Power Plants Near 68455 — Union, NE

40 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68455 (Union, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.8245, -95.9037 · County: Cass

Coal 55%Natural Gas 19%Wind 11%Nuclear 11%Oil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
9.1 mi	Cass County Plattsmouth, NE	Natural Gas	345 MW	Omaha Public Power District
10.4 mi	Nebraska City # 1 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	26 MW	City Of Nebraska City
11.1 mi	Nebraska City # 2 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Nebraska City
14.8 mi	Bright Battery Weeping Water, NE	Other Fossil	1 MW	Omaha Public Power District
15.5 mi	Nebraska City Nebraska City, NE	Coal	1,390 MW	Omaha Public Power District
17.5 mi	Papillion Creek Wastewater Bellevue, NE	Biomass	2 MW	City Of Omaha
17.7 mi	Syracuse # 2 Syracuse, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Nebraska City
23.1 mi	Turtle Creek Springfield, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
24.2 mi	Sarpy County Bellevue, NE	Natural Gas	338 MW	Omaha Public Power District
24.8 mi	Walter Scott Jr Energy Center Council Bluffs, IA	Coal	1,648 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
26.2 mi	Missouri River Wastewater Treatment Omaha, NE	Biomass	3 MW	City Of Omaha
26.4 mi	Farmers City Wind Llc Tarkio, MO	Wind	146 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
27.8 mi	Shenandoah Shenandoah, IA	Oil	20 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
29.5 mi	Jones Street Omaha, NE	Oil	130 MW	Omaha Public Power District
30.3 mi	Auburn Auburn, NE	Natural Gas	19 MW	Auburn Board Of Public Works
30.9 mi	Shenandoah Hills Wind Farm Blanchard, IA	Wind	—	Midamerican Energy Co
34.2 mi	Loess Hills Rock Port, MO	Wind	5 MW	Loess Hills Wind Farm Llc
34.3 mi	Cow Branch Tarkio, MO	Wind	50 MW	Cow Branch Wind Power, Llc
34.8 mi	Cooper Nuclear Station Brownville, NE	Nuclear	801 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
34.9 mi	North Omaha Omaha, NE	Coal	645 MW	Omaha Public Power District
35.0 mi	Tecumseh Tecumseh, NE	Oil	7 MW	City Of Tecumseh
35.2 mi	Atchison County Wind Westboro, MO	Wind	299 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
35.4 mi	Standing Bear Lake Omaha, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
35.4 mi	Platteview Solar Llc Ashland, NE	Solar	81 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
37.3 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Lincoln Lincoln, NE	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
37.5 mi	Terry Bundy Generating Station Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	216 MW	Lincoln Electric System
38.0 mi	Salt Valley Wind Plant Lincoln, NE	Wind	1 MW	Lincoln Electric System
42.2 mi	J Street Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	27 MW	Lincoln Electric System
42.7 mi	Elk City Station Bennington, NE	Biomass	6 MW	Omaha Public Power District
44.0 mi	Fort Calhoun Community Solar Fort Calhoun, NE	Solar	5 MW	Dg Southwest Solar Portfolio 2019, Llc
44.0 mi	Rokeby Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	266 MW	Lincoln Electric System
45.5 mi	Centerville (Ne) Roca, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
45.6 mi	Wahoo Wahoo, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Wahoo - (Ne)
47.1 mi	Rock Creek Wind Project Tarkio, MO	Wind	300 MW	Enel Green Power Na, Inc.
47.9 mi	Holdrege Solar Center Lincoln, NE	Solar	4 MW	Adapture Renewables, Inc.
48.5 mi	Villisca Municipal Power Plant Villisca, IA	Oil	4 MW	City Of Villisca - (Ia)
48.9 mi	Fort Calhoun Blair, NE	Nuclear	—	Omaha Public Power District
49.3 mi	Big Elk Solar Kennard, NE	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
49.7 mi	Sheldon Hallam, NE	Coal	229 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
49.7 mi	Hallam Hallam, NE	Natural Gas	57 MW	Nebraska Public Power District

Power generation near this area

There are 40 power plants within 50 miles of Union, Nebraska (ZIP 68455), with a combined 7,112 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 13 of the 40 nearby plants. The closest plant is Cass County at 9.1 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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