Power Plants Near 66853 — Hamilton, KS

26 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 66853 (Hamilton, Kansas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.9791, -96.1691 · County: Greenwood

Nuclear 43%Natural Gas 30%Wind 25%Oil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
27.2 mi	Burlington (Ks) Burlington, KS	Oil	10 MW	City Of Burlington - (Ks)
27.2 mi	Waverly Wind Farm Llc Waverly, KS	Wind	199 MW	Waverly Wind Farm Llc
31.7 mi	Wolf Creek Generating Station Burlington, KS	Nuclear	1,296 MW	Wolf Creek Nuclear Optg Corp
32.7 mi	Emporia Energy Center Emporia, KS	Natural Gas	730 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
33.3 mi	Wolf Creek Generator Burlington, KS	Oil	1 MW	4 Rivers Electric Cooperative, Inc.
33.4 mi	Sharpe Waverly, KS	Oil	20 MW	Kansas Electric Power Coop Inc
34.2 mi	Thunderbird Generator (Tbird) Emporia, KS	Oil	1 MW	4 Rivers Electric Cooperative, Inc.
34.6 mi	Elk River Wind Beaumont, KS	Wind	150 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
35.5 mi	Fredonia Solar (Ks) Fredonia, KS	Solar	2 MW	Ppm Solar Llc
35.6 mi	Fredonia (Ks) Fredonia, KS	Oil	3 MW	City Of Fredonia - (Ks)
36.0 mi	Reading Wind Project Reading, KS	Wind	200 MW	Southern Power Co
37.7 mi	Degraff Butler Electric Burns, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
38.4 mi	Studebaker Fredonia, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
38.4 mi	Caney River Wind Project Howard, KS	Wind	200 MW	Caney River Wind Project
38.8 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Fredonia Fredonia, KS	Natural Gas	—	Archer Daniels Midland Co
39.6 mi	Americus Emporia, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
40.7 mi	Iola Iola, KS	Oil	29 MW	City Of Iola - (Ks)
40.7 mi	El Dorado Refinery El Dorado, KS	Natural Gas	39 MW	Frontier El Dorado Refinery Llc
43.4 mi	Chanute 2 Chanute, KS	Natural Gas	64 MW	City Of Chanute
44.0 mi	Chanute 1 Chanute, KS	Natural Gas	—	City Of Chanute
44.8 mi	Chanute 3 Chanute, KS	Natural Gas	35 MW	City Of Chanute
45.0 mi	Chanute Solar Chanute, KS	Solar	—	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
47.9 mi	Augusta Electric Plant No 2 Augusta, KS	Natural Gas	21 MW	City Of Augusta - (Ks)
48.5 mi	Augusta Electric Plant No 1 Augusta, KS	Natural Gas	12 MW	City Of Augusta - (Ks)
48.8 mi	Osage City Osage City, KS	Natural Gas	11 MW	City Of Osage City - (Ks)
50.0 mi	Osage City Solar Osage City, KS	Solar	2 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc

Power generation near this area

There are 26 power plants within 50 miles of Hamilton, Kansas (ZIP 66853), with a combined 3,028 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 9 of the 26 nearby plants. The closest plant is Burlington (Ks) at 27.2 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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