Power Plants Near 68309 — Barneston, NE

21 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68309 (Barneston, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.0483, -96.5770 · County: Gage

Wind 65%Natural Gas 26%Coal 8%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
19.8 mi	Steele Flats Wind Project Llc Diller, NE	Wind	75 MW	Steele Flats Wind Project Llc
23.0 mi	Beatrice Beatrice, NE	Natural Gas	247 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
25.4 mi	Irish Creek Wind Frankfort, KS	Wind	301 MW	Irish Creek Wind, Llc
26.6 mi	Marshall Wind Farm Frankfort, KS	Wind	74 MW	Bhe Renewables, Llc
30.0 mi	Tecumseh Tecumseh, NE	Oil	7 MW	City Of Tecumseh
30.6 mi	Washington Washington, KS	Natural Gas	7 MW	City Of Washington - (Ks)
34.4 mi	Flat Water Wind Farm Llc Du Bois, NE	Wind	60 MW	Flat Water Wind Farm Llc
36.0 mi	Wilber Wilber, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wilber
36.9 mi	Sheldon Hallam, NE	Coal	229 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
36.9 mi	Hallam Hallam, NE	Natural Gas	57 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
39.7 mi	Soldier Creek Wind Corning, KS	Wind	300 MW	Soldier Creek Wind Llc
42.1 mi	Sabetha Power Plant Sabetha, KS	Oil	22 MW	City Of Sabetha - (Ks)
42.9 mi	Centerville (Ne) Roca, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
44.7 mi	Crete Crete, NE	Natural Gas	6 MW	City Of Crete
45.1 mi	Milligan 1 Wind Farm Western, NE	Wind	300 MW	Milligan 1 Wind, Llc
45.1 mi	Auburn Auburn, NE	Natural Gas	19 MW	Auburn Board Of Public Works
47.8 mi	Clifton Clifton, KS	Natural Gas	88 MW	Sunflower Electric Power Corp
48.0 mi	Rokeby Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	266 MW	Lincoln Electric System
48.0 mi	High Banks Wind Belleville, KS	Wind	643 MW	High Banks Wind, Llc
48.2 mi	Syracuse # 2 Syracuse, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Nebraska City
49.7 mi	Swan Creek Wind Friend, NE	Wind	—	Swan Creek Wind Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 21 power plants within 50 miles of Barneston, Nebraska (ZIP 68309), with a combined 2,708 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 Steele Flats Wind Project Llc at 19.8 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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