Power Plants Near 68321 — Brownville, NE

24 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68321 (Brownville, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.3994, -95.6935 · County: Nemaha

Wind 33%Coal 31%Nuclear 18%Natural Gas 17%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.8 mi	Cooper Nuclear Station Brownville, NE	Nuclear	801 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
8.1 mi	Auburn Auburn, NE	Natural Gas	19 MW	Auburn Board Of Public Works
8.1 mi	Loess Hills Rock Port, MO	Wind	5 MW	Loess Hills Wind Farm Llc
12.4 mi	Cow Branch Tarkio, MO	Wind	50 MW	Cow Branch Wind Power, Llc
15.1 mi	Farmers City Wind Llc Tarkio, MO	Wind	146 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
15.9 mi	Nebraska City Nebraska City, NE	Coal	1,390 MW	Omaha Public Power District
20.0 mi	Atchison County Wind Westboro, MO	Wind	299 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
20.6 mi	Nebraska City # 2 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Nebraska City
21.0 mi	Nebraska City # 1 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	26 MW	City Of Nebraska City
23.5 mi	Shenandoah Hills Wind Farm Blanchard, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
24.2 mi	Falls City Falls City, NE	Natural Gas	31 MW	City Of Falls City - (Ne)
26.0 mi	Rock Creek Wind Project Tarkio, MO	Wind	300 MW	Enel Green Power Na, Inc.
26.2 mi	Tecumseh Tecumseh, NE	Oil	7 MW	City Of Tecumseh
30.2 mi	Flat Water Wind Farm Llc Du Bois, NE	Wind	60 MW	Flat Water Wind Farm Llc
30.6 mi	Shenandoah Shenandoah, IA	Oil	20 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
31.8 mi	Syracuse # 2 Syracuse, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Nebraska City
34.7 mi	Sabetha Power Plant Sabetha, KS	Oil	22 MW	City Of Sabetha - (Ks)
39.3 mi	White Cloud Wind Project, Llc Tarkio, MO	Wind	237 MW	White Cloud Wind Project, Llc
40.5 mi	Cass County Plattsmouth, NE	Natural Gas	345 MW	Omaha Public Power District
41.4 mi	Bright Battery Weeping Water, NE	Other Fossil	1 MW	Omaha Public Power District
42.2 mi	Clear Creek Wind Maryville, MO	Wind	242 MW	Clear Creek Wind, Llc
47.7 mi	Papillion Creek Wastewater Bellevue, NE	Biomass	2 MW	City Of Omaha
48.1 mi	Nodaway Conception Junction, MO	Natural Gas	316 MW	Associated Electric Coop, Inc
48.9 mi	Contrail Wind Farm Bedford, IA	Wind	112 MW	Midamerican Energy Co

Power generation near this area

There are 24 power plants within 50 miles of Brownville, Nebraska (ZIP 68321), with a combined 4,447 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 24 nearby plants. The closest plant is Cooper Nuclear Station at 3.8 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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