Power Plants Near 68305 — Auburn, NE

21 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68305 (Auburn, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.3789, -95.8526 · County: Nemaha

Coal 37%Wind 29%Nuclear 21%Natural Gas 12%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
0.7 mi	Auburn Auburn, NE	Natural Gas	19 MW	Auburn Board Of Public Works
11.2 mi	Cooper Nuclear Station Brownville, NE	Nuclear	801 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
16.6 mi	Loess Hills Rock Port, MO	Wind	5 MW	Loess Hills Wind Farm Llc
17.2 mi	Nebraska City Nebraska City, NE	Coal	1,390 MW	Omaha Public Power District
17.8 mi	Tecumseh Tecumseh, NE	Oil	7 MW	City Of Tecumseh
19.9 mi	Nebraska City # 2 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Nebraska City
20.8 mi	Nebraska City # 1 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	26 MW	City Of Nebraska City
20.9 mi	Cow Branch Tarkio, MO	Wind	50 MW	Cow Branch Wind Power, Llc
22.0 mi	Farmers City Wind Llc Tarkio, MO	Wind	146 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
25.8 mi	Falls City Falls City, NE	Natural Gas	31 MW	City Of Falls City - (Ne)
26.4 mi	Flat Water Wind Farm Llc Du Bois, NE	Wind	60 MW	Flat Water Wind Farm Llc
26.7 mi	Syracuse # 2 Syracuse, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Nebraska City
28.2 mi	Atchison County Wind Westboro, MO	Wind	299 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
30.9 mi	Shenandoah Hills Wind Farm Blanchard, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
32.9 mi	Sabetha Power Plant Sabetha, KS	Oil	22 MW	City Of Sabetha - (Ks)
34.4 mi	Rock Creek Wind Project Tarkio, MO	Wind	300 MW	Enel Green Power Na, Inc.
36.8 mi	Shenandoah Shenandoah, IA	Oil	20 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
38.1 mi	Bright Battery Weeping Water, NE	Other Fossil	1 MW	Omaha Public Power District
39.7 mi	Cass County Plattsmouth, NE	Natural Gas	345 MW	Omaha Public Power District
47.2 mi	White Cloud Wind Project, Llc Tarkio, MO	Wind	237 MW	White Cloud Wind Project, Llc
48.3 mi	Papillion Creek Wastewater Bellevue, NE	Biomass	2 MW	City Of Omaha

Power generation near this area

There are 21 power plants within 50 miles of Auburn, Nebraska (ZIP 68305), with a combined 3,777 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 21 nearby plants. The closest plant is Auburn 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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