Power Plants Near 68007 — Bennington, NE

31 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68007 (Bennington, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.3623, -96.1575 · County: Douglas

Coal 64%Natural Gas 25%Wind 4%Oil 4%Solar 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.6 mi	Standing Bear Lake Omaha, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
5.2 mi	Elk City Station Bennington, NE	Biomass	6 MW	Omaha Public Power District
10.3 mi	Fort Calhoun Community Solar Fort Calhoun, NE	Solar	5 MW	Dg Southwest Solar Portfolio 2019, Llc
10.5 mi	Big Elk Solar Kennard, NE	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
11.3 mi	North Omaha Omaha, NE	Coal	645 MW	Omaha Public Power District
11.7 mi	Fort Calhoun Blair, NE	Nuclear	—	Omaha Public Power District
14.4 mi	Jones Street Omaha, NE	Oil	130 MW	Omaha Public Power District
16.2 mi	Missouri River Wastewater Treatment Omaha, NE	Biomass	3 MW	City Of Omaha
16.4 mi	Sarpy County Bellevue, NE	Natural Gas	338 MW	Omaha Public Power District
16.4 mi	Lon Wright Fremont, NE	Coal	172 MW	City Of Fremont - (Ne)
16.5 mi	Platteview Solar Llc Ashland, NE	Solar	81 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
18.7 mi	Turtle Creek Springfield, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
20.7 mi	Walter Scott Jr Energy Center Council Bluffs, IA	Coal	1,648 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
24.7 mi	Papillion Creek Wastewater Bellevue, NE	Biomass	2 MW	City Of Omaha
25.8 mi	Wahoo Wahoo, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Wahoo - (Ne)
30.3 mi	Cass County Plattsmouth, NE	Natural Gas	345 MW	Omaha Public Power District
33.9 mi	Scribner Diesel Generation Facility Scribner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Scribner
33.9 mi	Bright Battery Weeping Water, NE	Other Fossil	1 MW	Omaha Public Power District
34.9 mi	Burt County Solar Hybrid Tekamah, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc
35.3 mi	Dodge County Solar Hybrid Scribner, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc
37.5 mi	Burt County Wind Oakland, NE	Wind	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
39.2 mi	Terry Bundy Generating Station Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	216 MW	Lincoln Electric System
39.9 mi	Salt Valley Wind Plant Lincoln, NE	Wind	1 MW	Lincoln Electric System
41.7 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Lincoln Lincoln, NE	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
42.8 mi	Lyons Lyons, NE	Oil	3 MW	City Of Lyons - (Ne)
44.0 mi	West Point Municipal West Point, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of West Point - (Ne)
47.5 mi	Syracuse # 2 Syracuse, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Nebraska City
47.7 mi	Harlan Harlan, IA	Oil	3 MW	Harlan Municipal Utilities - (Ia)
47.9 mi	J Street Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	27 MW	Lincoln Electric System
48.0 mi	Walnut Wind Farm Walnut, IA	Wind	165 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.8 mi	Nebraska City # 1 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	26 MW	City Of Nebraska City

Power generation near this area

There are 31 power plants within 50 miles of Bennington, Nebraska (ZIP 68007), with a combined 3,856 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 31 nearby plants. The closest plant is Standing Bear Lake at 4.6 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 Nebraska, visit the Nebraska state page.

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