Power Plants Near 66869 — Strong City, KS

23 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 66869 (Strong City, Kansas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.4129, -96.5172 · County: Chase

Nuclear 43%Wind 30%Natural Gas 26%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
14.8 mi	Thunderbird Generator (Tbird) Emporia, KS	Oil	1 MW	4 Rivers Electric Cooperative, Inc.
22.0 mi	Americus Emporia, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
24.6 mi	Emporia Energy Center Emporia, KS	Natural Gas	730 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
29.2 mi	Herington Herington, KS	Oil	2 MW	City Of Herington - (Ks)
30.2 mi	Reading Wind Project Reading, KS	Wind	200 MW	Southern Power Co
31.3 mi	Sunflower Energy Center, Llc Peabody, KS	Wind	201 MW	Sunflower Energy Center, Llc
34.9 mi	Degraff Butler Electric Burns, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
37.8 mi	Diamond Vista Wind Project, Llc Tampa, KS	Wind	299 MW	Enel Green Power Diamond Vista Wind Project, Llc
39.6 mi	Waverly Wind Farm Llc Waverly, KS	Wind	199 MW	Waverly Wind Farm Llc
40.3 mi	Osage City Osage City, KS	Natural Gas	11 MW	City Of Osage City - (Ks)
40.7 mi	Osage City Solar Osage City, KS	Solar	2 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
43.7 mi	Burlingame Burlingame, KS	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Burlingame - (Ks)
44.3 mi	Burlington (Ks) Burlington, KS	Oil	10 MW	City Of Burlington - (Ks)
45.4 mi	Harvey County Newton, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
46.2 mi	Sharpe Waverly, KS	Oil	20 MW	Kansas Electric Power Coop Inc
46.2 mi	Wolf Creek Generator Burlington, KS	Oil	1 MW	4 Rivers Electric Cooperative, Inc.
46.4 mi	Wolf Creek Generating Station Burlington, KS	Nuclear	1,296 MW	Wolf Creek Nuclear Optg Corp
47.1 mi	El Dorado Refinery El Dorado, KS	Natural Gas	39 MW	Frontier El Dorado Refinery Llc
47.3 mi	Munson-Ds&o Junction City, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
49.0 mi	Riley Iii - Site 12 Community Solar Fort Riley, KS	Solar	1 MW	Onyx Asset Services Group
49.1 mi	Riley Iii - Site 6 Community Solar Fort Riley, KS	Solar	2 MW	Onyx Asset Services Group
49.2 mi	Corvias - Fort Riley Ii Fort Riley, KS	Solar	1 MW	Onyx Asset Services Group
49.2 mi	Abilene Energy Center Combustion Turbine Abilene, KS	Natural Gas	—	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc

Power generation near this area

There are 23 power plants within 50 miles of Strong City, Kansas (ZIP 66869), with a combined 3,024 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 23 nearby plants. The closest plant is Thunderbird Generator (Tbird) at 14.8 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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