Power Plants Near 68443 — Sterling, NE

32 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68443 (Sterling, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.4637, -96.3867 · County: Johnson

Coal 37%Natural Gas 29%Nuclear 18%Wind 15%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
12.3 mi	Tecumseh Tecumseh, NE	Oil	7 MW	City Of Tecumseh
18.3 mi	Syracuse # 2 Syracuse, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Nebraska City
21.9 mi	Sheldon Hallam, NE	Coal	229 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
22.0 mi	Hallam Hallam, NE	Natural Gas	57 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
23.0 mi	Centerville (Ne) Roca, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
24.0 mi	Beatrice Beatrice, NE	Natural Gas	247 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
26.1 mi	Rokeby Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	266 MW	Lincoln Electric System
28.9 mi	Auburn Auburn, NE	Natural Gas	19 MW	Auburn Board Of Public Works
29.2 mi	J Street Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	27 MW	Lincoln Electric System
30.2 mi	Wilber Wilber, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wilber
30.2 mi	Bright Battery Weeping Water, NE	Other Fossil	1 MW	Omaha Public Power District
30.3 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Lincoln Lincoln, NE	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
30.6 mi	Nebraska City # 2 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Nebraska City
32.0 mi	Nebraska City # 1 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	26 MW	City Of Nebraska City
32.1 mi	Crete Crete, NE	Natural Gas	6 MW	City Of Crete
32.9 mi	Salt Valley Wind Plant Lincoln, NE	Wind	1 MW	Lincoln Electric System
33.0 mi	Terry Bundy Generating Station Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	216 MW	Lincoln Electric System
33.7 mi	Holdrege Solar Center Lincoln, NE	Solar	4 MW	Adapture Renewables, Inc.
33.8 mi	Nebraska City Nebraska City, NE	Coal	1,390 MW	Omaha Public Power District
39.9 mi	Cooper Nuclear Station Brownville, NE	Nuclear	801 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
40.1 mi	Flat Water Wind Farm Llc Du Bois, NE	Wind	60 MW	Flat Water Wind Farm Llc
40.1 mi	Cass County Plattsmouth, NE	Natural Gas	345 MW	Omaha Public Power District
41.4 mi	Steele Flats Wind Project Llc Diller, NE	Wind	75 MW	Steele Flats Wind Project Llc
43.8 mi	Milligan 1 Wind Farm Western, NE	Wind	300 MW	Milligan 1 Wind, Llc
44.0 mi	Swan Creek Wind Friend, NE	Wind	—	Swan Creek Wind Llc
44.2 mi	Ruby-Norris Milford, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
44.7 mi	Loess Hills Rock Port, MO	Wind	5 MW	Loess Hills Wind Farm Llc
44.9 mi	Turtle Creek Springfield, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
46.0 mi	Farmers City Wind Llc Tarkio, MO	Wind	146 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
48.3 mi	Cow Branch Tarkio, MO	Wind	50 MW	Cow Branch Wind Power, Llc
49.4 mi	Sabetha Power Plant Sabetha, KS	Oil	22 MW	City Of Sabetha - (Ks)
49.8 mi	Falls City Falls City, NE	Natural Gas	31 MW	City Of Falls City - (Ne)

Power generation near this area

There are 32 power plants within 50 miles of Sterling, Nebraska (ZIP 68443), with a combined 4,362 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 13 of the 32 nearby plants. The closest plant is Tecumseh at 12.3 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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