Power Plants Near 68318 — Blue Springs, NE

24 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68318 (Blue Springs, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.1407, -96.6590 · County: Gage

Wind 63%Natural Gas 26%Coal 8%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
15.3 mi	Beatrice Beatrice, NE	Natural Gas	247 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
16.7 mi	Steele Flats Wind Project Llc Diller, NE	Wind	75 MW	Steele Flats Wind Project Llc
28.3 mi	Wilber Wilber, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wilber
29.2 mi	Tecumseh Tecumseh, NE	Oil	7 MW	City Of Tecumseh
29.6 mi	Sheldon Hallam, NE	Coal	229 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
29.6 mi	Hallam Hallam, NE	Natural Gas	57 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
32.9 mi	Irish Creek Wind Frankfort, KS	Wind	301 MW	Irish Creek Wind, Llc
33.0 mi	Washington Washington, KS	Natural Gas	7 MW	City Of Washington - (Ks)
34.2 mi	Marshall Wind Farm Frankfort, KS	Wind	74 MW	Bhe Renewables, Llc
35.9 mi	Centerville (Ne) Roca, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
37.0 mi	Crete Crete, NE	Natural Gas	6 MW	City Of Crete
37.7 mi	Milligan 1 Wind Farm Western, NE	Wind	300 MW	Milligan 1 Wind, Llc
39.8 mi	Flat Water Wind Farm Llc Du Bois, NE	Wind	60 MW	Flat Water Wind Farm Llc
41.0 mi	Rokeby Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	266 MW	Lincoln Electric System
42.0 mi	Swan Creek Wind Friend, NE	Wind	—	Swan Creek Wind Llc
44.8 mi	Syracuse # 2 Syracuse, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Nebraska City
46.1 mi	Auburn Auburn, NE	Natural Gas	19 MW	Auburn Board Of Public Works
46.2 mi	J Street Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	27 MW	Lincoln Electric System
46.6 mi	High Banks Wind Belleville, KS	Wind	643 MW	High Banks Wind, Llc
47.2 mi	Soldier Creek Wind Corning, KS	Wind	300 MW	Soldier Creek Wind Llc
48.0 mi	Holdrege Solar Center Lincoln, NE	Solar	4 MW	Adapture Renewables, Inc.
48.1 mi	Sabetha Power Plant Sabetha, KS	Oil	22 MW	City Of Sabetha - (Ks)
48.6 mi	Hebron Hebron, NE	Oil	57 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
49.1 mi	Clifton Clifton, KS	Natural Gas	88 MW	Sunflower Electric Power Corp

Power generation near this area

There are 24 power plants within 50 miles of Blue Springs, Nebraska (ZIP 68318), with a combined 2,796 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 9 of the 24 nearby plants. The closest plant is Beatrice at 15.3 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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