Power Plants Near 66849 — Dwight, KS

23 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 66849 (Dwight, Kansas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.8389, -96.5802 · County: Morris

Coal 59%Natural Gas 22%Wind 19%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
20.8 mi	Riley Iii - Site 12 Community Solar Fort Riley, KS	Solar	1 MW	Onyx Asset Services Group
20.9 mi	Munson-Ds&o Junction City, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
21.2 mi	Corvias - Fort Riley Ii Fort Riley, KS	Solar	1 MW	Onyx Asset Services Group
21.3 mi	Riley Iii - Site 6 Community Solar Fort Riley, KS	Solar	2 MW	Onyx Asset Services Group
23.2 mi	Herington Herington, KS	Oil	2 MW	City Of Herington - (Ks)
28.0 mi	St. George St. George, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
28.8 mi	Wamego Wamego, KS	Natural Gas	15 MW	City Of Wamego - (Ks)
30.5 mi	Americus Emporia, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
31.0 mi	Thunderbird Generator (Tbird) Emporia, KS	Oil	1 MW	4 Rivers Electric Cooperative, Inc.
31.7 mi	Westar Wind St. Mary's, KS	Wind	—	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
33.6 mi	Abilene Energy Center Combustion Turbine Abilene, KS	Natural Gas	—	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
38.6 mi	Diamond Vista Wind Project, Llc Tampa, KS	Wind	299 MW	Enel Green Power Diamond Vista Wind Project, Llc
38.9 mi	Emporia Energy Center Emporia, KS	Natural Gas	730 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
39.7 mi	Jeffrey Energy Center St. Mary's, KS	Coal	2,160 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
40.4 mi	Burlingame Burlingame, KS	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Burlingame - (Ks)
41.6 mi	Reading Wind Project Reading, KS	Wind	200 MW	Southern Power Co
42.5 mi	Freestate Crooked Post Solar I Topeka, KS	Solar	2 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
42.6 mi	Osage City Solar Osage City, KS	Solar	2 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
42.6 mi	Solomon-Ds&o Solomon, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
43.0 mi	Osage City Osage City, KS	Natural Gas	11 MW	City Of Osage City - (Ks)
46.5 mi	Freestate Kiro Solar I Silver Lake, KS	Solar	1 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
47.2 mi	Clay Center Clay Center, KS	Natural Gas	30 MW	City Of Clay Center - (Ks)
49.0 mi	Sunflower Energy Center, Llc Peabody, KS	Wind	201 MW	Sunflower Energy Center, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 23 power plants within 50 miles of Dwight, Kansas (ZIP 66849), with a combined 3,666 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 Riley Iii - Site 12 Community Solar at 20.8 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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