Power Plants Near 68047 — Pender, NE

29 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68047 (Pender, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.1177, -96.7189 · County: Thurston

Coal 57%Wind 40%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
0.7 mi	Pender Pender, NE	Oil	5 MW	City Of Pender - (Ne)
10.0 mi	Cuming County Renewables, Llc Wisner, NE	Wind	3 MW	Cuming County Renewables. Llc
11.0 mi	Emerson Emerson, NE	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Emerson - (Ne)
12.8 mi	Wakefield Wakefield, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wakefield - (Ne)
13.5 mi	Wisner Wisner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wisner
17.1 mi	Wayne Ic Wayne, NE	Oil	22 MW	City Of Wayne
18.0 mi	Lyons Lyons, NE	Oil	3 MW	City Of Lyons - (Ne)
18.6 mi	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project Dixon, NE	Wind	318 MW	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project, Llc
18.8 mi	West Point Municipal West Point, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of West Point - (Ne)
22.2 mi	George Neal South Salix, IA	Coal	696 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
22.5 mi	George Neal North Sergeant Bluff, IA	Coal	584 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
24.1 mi	Neal Energy Center Solar Salix, IA	Solar	4 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
25.0 mi	Burt County Wind Oakland, NE	Wind	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
25.0 mi	Plum Creek Wind Project (Ne) Winside, NE	Wind	230 MW	Plum Creek Wind, Llc
26.4 mi	Haystack Wind Project, Llc Carroll, NE	Wind	298 MW	Haystack Wind Project, Llc
27.0 mi	South Sioux City Energy Storage South Sioux City, NE	Other Fossil	2 MW	Dg Nebraska Energy Storage, Llc
27.5 mi	South Sioux City Solar Dakota, NE	Solar	2 MW	Tesla Inc.
28.8 mi	Laurel Laurel, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Laurel - (Ne)
30.5 mi	Burt County Solar Hybrid Tekamah, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc
31.1 mi	Scribner Diesel Generation Facility Scribner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Scribner
35.0 mi	Dodge County Solar Hybrid Scribner, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc
35.7 mi	Sholes Wind Energy Center Randolph, NE	Wind	160 MW	Sholes Wind Energy Center, Llc
39.6 mi	South 49th 013445 Scs Norfolk, Llc Norfolk, NE	Solar	11 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
41.7 mi	Madison Solar (Ne) Madison, NE	Solar	—	Mmps1, Llc
42.8 mi	Madison Utilities Madison, NE	Oil	6 MW	City Of Madison - (Ne)
45.8 mi	Creston Ridge Wind Farm Creston, NE	Wind	7 MW	Creston Ridge, Llc
46.1 mi	Creston Ridge Ii, Llc Creston, NE	Wind	7 MW	Creston Ridge Ii, Llc
49.4 mi	Lon Wright Fremont, NE	Coal	172 MW	City Of Fremont - (Ne)
49.5 mi	Big Elk Solar Kennard, NE	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 29 power plants within 50 miles of Pender, Nebraska (ZIP 68047), with a combined 2,552 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 29 nearby plants. The closest plant is Pender at 0.7 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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