Power Plants Near 68442 — Stella, NE

22 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68442 (Stella, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.2303, -95.7680 · County: Richardson

Wind 42%Coal 34%Nuclear 20%Natural Gas 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.3 mi	Cooper Nuclear Station Brownville, NE	Nuclear	801 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
11.7 mi	Auburn Auburn, NE	Natural Gas	19 MW	Auburn Board Of Public Works
14.8 mi	Falls City Falls City, NE	Natural Gas	31 MW	City Of Falls City - (Ne)
17.5 mi	Loess Hills Rock Port, MO	Wind	5 MW	Loess Hills Wind Farm Llc
18.0 mi	Flat Water Wind Farm Llc Du Bois, NE	Wind	60 MW	Flat Water Wind Farm Llc
22.1 mi	Cow Branch Tarkio, MO	Wind	50 MW	Cow Branch Wind Power, Llc
22.6 mi	Sabetha Power Plant Sabetha, KS	Oil	22 MW	City Of Sabetha - (Ks)
24.1 mi	Tecumseh Tecumseh, NE	Oil	7 MW	City Of Tecumseh
27.0 mi	Nebraska City Nebraska City, NE	Coal	1,390 MW	Omaha Public Power District
27.1 mi	Farmers City Wind Llc Tarkio, MO	Wind	146 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
30.1 mi	Atchison County Wind Westboro, MO	Wind	299 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
30.6 mi	Nebraska City # 2 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Nebraska City
31.4 mi	Nebraska City # 1 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	26 MW	City Of Nebraska City
32.1 mi	Rock Creek Wind Project Tarkio, MO	Wind	300 MW	Enel Green Power Na, Inc.
34.9 mi	Shenandoah Hills Wind Farm Blanchard, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
37.6 mi	Syracuse # 2 Syracuse, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Nebraska City
41.9 mi	Soldier Creek Wind Corning, KS	Wind	300 MW	Soldier Creek Wind Llc
42.0 mi	White Cloud Wind Project, Llc Tarkio, MO	Wind	237 MW	White Cloud Wind Project, Llc
42.6 mi	Shenandoah Shenandoah, IA	Oil	20 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
47.2 mi	Clear Creek Wind Maryville, MO	Wind	242 MW	Clear Creek Wind, Llc
48.2 mi	Marshall Wind Farm Frankfort, KS	Wind	74 MW	Bhe Renewables, Llc
49.3 mi	Bright Battery Weeping Water, NE	Other Fossil	1 MW	Omaha Public Power District

Power generation near this area

There are 22 power plants within 50 miles of Stella, Nebraska (ZIP 68442), with a combined 4,047 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 11 of the 22 nearby plants. The closest plant is Cooper Nuclear Station at 11.3 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.

← Search a different location · Printable proximity report →