Power Plants Near 68018 — Colon, NE

39 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68018 (Colon, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.2883, -96.6141 · County: Saunders

Coal 62%Natural Gas 30%Oil 4%Solar 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.3 mi	Wahoo Wahoo, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Wahoo - (Ne)
12.5 mi	Lon Wright Fremont, NE	Coal	172 MW	City Of Fremont - (Ne)
13.9 mi	Platteview Solar Llc Ashland, NE	Solar	81 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
19.8 mi	Elk City Station Bennington, NE	Biomass	6 MW	Omaha Public Power District
21.1 mi	Big Elk Solar Kennard, NE	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
23.5 mi	Dodge County Solar Hybrid Scribner, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc
26.2 mi	Terry Bundy Generating Station Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	216 MW	Lincoln Electric System
26.3 mi	David City David City, NE	Oil	11 MW	City Of David City
26.4 mi	Scribner Diesel Generation Facility Scribner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Scribner
26.5 mi	Salt Valley Wind Plant Lincoln, NE	Wind	1 MW	Lincoln Electric System
26.8 mi	Turtle Creek Springfield, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
27.1 mi	Standing Bear Lake Omaha, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
29.1 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Lincoln Lincoln, NE	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
32.1 mi	Fort Calhoun Blair, NE	Nuclear	—	Omaha Public Power District
33.6 mi	J Street Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	27 MW	Lincoln Electric System
33.7 mi	Fort Calhoun Community Solar Fort Calhoun, NE	Solar	5 MW	Dg Southwest Solar Portfolio 2019, Llc
33.8 mi	Holdrege Solar Center Lincoln, NE	Solar	4 MW	Adapture Renewables, Inc.
34.4 mi	Sarpy County Bellevue, NE	Natural Gas	338 MW	Omaha Public Power District
34.9 mi	North Omaha Omaha, NE	Coal	645 MW	Omaha Public Power District
36.0 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Columbus Columbus, NE	Coal	71 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
36.0 mi	Jones Street Omaha, NE	Oil	130 MW	Omaha Public Power District
36.1 mi	Missouri River Wastewater Treatment Omaha, NE	Biomass	3 MW	City Of Omaha
36.6 mi	Bright Battery Weeping Water, NE	Other Fossil	1 MW	Omaha Public Power District
38.8 mi	West Point Municipal West Point, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of West Point - (Ne)
39.0 mi	Columbus Columbus, NE	Hydroelectric	46 MW	Loup River Public Power Dist
39.0 mi	Rokeby Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	266 MW	Lincoln Electric System
39.9 mi	Ruby-Norris Milford, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
40.7 mi	Seward Wind Farm Seward, NE	Wind	2 MW	Seward Wind Llc
40.9 mi	Walter Scott Jr Energy Center Council Bluffs, IA	Coal	1,648 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.2 mi	Cass County Plattsmouth, NE	Natural Gas	345 MW	Omaha Public Power District
41.4 mi	Papillion Creek Wastewater Bellevue, NE	Biomass	2 MW	City Of Omaha
43.6 mi	Burt County Wind Oakland, NE	Wind	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
44.2 mi	Centerville (Ne) Roca, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
44.4 mi	Burt County Solar Hybrid Tekamah, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc
45.5 mi	Lyons Lyons, NE	Oil	3 MW	City Of Lyons - (Ne)
48.1 mi	Syracuse # 2 Syracuse, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Nebraska City
48.2 mi	Creston Ridge Wind Farm Creston, NE	Wind	7 MW	Creston Ridge, Llc
48.4 mi	Creston Ridge Ii, Llc Creston, NE	Wind	7 MW	Creston Ridge Ii, Llc
49.2 mi	Crete Crete, NE	Natural Gas	6 MW	City Of Crete

Power generation near this area

There are 39 power plants within 50 miles of Colon, Nebraska (ZIP 68018), with a combined 4,082 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 11 of the 39 nearby plants. The closest plant is Wahoo at 5.3 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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