Power Plants Near 68327 — Chester, NE

21 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68327 (Chester, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.0290, -97.6197 · County: Thayer

Wind 78%Natural Gas 19%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.1 mi	Deshler Solar Hebron, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
9.5 mi	Deshler Deshler, NE	Oil	2 MW	City Of Deshler - (Ne)
11.2 mi	Hebron Hebron, NE	Oil	57 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
13.6 mi	Belleville Belleville, KS	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Belleville - (Ks)
17.8 mi	High Banks Wind Belleville, KS	Wind	643 MW	High Banks Wind, Llc
34.0 mi	Clifton Clifton, KS	Natural Gas	88 MW	Sunflower Electric Power Corp
35.3 mi	Steele Flats Wind Project Llc Diller, NE	Wind	75 MW	Steele Flats Wind Project Llc
37.5 mi	Milligan 1 Wind Farm Western, NE	Wind	300 MW	Milligan 1 Wind, Llc
39.7 mi	Washington Washington, KS	Natural Gas	7 MW	City Of Washington - (Ks)
40.9 mi	Cloud County Wind Farm Concordia, KS	Wind	201 MW	Cloud County Windfarm, Llc
41.7 mi	Perennial Windfarm Fairmont, NE	Wind	7 MW	Perennial Wind, Llc
43.8 mi	Swan Creek Wind Friend, NE	Wind	—	Swan Creek Wind Llc
44.0 mi	Cottonwood Wind Energy Center Blue Hill, NE	Wind	90 MW	Cottonwood Wind Project
45.2 mi	Plum Nellie Wind Farm Llc Miltonvale, KS	Wind	—	Plum Nellie Wind Farm Llc
45.2 mi	Little Blue Wind Project, Llc Blue Hill, NE	Wind	251 MW	Little Blue Wind Project, Llc
46.7 mi	Wilber Wilber, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wilber
47.4 mi	Beloit Beloit, KS	Natural Gas	19 MW	City Of Beloit - (Ks)
47.6 mi	Beloit Solar Llc Beloit, KS	Solar	2 MW	Ppm Solar Llc
47.6 mi	Beatrice Beatrice, NE	Natural Gas	247 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
47.8 mi	Red Cloud Red Cloud, NE	Oil	6 MW	City Of Red Cloud - (Ne)
48.5 mi	City Light & Water Blue Hill, NE	Oil	1 MW	City Of Blue Hill - (Ne)

Power generation near this area

There are 21 power plants within 50 miles of Chester, Nebraska (ZIP 68327), with a combined 2,014 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 9 of the 21 nearby plants. The closest plant is Deshler Solar at 6.1 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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