Power Plants Near 68362 — Gilead, NE

16 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68362 (Gilead, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.1470, -97.4271 · County: Thayer

Wind 59%Natural Gas 24%Coal 13%Oil 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
8.4 mi	Hebron Hebron, NE	Oil	57 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
15.4 mi	Deshler Solar Hebron, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
15.7 mi	Deshler Deshler, NE	Oil	2 MW	City Of Deshler - (Ne)
22.9 mi	High Banks Wind Belleville, KS	Wind	643 MW	High Banks Wind, Llc
24.3 mi	Belleville Belleville, KS	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Belleville - (Ks)
25.4 mi	Milligan 1 Wind Farm Western, NE	Wind	300 MW	Milligan 1 Wind, Llc
26.0 mi	Steele Flats Wind Project Llc Diller, NE	Wind	75 MW	Steele Flats Wind Project Llc
32.1 mi	Swan Creek Wind Friend, NE	Wind	—	Swan Creek Wind Llc
33.7 mi	Wilber Wilber, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wilber
35.0 mi	Beatrice Beatrice, NE	Natural Gas	247 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
35.4 mi	Perennial Windfarm Fairmont, NE	Wind	7 MW	Perennial Wind, Llc
37.3 mi	Washington Washington, KS	Natural Gas	7 MW	City Of Washington - (Ks)
37.8 mi	Clifton Clifton, KS	Natural Gas	88 MW	Sunflower Electric Power Corp
41.2 mi	Crete Crete, NE	Natural Gas	6 MW	City Of Crete
44.1 mi	Hallam Hallam, NE	Natural Gas	57 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
44.2 mi	Sheldon Hallam, NE	Coal	229 MW	Nebraska Public Power District

Power generation near this area

There are 16 power plants within 50 miles of Gilead, Nebraska (ZIP 68362), with a combined 1,736 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 16 nearby plants. The closest plant is Hebron at 8.4 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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