Power Plants Near 68071 — Winnebago, NE

23 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68071 (Winnebago, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.2339, -96.4685 · County: Thurston

Coal 50%Wind 47%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.1 mi	George Neal South Salix, IA	Coal	696 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
7.8 mi	George Neal North Sergeant Bluff, IA	Coal	584 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
9.2 mi	Neal Energy Center Solar Salix, IA	Solar	4 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
13.6 mi	Emerson Emerson, NE	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Emerson - (Ne)
14.1 mi	South Sioux City Energy Storage South Sioux City, NE	Other Fossil	2 MW	Dg Nebraska Energy Storage, Llc
14.7 mi	Pender Pender, NE	Oil	5 MW	City Of Pender - (Ne)
15.6 mi	South Sioux City Solar Dakota, NE	Solar	2 MW	Tesla Inc.
20.3 mi	Wakefield Wakefield, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wakefield - (Ne)
20.5 mi	Lyons Lyons, NE	Oil	3 MW	City Of Lyons - (Ne)
20.8 mi	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project Dixon, NE	Wind	318 MW	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project, Llc
24.9 mi	Burt County Wind Oakland, NE	Wind	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
25.0 mi	Cuming County Renewables, Llc Wisner, NE	Wind	3 MW	Cuming County Renewables. Llc
28.1 mi	Wayne Ic Wayne, NE	Oil	22 MW	City Of Wayne
28.3 mi	Burt County Solar Hybrid Tekamah, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc
28.5 mi	Wisner Wisner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wisner
29.7 mi	West Point Municipal West Point, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of West Point - (Ne)
34.6 mi	Laurel Laurel, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Laurel - (Ne)
37.2 mi	Haystack Wind Project, Llc Carroll, NE	Wind	298 MW	Haystack Wind Project, Llc
38.0 mi	Plum Creek Wind Project (Ne) Winside, NE	Wind	230 MW	Plum Creek Wind, Llc
40.4 mi	Scribner Diesel Generation Facility Scribner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Scribner
45.4 mi	Dodge County Solar Hybrid Scribner, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc
46.1 mi	Sholes Wind Energy Center Randolph, NE	Wind	160 MW	Sholes Wind Energy Center, Llc
49.9 mi	Plymouth Wind Remsen, IA	Wind	203 MW	Midamerican Energy Co

Power generation near this area

There are 23 power plants within 50 miles of Winnebago, Nebraska (ZIP 68071), with a combined 2,553 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 23 nearby plants. The closest plant is George Neal South at 7.1 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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