Power Plants Near 67526 — Ellinwood, KS

26 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 67526 (Ellinwood, Kansas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.3565, -98.5849 · County: Barton

Natural Gas 58%Wind 37%Oil 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
0.2 mi	Ellinwood Ellinwood, KS	Natural Gas	9 MW	City Of Ellinwood - (Ks)
10.8 mi	Great Bend - Midwest Energy Great Bend, KS	Natural Gas	—	Midwest Energy Inc - (Ks)
14.9 mi	Hoisington Hoisington, KS	Natural Gas	11 MW	City Of Hoisington - (Ks)
15.8 mi	Great Bend - Sunflower Great Bend, KS	Natural Gas	82 MW	Sunflower Electric Power Corp
21.8 mi	Kansas Ethanol, Llc Lyons, KS	Natural Gas	14 MW	Kansas Ethanol, Llc
22.7 mi	Sterling Sterling, KS	Oil	10 MW	City Of Sterling - (Ks)
25.4 mi	Huntsville-Ark Valley, Ks Huntsville, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
26.7 mi	St John St. John, KS	Oil	7 MW	City Of St. John - (Ks)
27.7 mi	Stafford Stafford, KS	Oil	5 MW	City Of Stafford - (Ks)
30.6 mi	Larned Larned, KS	Oil	16 MW	City Of Larned - (Ks)
31.1 mi	Gas Turbine (Ks) Larned, KS	Natural Gas	—	City Of Larned - (Ks)
36.9 mi	Post Rock Wind Power Project, Llc Ellsworth, KS	Wind	201 MW	Pattern Operators Lp
38.8 mi	Russell Russell, KS	Solar	—	Sunflower Electric Power Corp
39.9 mi	Russell Downtown Russell, KS	Natural Gas	16 MW	City Of Russell - (Ks)
40.0 mi	Russell Energy Center Russell, KS	Natural Gas	15 MW	City Of Russell - (Ks)
40.5 mi	Westar Cities Solar Hutchinson, KS	Solar	1 MW	Socore Energy Llc
41.0 mi	La Crosse La Crosse, KS	Oil	6 MW	City Of La Crosse - (Ks)
42.7 mi	Hutchinson Energy Center Hutchinson, KS	Natural Gas	345 MW	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
42.8 mi	Smoky Hills Wind Project Phase I Lincoln, KS	Wind	101 MW	Smoky Hills Wind Farm I Llc
43.3 mi	Smoky Hills Wind Project Phase Ii Lincoln, KS	Wind	149 MW	Smoky Hills Wind Project Ii Llc
43.4 mi	Mcnew Generating Station Hutchison, KS	Natural Gas	—	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
43.4 mi	Mullin Creek #1 Generating Station Barnard, MO	Natural Gas	—	Evergy Missouri West
45.2 mi	City Of Pratt Solar Pratt, KS	Solar	6 MW	Kenyon Energy Ks Solar 1 Llc
48.3 mi	Bp-Kanza Pratt, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
48.7 mi	Lindsborg Lindsborg, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
48.8 mi	Mcpherson 2 Mcpherson, KS	Natural Gas	215 MW	City Of Mcpherson - (Ks)

Power generation near this area

There are 26 power plants within 50 miles of Ellinwood, Kansas (ZIP 67526), with a combined 1,210 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 12 of the 26 nearby plants. The closest plant is Ellinwood at 0.2 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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