Power Plants Near 67490 — Wilson, KS

18 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 67490 (Wilson, Kansas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.8134, -98.4432 · County: Ellsworth

Wind 69%Natural Gas 27%Oil 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
8.0 mi	Post Rock Wind Power Project, Llc Ellsworth, KS	Wind	201 MW	Pattern Operators Lp
15.7 mi	Smoky Hills Wind Project Phase Ii Lincoln, KS	Wind	149 MW	Smoky Hills Wind Project Ii Llc
15.9 mi	Smoky Hills Wind Project Phase I Lincoln, KS	Wind	101 MW	Smoky Hills Wind Farm I Llc
19.7 mi	Russell Russell, KS	Solar	—	Sunflower Electric Power Corp
22.0 mi	Lincoln Lincoln, KS	Oil	9 MW	City Of Lincoln Center - (Ks)
22.1 mi	Russell Energy Center Russell, KS	Natural Gas	15 MW	City Of Russell - (Ks)
22.9 mi	Russell Downtown Russell, KS	Natural Gas	16 MW	City Of Russell - (Ks)
27.4 mi	Hoisington Hoisington, KS	Natural Gas	11 MW	City Of Hoisington - (Ks)
32.6 mi	Ellinwood Ellinwood, KS	Natural Gas	9 MW	City Of Ellinwood - (Ks)
35.7 mi	Great Bend - Midwest Energy Great Bend, KS	Natural Gas	—	Midwest Energy Inc - (Ks)
36.1 mi	Great Bend - Sunflower Great Bend, KS	Natural Gas	82 MW	Sunflower Electric Power Corp
38.9 mi	Kansas Ethanol, Llc Lyons, KS	Natural Gas	14 MW	Kansas Ethanol, Llc
42.4 mi	Lindsborg Lindsborg, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
43.3 mi	Sterling Sterling, KS	Oil	10 MW	City Of Sterling - (Ks)
44.8 mi	Minneapolis City Of Minneapolis, KS	Natural Gas	9 MW	City Of Minneapolis - (Ks)
45.4 mi	Osborne Osborne, KS	Oil	7 MW	City Of Osborne - (Ks)
47.6 mi	Beloit Solar Llc Beloit, KS	Solar	2 MW	Ppm Solar Llc
47.9 mi	Beloit Beloit, KS	Natural Gas	19 MW	City Of Beloit - (Ks)

Power generation near this area

There are 18 power plants within 50 miles of Wilson, Kansas (ZIP 67490), with a combined 653 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 9 of the 18 nearby plants. The closest plant is Post Rock Wind Power Project, Llc at 8.0 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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