Power Plants Near 66865 — Olpe, KS

17 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 66865 (Olpe, Kansas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.2578, -96.1891 · County: Lyon

Nuclear 47%Natural Gas 29%Wind 22%Oil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
14.6 mi	Emporia Energy Center Emporia, KS	Natural Gas	730 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
15.0 mi	Thunderbird Generator (Tbird) Emporia, KS	Oil	1 MW	4 Rivers Electric Cooperative, Inc.
19.3 mi	Reading Wind Project Reading, KS	Wind	200 MW	Southern Power Co
20.3 mi	Waverly Wind Farm Llc Waverly, KS	Wind	199 MW	Waverly Wind Farm Llc
20.4 mi	Americus Emporia, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
24.2 mi	Burlington (Ks) Burlington, KS	Oil	10 MW	City Of Burlington - (Ks)
27.1 mi	Wolf Creek Generating Station Burlington, KS	Nuclear	1,296 MW	Wolf Creek Nuclear Optg Corp
27.4 mi	Wolf Creek Generator Burlington, KS	Oil	1 MW	4 Rivers Electric Cooperative, Inc.
27.4 mi	Sharpe Waverly, KS	Oil	20 MW	Kansas Electric Power Coop Inc
32.5 mi	Osage City Osage City, KS	Natural Gas	11 MW	City Of Osage City - (Ks)
33.5 mi	Osage City Solar Osage City, KS	Solar	2 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
39.3 mi	Burlingame Burlingame, KS	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Burlingame - (Ks)
41.1 mi	Degraff Butler Electric Burns, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
46.6 mi	Sunflower Energy Center, Llc Peabody, KS	Wind	201 MW	Sunflower Energy Center, Llc
47.5 mi	Iola Iola, KS	Oil	29 MW	City Of Iola - (Ks)
49.3 mi	El Dorado Refinery El Dorado, KS	Natural Gas	39 MW	Frontier El Dorado Refinery Llc
49.9 mi	Herington Herington, KS	Oil	2 MW	City Of Herington - (Ks)

Power generation near this area

There are 17 power plants within 50 miles of Olpe, Kansas (ZIP 66865), with a combined 2,747 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 17 nearby plants. The closest plant is Emporia Energy Center at 14.6 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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