Power Plants Near 66845 — Cottonwood Falls, KS

18 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 66845 (Cottonwood Falls, Kansas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.3565, -96.5418 · County: Chase

Nuclear 43%Wind 30%Natural Gas 26%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
17.4 mi	Thunderbird Generator (Tbird) Emporia, KS	Oil	1 MW	4 Rivers Electric Cooperative, Inc.
25.1 mi	Americus Emporia, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
26.5 mi	Emporia Energy Center Emporia, KS	Natural Gas	730 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
28.7 mi	Sunflower Energy Center, Llc Peabody, KS	Wind	201 MW	Sunflower Energy Center, Llc
30.7 mi	Herington Herington, KS	Oil	2 MW	City Of Herington - (Ks)
31.0 mi	Degraff Butler Electric Burns, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
32.3 mi	Reading Wind Project Reading, KS	Wind	200 MW	Southern Power Co
37.7 mi	Diamond Vista Wind Project, Llc Tampa, KS	Wind	299 MW	Enel Green Power Diamond Vista Wind Project, Llc
40.0 mi	Waverly Wind Farm Llc Waverly, KS	Wind	199 MW	Waverly Wind Farm Llc
42.2 mi	Harvey County Newton, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
43.0 mi	El Dorado Refinery El Dorado, KS	Natural Gas	39 MW	Frontier El Dorado Refinery Llc
43.1 mi	Osage City Osage City, KS	Natural Gas	11 MW	City Of Osage City - (Ks)
43.6 mi	Osage City Solar Osage City, KS	Solar	2 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
44.4 mi	Burlington (Ks) Burlington, KS	Oil	10 MW	City Of Burlington - (Ks)
46.8 mi	Wolf Creek Generator Burlington, KS	Oil	1 MW	4 Rivers Electric Cooperative, Inc.
46.8 mi	Sharpe Waverly, KS	Oil	20 MW	Kansas Electric Power Coop Inc
46.9 mi	Wolf Creek Generating Station Burlington, KS	Nuclear	1,296 MW	Wolf Creek Nuclear Optg Corp
47.0 mi	Burlingame Burlingame, KS	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Burlingame - (Ks)

Power generation near this area

There are 18 power plants within 50 miles of Cottonwood Falls, Kansas (ZIP 66845), with a combined 3,018 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 18 nearby plants. The closest plant is Thunderbird Generator (Tbird) at 17.4 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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