Power Plants Near 66846 — Council Grove, KS

23 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 66846 (Council Grove, Kansas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.6959, -96.5469 · County: Morris

Coal 56%Wind 23%Natural Gas 20%
DistancePlantFuelCapacityOperator
21.8 miHerington
Herington, KS
Oil2 MWCity Of Herington - (Ks)
22.3 miThunderbird Generator (Tbird)
Emporia, KS
Oil1 MW4 Rivers Electric Cooperative, Inc.
23.6 miAmericus
Emporia, KS
Solar1 MWToday's Power, Inc.
29.4 miMunson-Ds&o
Junction City, KS
Solar1 MWToday's Power, Inc.
30.2 miRiley Iii - Site 12 Community Solar
Fort Riley, KS
Solar1 MWOnyx Asset Services Group
30.5 miCorvias - Fort Riley Ii
Fort Riley, KS
Solar1 MWOnyx Asset Services Group
30.6 miRiley Iii - Site 6 Community Solar
Fort Riley, KS
Solar2 MWOnyx Asset Services Group
31.2 miEmporia Energy Center
Emporia, KS
Natural Gas730 MWEvergy Kansas Central, Inc
34.9 miReading Wind Project
Reading, KS
Wind200 MWSouthern Power Co
36.3 miDiamond Vista Wind Project, Llc
Tampa, KS
Wind299 MWEnel Green Power Diamond Vista Wind Project, Llc
37.1 miWamego
Wamego, KS
Natural Gas15 MWCity Of Wamego - (Ks)
37.4 miSt. George
St. George, KS
Solar1 MWToday's Power, Inc.
37.5 miAbilene Energy Center Combustion Turbine
Abilene, KS
Natural GasEvergy Kansas Central, Inc
38.5 miBurlingame
Burlingame, KS
Natural Gas4 MWCity Of Burlingame - (Ks)
38.9 miOsage City Solar
Osage City, KS
Solar2 MWEvergy Kansas Central, Inc
39.0 miOsage City
Osage City, KS
Natural Gas11 MWCity Of Osage City - (Ks)
41.6 miWestar Wind
St. Mary's, KS
WindEvergy Kansas Central, Inc
42.0 miSunflower Energy Center, Llc
Peabody, KS
Wind201 MWSunflower Energy Center, Llc
44.4 miFreestate Crooked Post Solar I
Topeka, KS
Solar2 MWEvergy Kansas Central, Inc
45.7 miSolomon-Ds&o
Solomon, KS
Solar1 MWToday's Power, Inc.
46.9 miJeffrey Energy Center
St. Mary's, KS
Coal2,160 MWEvergy Kansas Central, Inc
49.8 miFreestate Kiro Solar I
Silver Lake, KS
Solar1 MWEvergy Kansas Central, Inc
49.9 miWaverly Wind Farm Llc
Waverly, KS
Wind199 MWWaverly Wind Farm Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 23 power plants within 50 miles of Council Grove, Kansas (ZIP 66846), with a combined 3,835 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 23 nearby plants. The closest plant is Herington at 21.8 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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