Power Plants Near 68349 — Elmwood, NE

41 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68349 (Elmwood, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.8378, -96.2944 · County: Cass

Coal 59%Natural Gas 23%Nuclear 12%Oil 2%Wind 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.5 mi	Bright Battery Weeping Water, NE	Other Fossil	1 MW	Omaha Public Power District
12.8 mi	Syracuse # 2 Syracuse, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Nebraska City
16.8 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Lincoln Lincoln, NE	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
17.4 mi	Terry Bundy Generating Station Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	216 MW	Lincoln Electric System
17.8 mi	Salt Valley Wind Plant Lincoln, NE	Wind	1 MW	Lincoln Electric System
18.8 mi	Turtle Creek Springfield, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
18.9 mi	Cass County Plattsmouth, NE	Natural Gas	345 MW	Omaha Public Power District
21.9 mi	J Street Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	27 MW	Lincoln Electric System
24.3 mi	Rokeby Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	266 MW	Lincoln Electric System
24.8 mi	Platteview Solar Llc Ashland, NE	Solar	81 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
25.3 mi	Nebraska City # 2 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Nebraska City
25.8 mi	Nebraska City # 1 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	26 MW	City Of Nebraska City
26.6 mi	Centerville (Ne) Roca, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
27.5 mi	Holdrege Solar Center Lincoln, NE	Solar	4 MW	Adapture Renewables, Inc.
27.6 mi	Papillion Creek Wastewater Bellevue, NE	Biomass	2 MW	City Of Omaha
28.5 mi	Sarpy County Bellevue, NE	Natural Gas	338 MW	Omaha Public Power District
30.7 mi	Wahoo Wahoo, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Wahoo - (Ne)
31.0 mi	Nebraska City Nebraska City, NE	Coal	1,390 MW	Omaha Public Power District
31.6 mi	Missouri River Wastewater Treatment Omaha, NE	Biomass	3 MW	City Of Omaha
32.1 mi	Sheldon Hallam, NE	Coal	229 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
32.2 mi	Hallam Hallam, NE	Natural Gas	57 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
33.0 mi	Tecumseh Tecumseh, NE	Oil	7 MW	City Of Tecumseh
33.4 mi	Walter Scott Jr Energy Center Council Bluffs, IA	Coal	1,648 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
34.5 mi	Jones Street Omaha, NE	Oil	130 MW	Omaha Public Power District
34.6 mi	Standing Bear Lake Omaha, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
37.8 mi	Elk City Station Bennington, NE	Biomass	6 MW	Omaha Public Power District
37.8 mi	Crete Crete, NE	Natural Gas	6 MW	City Of Crete
38.5 mi	North Omaha Omaha, NE	Coal	645 MW	Omaha Public Power District
38.9 mi	Auburn Auburn, NE	Natural Gas	19 MW	Auburn Board Of Public Works
41.0 mi	Ruby-Norris Milford, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
41.7 mi	Lon Wright Fremont, NE	Coal	172 MW	City Of Fremont - (Ne)
42.8 mi	Wilber Wilber, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wilber
44.1 mi	Big Elk Solar Kennard, NE	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
44.2 mi	Beatrice Beatrice, NE	Natural Gas	247 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
44.3 mi	Farmers City Wind Llc Tarkio, MO	Wind	146 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
45.3 mi	Fort Calhoun Community Solar Fort Calhoun, NE	Solar	5 MW	Dg Southwest Solar Portfolio 2019, Llc
47.2 mi	Seward Wind Farm Seward, NE	Wind	2 MW	Seward Wind Llc
47.5 mi	Cooper Nuclear Station Brownville, NE	Nuclear	801 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
48.2 mi	Shenandoah Shenandoah, IA	Oil	20 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.5 mi	Fort Calhoun Blair, NE	Nuclear	—	Omaha Public Power District
49.2 mi	Loess Hills Rock Port, MO	Wind	5 MW	Loess Hills Wind Farm Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 41 power plants within 50 miles of Elmwood, Nebraska (ZIP 68349), with a combined 6,890 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 15 of the 41 nearby plants. The closest plant is Bright Battery at 6.5 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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