Power Plants Near 68034 — Kennard, NE

28 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68034 (Kennard, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.4526, -96.1903 · County: Washington

Coal 65%Natural Gas 24%Wind 4%Oil 4%Solar 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.6 mi	Big Elk Solar Kennard, NE	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
5.8 mi	Elk City Station Bennington, NE	Biomass	6 MW	Omaha Public Power District
7.5 mi	Fort Calhoun Blair, NE	Nuclear	—	Omaha Public Power District
9.6 mi	Fort Calhoun Community Solar Fort Calhoun, NE	Solar	5 MW	Dg Southwest Solar Portfolio 2019, Llc
10.7 mi	Standing Bear Lake Omaha, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
14.2 mi	Lon Wright Fremont, NE	Coal	172 MW	City Of Fremont - (Ne)
15.3 mi	North Omaha Omaha, NE	Coal	645 MW	Omaha Public Power District
19.6 mi	Jones Street Omaha, NE	Oil	130 MW	Omaha Public Power District
20.6 mi	Platteview Solar Llc Ashland, NE	Solar	81 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
21.9 mi	Missouri River Wastewater Treatment Omaha, NE	Biomass	3 MW	City Of Omaha
22.6 mi	Sarpy County Bellevue, NE	Natural Gas	338 MW	Omaha Public Power District
24.9 mi	Turtle Creek Springfield, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
26.1 mi	Walter Scott Jr Energy Center Council Bluffs, IA	Coal	1,648 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
27.5 mi	Wahoo Wahoo, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Wahoo - (Ne)
28.5 mi	Burt County Solar Hybrid Tekamah, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc
28.9 mi	Scribner Diesel Generation Facility Scribner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Scribner
30.8 mi	Papillion Creek Wastewater Bellevue, NE	Biomass	2 MW	City Of Omaha
31.0 mi	Burt County Wind Oakland, NE	Wind	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
31.1 mi	Dodge County Solar Hybrid Scribner, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc
36.4 mi	Lyons Lyons, NE	Oil	3 MW	City Of Lyons - (Ne)
36.8 mi	Cass County Plattsmouth, NE	Natural Gas	345 MW	Omaha Public Power District
38.3 mi	West Point Municipal West Point, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of West Point - (Ne)
40.2 mi	Bright Battery Weeping Water, NE	Other Fossil	1 MW	Omaha Public Power District
43.5 mi	Terry Bundy Generating Station Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	216 MW	Lincoln Electric System
44.1 mi	Salt Valley Wind Plant Lincoln, NE	Wind	1 MW	Lincoln Electric System
46.1 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Lincoln Lincoln, NE	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
47.2 mi	Harlan Harlan, IA	Oil	3 MW	Harlan Municipal Utilities - (Ia)
49.3 mi	Walnut Wind Farm Walnut, IA	Wind	165 MW	Midamerican Energy Co

Power generation near this area

There are 28 power plants within 50 miles of Kennard, Nebraska (ZIP 68034), with a combined 3,799 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 28 nearby plants. The closest plant is Big Elk Solar at 5.6 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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