflower Energy Center, Llc
19.6 mi	Harvey County Newton, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
22.8 mi	El Dorado Refinery El Dorado, KS	Natural Gas	39 MW	Frontier El Dorado Refinery Llc
28.1 mi	Prairie Sky Solar Farm Andover, KS	Solar	1 MW	Kansas Electric Power Coop Inc
30.6 mi	Augusta Electric Plant No 2 Augusta, KS	Natural Gas	21 MW	City Of Augusta - (Ks)
31.2 mi	Augusta Electric Plant No 1 Augusta, KS	Natural Gas	12 MW	City Of Augusta - (Ks)
34.6 mi	Diamond Vista Wind Project, Llc Tampa, KS	Wind	299 MW	Enel Green Power Diamond Vista Wind Project, Llc
37.8 mi	Herington Herington, KS	Oil	2 MW	City Of Herington - (Ks)
40.8 mi	Thunderbird Generator (Tbird) Emporia, KS	Oil	1 MW	4 Rivers Electric Cooperative, Inc.
41.2 mi	Elk River Wind Beaumont, KS	Wind	150 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
42.6 mi	Gordon Evans Energy Center Colwich, KS	Natural Gas	378 MW	Evergy Kansas South, Inc
42.9 mi	Maize Colwich, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
44.6 mi	Mcpherson 3 Mcpherson, KS	Natural Gas	116 MW	City Of Mcpherson - (Ks)
47.1 mi	Murray Gill Wichita, KS	Natural Gas	—	Evergy Kansas South, Inc
47.5 mi	Mcpherson 2 Mcpherson, KS	Natural Gas	215 MW	City Of Mcpherson - (Ks)
47.8 mi	Mulvane 2 Mulvane, KS	Oil	9 MW	City Of Mulvane - (Ks)
48.3 mi	Wichita Plant Wichita, KS	Natural Gas	44 MW	Occidental Chemical Corporation
48.7 mi	Americus Emporia, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
48.7 mi	Emporia Energy Center Emporia, KS	Natural Gas	730 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
49.5 mi	Mulvane Power Plant Mulvane, KS	Natural Gas	—	City Of Mulvane - (Ks)

Power generation near this area

There are 21 power plants within 50 miles of Burns, Kansas (ZIP 66840), with a combined 2,220 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 21 nearby plants. The closest plant is Degraff Butler Electric at 9.5 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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