Power Plants Near 68421 — Peru, NE

26 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68421 (Peru, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.4766, -95.7312 · County: Nemaha

Coal 50%Wind 24%Nuclear 13%Natural Gas 13%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
8.6 mi	Auburn Auburn, NE	Natural Gas	19 MW	Auburn Board Of Public Works
9.2 mi	Cooper Nuclear Station Brownville, NE	Nuclear	801 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
10.3 mi	Nebraska City Nebraska City, NE	Coal	1,390 MW	Omaha Public Power District
10.9 mi	Loess Hills Rock Port, MO	Wind	5 MW	Loess Hills Wind Farm Llc
12.9 mi	Farmers City Wind Llc Tarkio, MO	Wind	146 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
13.9 mi	Cow Branch Tarkio, MO	Wind	50 MW	Cow Branch Wind Power, Llc
14.9 mi	Nebraska City # 2 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Nebraska City
15.4 mi	Nebraska City # 1 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	26 MW	City Of Nebraska City
20.1 mi	Atchison County Wind Westboro, MO	Wind	299 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
21.8 mi	Shenandoah Hills Wind Farm Blanchard, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
25.3 mi	Tecumseh Tecumseh, NE	Oil	7 MW	City Of Tecumseh
27.2 mi	Syracuse # 2 Syracuse, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Nebraska City
27.5 mi	Shenandoah Shenandoah, IA	Oil	20 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
28.4 mi	Rock Creek Wind Project Tarkio, MO	Wind	300 MW	Enel Green Power Na, Inc.
29.8 mi	Falls City Falls City, NE	Natural Gas	31 MW	City Of Falls City - (Ne)
34.5 mi	Flat Water Wind Farm Llc Du Bois, NE	Wind	60 MW	Flat Water Wind Farm Llc
34.8 mi	Cass County Plattsmouth, NE	Natural Gas	345 MW	Omaha Public Power District
36.0 mi	Bright Battery Weeping Water, NE	Other Fossil	1 MW	Omaha Public Power District
39.7 mi	Sabetha Power Plant Sabetha, KS	Oil	22 MW	City Of Sabetha - (Ks)
42.1 mi	Papillion Creek Wastewater Bellevue, NE	Biomass	2 MW	City Of Omaha
42.8 mi	White Cloud Wind Project, Llc Tarkio, MO	Wind	237 MW	White Cloud Wind Project, Llc
44.8 mi	Clear Creek Wind Maryville, MO	Wind	242 MW	Clear Creek Wind, Llc
48.3 mi	Turtle Creek Springfield, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
48.9 mi	Walter Scott Jr Energy Center Council Bluffs, IA	Coal	1,648 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.0 mi	Contrail Wind Farm Bedford, IA	Wind	112 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.6 mi	Sarpy County Bellevue, NE	Natural Gas	338 MW	Omaha Public Power District

Power generation near this area

There are 26 power plants within 50 miles of Peru, Nebraska (ZIP 68421), with a combined 6,119 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 26 nearby plants. The closest plant is Auburn at 8.6 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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