Power Plants Near 68041 — Mead, NE

39 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68041 (Mead, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.2393, -96.4961 · County: Saunders

Coal 64%Natural Gas 29%Oil 3%Solar 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.3 mi	Wahoo Wahoo, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Wahoo - (Ne)
6.9 mi	Platteview Solar Llc Ashland, NE	Solar	81 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
13.2 mi	Lon Wright Fremont, NE	Coal	172 MW	City Of Fremont - (Ne)
16.0 mi	Elk City Station Bennington, NE	Biomass	6 MW	Omaha Public Power District
19.4 mi	Big Elk Solar Kennard, NE	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
19.8 mi	Turtle Creek Springfield, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
21.5 mi	Standing Bear Lake Omaha, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
23.6 mi	Terry Bundy Generating Station Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	216 MW	Lincoln Electric System
24.1 mi	Salt Valley Wind Plant Lincoln, NE	Wind	1 MW	Lincoln Electric System
26.5 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Lincoln Lincoln, NE	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
27.7 mi	Sarpy County Bellevue, NE	Natural Gas	338 MW	Omaha Public Power District
29.0 mi	Dodge County Solar Hybrid Scribner, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc
29.1 mi	Fort Calhoun Blair, NE	Nuclear	—	Omaha Public Power District
29.3 mi	North Omaha Omaha, NE	Coal	645 MW	Omaha Public Power District
29.6 mi	Missouri River Wastewater Treatment Omaha, NE	Biomass	3 MW	City Of Omaha
29.6 mi	Fort Calhoun Community Solar Fort Calhoun, NE	Solar	5 MW	Dg Southwest Solar Portfolio 2019, Llc
29.8 mi	Jones Street Omaha, NE	Oil	130 MW	Omaha Public Power District
30.3 mi	Bright Battery Weeping Water, NE	Other Fossil	1 MW	Omaha Public Power District
31.0 mi	Scribner Diesel Generation Facility Scribner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Scribner
31.8 mi	J Street Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	27 MW	Lincoln Electric System
32.4 mi	David City David City, NE	Oil	11 MW	City Of David City
33.3 mi	Holdrege Solar Center Lincoln, NE	Solar	4 MW	Adapture Renewables, Inc.
34.2 mi	Cass County Plattsmouth, NE	Natural Gas	345 MW	Omaha Public Power District
34.3 mi	Walter Scott Jr Energy Center Council Bluffs, IA	Coal	1,648 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
34.4 mi	Papillion Creek Wastewater Bellevue, NE	Biomass	2 MW	City Of Omaha
37.3 mi	Rokeby Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	266 MW	Lincoln Electric System
41.5 mi	Ruby-Norris Milford, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
42.3 mi	Centerville (Ne) Roca, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
42.3 mi	Syracuse # 2 Syracuse, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Nebraska City
42.8 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Columbus Columbus, NE	Coal	71 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
43.3 mi	West Point Municipal West Point, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of West Point - (Ne)
43.5 mi	Seward Wind Farm Seward, NE	Wind	2 MW	Seward Wind Llc
45.3 mi	Burt County Solar Hybrid Tekamah, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc
45.4 mi	Burt County Wind Oakland, NE	Wind	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
45.9 mi	Columbus Columbus, NE	Hydroelectric	46 MW	Loup River Public Power Dist
48.3 mi	Lyons Lyons, NE	Oil	3 MW	City Of Lyons - (Ne)
48.9 mi	Crete Crete, NE	Natural Gas	6 MW	City Of Crete
49.4 mi	Sheldon Hallam, NE	Coal	229 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
49.4 mi	Hallam Hallam, NE	Natural Gas	57 MW	Nebraska Public Power District

Power generation near this area

There are 39 power plants within 50 miles of Mead, Nebraska (ZIP 68041), with a combined 4,354 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 12 of the 39 nearby plants. The closest plant is Wahoo at 6.3 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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