Power Plants Near 66871 — Waverly, KS

34 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 66871 (Waverly, Kansas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.3782, -95.5982 · County: Coffey

Natural Gas 35%Nuclear 33%Wind 15%Coal 13%Oil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
8.5 mi	Sharpe Waverly, KS	Oil	20 MW	Kansas Electric Power Coop Inc
8.6 mi	Wolf Creek Generator Burlington, KS	Oil	1 MW	4 Rivers Electric Cooperative, Inc.
10.8 mi	Wolf Creek Generating Station Burlington, KS	Nuclear	1,296 MW	Wolf Creek Nuclear Optg Corp
14.4 mi	Waverly Wind Farm Llc Waverly, KS	Wind	199 MW	Waverly Wind Farm Llc
15.2 mi	Burlington (Ks) Burlington, KS	Oil	10 MW	City Of Burlington - (Ks)
20.6 mi	Garnett Municipal Garnett, KS	Oil	12 MW	City Of Garnett - (Ks)
20.7 mi	East Kansas Agri-Energy, Llc Garnett, KS	Other Fossil	2 MW	East Kansas Agri-Energy, Llc
21.0 mi	Reading Wind Project Reading, KS	Wind	200 MW	Southern Power Co
21.5 mi	Osage City Osage City, KS	Natural Gas	11 MW	City Of Osage City - (Ks)
22.6 mi	Osage City Solar Osage City, KS	Solar	2 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
23.8 mi	Ottawa Ottawa, KS	Natural Gas	19 MW	City Of Ottawa - (Ks)
25.7 mi	Emporia Energy Center Emporia, KS	Natural Gas	730 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
29.1 mi	Burlingame Burlingame, KS	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Burlingame - (Ks)
32.2 mi	Americus Emporia, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
32.8 mi	Iola Iola, KS	Oil	29 MW	City Of Iola - (Ks)
34.3 mi	Prairie Queen Wind Farm Moran, KS	Wind	199 MW	Prairie Queen Wind Farm Llc
34.6 mi	Baldwin City Plant No 2 Baldwin City, KS	Natural Gas	6 MW	City Of Baldwin City- (Ks)
35.3 mi	Baldwin City Plant No 1 Baldwin City, KS	Oil	4 MW	City Of Baldwin City- (Ks)
35.6 mi	Osawatomie City Of Osawatomie, KS	Oil	7 MW	City Of Osawatomie - (Ks)
35.7 mi	Osawatomie Power Plant North Sub Osawatomie, KS	Oil	6 MW	City Of Osawatomie - (Ks)
35.9 mi	Osawatomie Power Plant South Sub Osawatomie, KS	Oil	6 MW	City Of Osawatomie - (Ks)
36.0 mi	Thunderbird Generator (Tbird) Emporia, KS	Oil	1 MW	4 Rivers Electric Cooperative, Inc.
37.1 mi	Osawatomie Solar Osawatomie, KS	Solar	5 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
39.1 mi	Osawatomie Miami, KS	Natural Gas	102 MW	Evergy Metro
43.3 mi	Freestate Stull Solar I Lecompton, KS	Solar	1 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
43.5 mi	West Gardner Johnson, KS	Natural Gas	408 MW	Evergy Metro
44.1 mi	Freestate Crooked Post Solar I Topeka, KS	Solar	2 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
45.6 mi	Kansas River Project Lawrence, KS	Hydroelectric	7 MW	Bowersock Mills & Power Co
45.7 mi	Kingbird Solar Energy Llc Uniontown, KS	Battery Storage	—	Kingbird Solar Energy Llc
46.7 mi	Tecumseh Energy Center Tecumseh, KS	Coal	—	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
46.9 mi	Lawrence Energy Center Lawrence, KS	Coal	517 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
47.8 mi	Chanute 2 Chanute, KS	Natural Gas	64 MW	City Of Chanute
48.6 mi	Chanute 1 Chanute, KS	Natural Gas	—	City Of Chanute
49.4 mi	Gardner Energy Center Gardner, KS	Natural Gas	39 MW	City Of Gardner - (Ks)

Power generation near this area

There are 34 power plants within 50 miles of Waverly, Kansas (ZIP 66871), with a combined 3,912 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 34 nearby plants. The closest plant is Sharpe at 8.5 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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