Power Plants Near 68056 — St Columbans, NE

33 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68056 (St Columbans, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.0927, -96.0905 · County: Sarpy

Coal 70%Natural Gas 23%Oil 3%Wind 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.1 mi	Turtle Creek Springfield, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
8.2 mi	Sarpy County Bellevue, NE	Natural Gas	338 MW	Omaha Public Power District
11.4 mi	Missouri River Wastewater Treatment Omaha, NE	Biomass	3 MW	City Of Omaha
11.5 mi	Papillion Creek Wastewater Bellevue, NE	Biomass	2 MW	City Of Omaha
12.0 mi	Cass County Plattsmouth, NE	Natural Gas	345 MW	Omaha Public Power District
14.0 mi	Jones Street Omaha, NE	Oil	130 MW	Omaha Public Power District
14.3 mi	Walter Scott Jr Energy Center Council Bluffs, IA	Coal	1,648 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
15.4 mi	Standing Bear Lake Omaha, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
16.0 mi	Bright Battery Weeping Water, NE	Other Fossil	1 MW	Omaha Public Power District
16.5 mi	Platteview Solar Llc Ashland, NE	Solar	81 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
18.0 mi	North Omaha Omaha, NE	Coal	645 MW	Omaha Public Power District
21.8 mi	Elk City Station Bennington, NE	Biomass	6 MW	Omaha Public Power District
25.5 mi	Fort Calhoun Community Solar Fort Calhoun, NE	Solar	5 MW	Dg Southwest Solar Portfolio 2019, Llc
28.3 mi	Wahoo Wahoo, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Wahoo - (Ne)
28.5 mi	Big Elk Solar Kennard, NE	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
29.2 mi	Syracuse # 2 Syracuse, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Nebraska City
29.6 mi	Fort Calhoun Blair, NE	Nuclear	—	Omaha Public Power District
30.0 mi	Terry Bundy Generating Station Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	216 MW	Lincoln Electric System
30.2 mi	Lon Wright Fremont, NE	Coal	172 MW	City Of Fremont - (Ne)
30.7 mi	Salt Valley Wind Plant Lincoln, NE	Wind	1 MW	Lincoln Electric System
31.2 mi	Nebraska City # 1 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	26 MW	City Of Nebraska City
31.5 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Lincoln Lincoln, NE	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
31.7 mi	Nebraska City # 2 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Nebraska City
36.5 mi	Nebraska City Nebraska City, NE	Coal	1,390 MW	Omaha Public Power District
37.9 mi	J Street Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	27 MW	Lincoln Electric System
42.0 mi	Rokeby Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	266 MW	Lincoln Electric System
42.3 mi	Holdrege Solar Center Lincoln, NE	Solar	4 MW	Adapture Renewables, Inc.
43.4 mi	Shenandoah Shenandoah, IA	Oil	20 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
45.5 mi	Centerville (Ne) Roca, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
46.5 mi	Farmers City Wind Llc Tarkio, MO	Wind	146 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
49.2 mi	Shenandoah Hills Wind Farm Blanchard, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
49.6 mi	Dodge County Solar Hybrid Scribner, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc
49.8 mi	Scribner Diesel Generation Facility Scribner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Scribner

Power generation near this area

There are 33 power plants within 50 miles of St Columbans, Nebraska (ZIP 68056), with a combined 5,519 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 11 of the 33 nearby plants. The closest plant is Turtle Creek at 4.1 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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