Power Plants Near 68307 — Avoca, NE

40 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68307 (Avoca, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.8159, -96.0957 · County: Cass

Coal 59%Natural Gas 19%Nuclear 11%Wind 7%Oil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.8 mi	Bright Battery Weeping Water, NE	Other Fossil	1 MW	Omaha Public Power District
10.6 mi	Syracuse # 2 Syracuse, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Nebraska City
11.4 mi	Cass County Plattsmouth, NE	Natural Gas	345 MW	Omaha Public Power District
15.8 mi	Nebraska City # 2 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Nebraska City
16.0 mi	Nebraska City # 1 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	26 MW	City Of Nebraska City
19.5 mi	Turtle Creek Springfield, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
21.5 mi	Nebraska City Nebraska City, NE	Coal	1,390 MW	Omaha Public Power District
21.6 mi	Papillion Creek Wastewater Bellevue, NE	Biomass	2 MW	City Of Omaha
25.4 mi	Sarpy County Bellevue, NE	Natural Gas	338 MW	Omaha Public Power District
27.3 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Lincoln Lincoln, NE	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
27.8 mi	Terry Bundy Generating Station Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	216 MW	Lincoln Electric System
28.1 mi	Missouri River Wastewater Treatment Omaha, NE	Biomass	3 MW	City Of Omaha
28.2 mi	Salt Valley Wind Plant Lincoln, NE	Wind	1 MW	Lincoln Electric System
28.5 mi	Walter Scott Jr Energy Center Council Bluffs, IA	Coal	1,648 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
29.8 mi	Platteview Solar Llc Ashland, NE	Solar	81 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
31.4 mi	Jones Street Omaha, NE	Oil	130 MW	Omaha Public Power District
31.4 mi	Tecumseh Tecumseh, NE	Oil	7 MW	City Of Tecumseh
32.2 mi	J Street Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	27 MW	Lincoln Electric System
32.3 mi	Auburn Auburn, NE	Natural Gas	19 MW	Auburn Board Of Public Works
34.0 mi	Rokeby Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	266 MW	Lincoln Electric System
34.3 mi	Farmers City Wind Llc Tarkio, MO	Wind	146 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
34.5 mi	Standing Bear Lake Omaha, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
35.6 mi	Centerville (Ne) Roca, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
36.3 mi	North Omaha Omaha, NE	Coal	645 MW	Omaha Public Power District
37.7 mi	Shenandoah Shenandoah, IA	Oil	20 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
37.9 mi	Holdrege Solar Center Lincoln, NE	Solar	4 MW	Adapture Renewables, Inc.
38.4 mi	Wahoo Wahoo, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Wahoo - (Ne)
39.4 mi	Cooper Nuclear Station Brownville, NE	Nuclear	801 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
40.0 mi	Shenandoah Hills Wind Farm Blanchard, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
40.1 mi	Elk City Station Bennington, NE	Biomass	6 MW	Omaha Public Power District
40.2 mi	Sheldon Hallam, NE	Coal	229 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
40.2 mi	Loess Hills Rock Port, MO	Wind	5 MW	Loess Hills Wind Farm Llc
40.3 mi	Hallam Hallam, NE	Natural Gas	57 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
41.3 mi	Cow Branch Tarkio, MO	Wind	50 MW	Cow Branch Wind Power, Llc
43.5 mi	Atchison County Wind Westboro, MO	Wind	299 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
44.5 mi	Fort Calhoun Community Solar Fort Calhoun, NE	Solar	5 MW	Dg Southwest Solar Portfolio 2019, Llc
46.4 mi	Lon Wright Fremont, NE	Coal	172 MW	City Of Fremont - (Ne)
46.7 mi	Big Elk Solar Kennard, NE	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
47.1 mi	Crete Crete, NE	Natural Gas	6 MW	City Of Crete
48.7 mi	Fort Calhoun Blair, NE	Nuclear	—	Omaha Public Power District

Power generation near this area

There are 40 power plants within 50 miles of Avoca, Nebraska (ZIP 68307), with a combined 6,986 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 14 of the 40 nearby plants. The closest plant is Bright Battery at 5.8 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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