Power Plants Near 68343 — Dorchester, NE

26 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68343 (Dorchester, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.6499, -97.1056 · County: Saline

Natural Gas 54%Wind 25%Coal 15%Oil 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.3 mi	Swan Creek Wind Friend, NE	Wind	—	Swan Creek Wind Llc
7.8 mi	Crete Crete, NE	Natural Gas	6 MW	City Of Crete
12.4 mi	Ruby-Norris Milford, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
13.3 mi	Milligan 1 Wind Farm Western, NE	Wind	300 MW	Milligan 1 Wind, Llc
14.0 mi	Wilber Wilber, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wilber
17.6 mi	Seward Wind Farm Seward, NE	Wind	2 MW	Seward Wind Llc
17.9 mi	Hallam Hallam, NE	Natural Gas	57 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
18.0 mi	Sheldon Hallam, NE	Coal	229 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
19.0 mi	Centerville (Ne) Roca, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
19.2 mi	Holdrege Solar Center Lincoln, NE	Solar	4 MW	Adapture Renewables, Inc.
20.1 mi	Rokeby Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	266 MW	Lincoln Electric System
23.4 mi	J Street Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	27 MW	Lincoln Electric System
27.1 mi	Beatrice Beatrice, NE	Natural Gas	247 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
28.2 mi	Perennial Windfarm Fairmont, NE	Wind	7 MW	Perennial Wind, Llc
29.7 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Lincoln Lincoln, NE	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
30.5 mi	Mobile York, NE	Oil	3 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
30.8 mi	Salt Valley Wind Plant Lincoln, NE	Wind	1 MW	Lincoln Electric System
31.4 mi	Terry Bundy Generating Station Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	216 MW	Lincoln Electric System
40.4 mi	Hebron Hebron, NE	Oil	57 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
41.1 mi	Stromsburg-Polk County Stromsburg, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
41.8 mi	David City David City, NE	Oil	11 MW	City Of David City
42.3 mi	Steele Flats Wind Project Llc Diller, NE	Wind	75 MW	Steele Flats Wind Project Llc
43.1 mi	Polk County Renewables, Llc Osceola, NE	Wind	3 MW	Polk County Renewables, Llc
46.6 mi	Wahoo Wahoo, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Wahoo - (Ne)
47.9 mi	Deshler Deshler, NE	Oil	2 MW	City Of Deshler - (Ne)
48.7 mi	Syracuse # 2 Syracuse, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Nebraska City

Power generation near this area

There are 26 power plants within 50 miles of Dorchester, Nebraska (ZIP 68343), with a combined 1,544 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 26 nearby plants. The closest plant is Swan Creek Wind at 7.3 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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