Power Plants Near 67530 — Great Bend, KS

23 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 67530 (Great Bend, Kansas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.3936, -98.7751 · County: Barton

Wind 63%Natural Gas 31%Oil 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.6 mi	Great Bend - Midwest Energy Great Bend, KS	Natural Gas	—	Midwest Energy Inc - (Ks)
5.2 mi	Great Bend - Sunflower Great Bend, KS	Natural Gas	82 MW	Sunflower Electric Power Corp
8.2 mi	Hoisington Hoisington, KS	Natural Gas	11 MW	City Of Hoisington - (Ks)
10.7 mi	Ellinwood Ellinwood, KS	Natural Gas	9 MW	City Of Ellinwood - (Ks)
23.2 mi	Larned Larned, KS	Oil	16 MW	City Of Larned - (Ks)
23.5 mi	Gas Turbine (Ks) Larned, KS	Natural Gas	—	City Of Larned - (Ks)
27.5 mi	St John St. John, KS	Oil	7 MW	City Of St. John - (Ks)
30.4 mi	La Crosse La Crosse, KS	Oil	6 MW	City Of La Crosse - (Ks)
31.7 mi	Stafford Stafford, KS	Oil	5 MW	City Of Stafford - (Ks)
32.5 mi	Kansas Ethanol, Llc Lyons, KS	Natural Gas	14 MW	Kansas Ethanol, Llc
33.2 mi	Sterling Sterling, KS	Oil	10 MW	City Of Sterling - (Ks)
34.0 mi	Huntsville-Ark Valley, Ks Huntsville, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
34.6 mi	Russell Russell, KS	Solar	—	Sunflower Electric Power Corp
34.8 mi	Russell Downtown Russell, KS	Natural Gas	16 MW	City Of Russell - (Ks)
35.1 mi	Russell Energy Center Russell, KS	Natural Gas	15 MW	City Of Russell - (Ks)
39.7 mi	Alexander Wind Farm Llc Alexander, KS	Wind	51 MW	Sriv Partnership Llc
40.2 mi	Post Rock Wind Power Project, Llc Ellsworth, KS	Wind	201 MW	Pattern Operators Lp
47.2 mi	Smoky Hills Wind Project Phase I Lincoln, KS	Wind	101 MW	Smoky Hills Wind Farm I Llc
47.3 mi	City Of Pratt Solar Pratt, KS	Solar	6 MW	Kenyon Energy Ks Solar 1 Llc
47.5 mi	Smoky Hills Wind Project Phase Ii Lincoln, KS	Wind	149 MW	Smoky Hills Wind Project Ii Llc
47.5 mi	Fort Hays State University Wind Farm Hays, KS	Wind	4 MW	Fort Hays State University
48.8 mi	Goodman Energy Center Hays, KS	Natural Gas	104 MW	Midwest Energy Inc - (Ks)
49.6 mi	Bp-Kanza Pratt, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.

Power generation near this area

There are 23 power plants within 50 miles of Great Bend, Kansas (ZIP 67530), with a combined 806 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 9 of the 23 nearby plants. The closest plant is Great Bend - Midwest Energy at 1.6 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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