Power Plants Near 66873 — Wilsey, KS

20 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 66873 (Wilsey, Kansas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.6361, -96.6753 · County: Morris

Natural Gas 52%Wind 47%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
14.9 mi	Herington Herington, KS	Oil	2 MW	City Of Herington - (Ks)
25.5 mi	Thunderbird Generator (Tbird) Emporia, KS	Oil	1 MW	4 Rivers Electric Cooperative, Inc.
28.6 mi	Diamond Vista Wind Project, Llc Tampa, KS	Wind	299 MW	Enel Green Power Diamond Vista Wind Project, Llc
28.9 mi	Americus Emporia, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
29.8 mi	Munson-Ds&o Junction City, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
31.8 mi	Riley Iii - Site 12 Community Solar Fort Riley, KS	Solar	1 MW	Onyx Asset Services Group
31.9 mi	Riley Iii - Site 6 Community Solar Fort Riley, KS	Solar	2 MW	Onyx Asset Services Group
32.0 mi	Corvias - Fort Riley Ii Fort Riley, KS	Solar	1 MW	Onyx Asset Services Group
33.1 mi	Abilene Energy Center Combustion Turbine Abilene, KS	Natural Gas	—	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
34.4 mi	Sunflower Energy Center, Llc Peabody, KS	Wind	201 MW	Sunflower Energy Center, Llc
35.5 mi	Emporia Energy Center Emporia, KS	Natural Gas	730 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
39.9 mi	Reading Wind Project Reading, KS	Wind	200 MW	Southern Power Co
40.3 mi	Solomon-Ds&o Solomon, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
42.9 mi	St. George St. George, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
43.6 mi	Wamego Wamego, KS	Natural Gas	15 MW	City Of Wamego - (Ks)
45.7 mi	Osage City Solar Osage City, KS	Solar	2 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
45.7 mi	Osage City Osage City, KS	Natural Gas	11 MW	City Of Osage City - (Ks)
46.0 mi	Burlingame Burlingame, KS	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Burlingame - (Ks)
46.1 mi	Westar Wind St. Mary's, KS	Wind	—	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
46.1 mi	Degraff Butler Electric Burns, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.

Power generation near this area

There are 20 power plants within 50 miles of Wilsey, Kansas (ZIP 66873), with a combined 1,474 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 9 of the 20 nearby plants. The closest plant is Herington at 14.9 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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