Power Plants Near 68331 — Cortland, NE

25 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68331 (Cortland, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.4976, -96.7166 · County: Gage

Natural Gas 58%Wind 25%Coal 15%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.5 mi	Sheldon Hallam, NE	Coal	229 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
5.6 mi	Hallam Hallam, NE	Natural Gas	57 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
11.1 mi	Centerville (Ne) Roca, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
12.5 mi	Beatrice Beatrice, NE	Natural Gas	247 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
12.9 mi	Wilber Wilber, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wilber
15.5 mi	Crete Crete, NE	Natural Gas	6 MW	City Of Crete
16.2 mi	Rokeby Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	266 MW	Lincoln Electric System
21.4 mi	J Street Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	27 MW	Lincoln Electric System
23.2 mi	Holdrege Solar Center Lincoln, NE	Solar	4 MW	Adapture Renewables, Inc.
26.0 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Lincoln Lincoln, NE	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
26.5 mi	Milligan 1 Wind Farm Western, NE	Wind	300 MW	Milligan 1 Wind, Llc
26.6 mi	Swan Creek Wind Friend, NE	Wind	—	Swan Creek Wind Llc
28.5 mi	Salt Valley Wind Plant Lincoln, NE	Wind	1 MW	Lincoln Electric System
29.0 mi	Terry Bundy Generating Station Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	216 MW	Lincoln Electric System
29.1 mi	Tecumseh Tecumseh, NE	Oil	7 MW	City Of Tecumseh
29.7 mi	Ruby-Norris Milford, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
30.8 mi	Syracuse # 2 Syracuse, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Nebraska City
33.4 mi	Steele Flats Wind Project Llc Diller, NE	Wind	75 MW	Steele Flats Wind Project Llc
37.2 mi	Seward Wind Farm Seward, NE	Wind	2 MW	Seward Wind Llc
38.2 mi	Bright Battery Weeping Water, NE	Other Fossil	1 MW	Omaha Public Power District
46.0 mi	Nebraska City # 2 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Nebraska City
46.4 mi	Auburn Auburn, NE	Natural Gas	19 MW	Auburn Board Of Public Works
47.3 mi	Nebraska City # 1 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	26 MW	City Of Nebraska City
49.5 mi	Perennial Windfarm Fairmont, NE	Wind	7 MW	Perennial Wind, Llc
49.7 mi	Wahoo Wahoo, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Wahoo - (Ne)

Power generation near this area

There are 25 power plants within 50 miles of Cortland, Nebraska (ZIP 68331), with a combined 1,535 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 11 of the 25 nearby plants. The closest plant is Sheldon at 5.5 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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