Power Plants Near 68062 — Thurston, NE

25 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68062 (Thurston, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.1882, -96.6904 · County: Thurston

Coal 54%Wind 43%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.1 mi	Pender Pender, NE	Oil	5 MW	City Of Pender - (Ne)
6.4 mi	Emerson Emerson, NE	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Emerson - (Ne)
10.4 mi	Wakefield Wakefield, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wakefield - (Ne)
14.6 mi	Cuming County Renewables, Llc Wisner, NE	Wind	3 MW	Cuming County Renewables. Llc
14.7 mi	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project Dixon, NE	Wind	318 MW	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project, Llc
17.0 mi	Wayne Ic Wayne, NE	Oil	22 MW	City Of Wayne
18.0 mi	Wisner Wisner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wisner
18.5 mi	George Neal North Sergeant Bluff, IA	Coal	584 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
18.5 mi	George Neal South Salix, IA	Coal	696 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
20.2 mi	Neal Energy Center Solar Salix, IA	Solar	4 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
20.8 mi	Lyons Lyons, NE	Oil	3 MW	City Of Lyons - (Ne)
22.3 mi	South Sioux City Energy Storage South Sioux City, NE	Other Fossil	2 MW	Dg Nebraska Energy Storage, Llc
22.6 mi	South Sioux City Solar Dakota, NE	Solar	2 MW	Tesla Inc.
23.7 mi	West Point Municipal West Point, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of West Point - (Ne)
26.4 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
26.4 mi	Laurel Laurel, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Laurel - (Ne)
27.4 mi	Burt County Wind Oakland, NE	Wind	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
32.5 mi	Burt County Solar Hybrid Tekamah, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc
35.5 mi	Sholes Wind Energy Center Randolph, NE	Wind	160 MW	Sholes Wind Energy Center, Llc
35.9 mi	Scribner Diesel Generation Facility Scribner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Scribner
39.9 mi	Dodge County Solar Hybrid Scribner, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc
42.0 mi	South 49th 013445 Scs Norfolk, Llc Norfolk, NE	Solar	11 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
45.3 mi	Madison Solar (Ne) Madison, NE	Solar	—	Mmps1, Llc
46.5 mi	Madison Utilities Madison, NE	Oil	6 MW	City Of Madison - (Ne)

Power generation near this area

There are 25 power plants within 50 miles of Thurston, Nebraska (ZIP 68062), with a combined 2,366 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 25 nearby plants. The closest plant is Pender at 5.1 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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