Power Plants Near 68505 — Lincoln, NE

37 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68505 (Lincoln, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.8247, -96.6252 · County: Lancaster

Coal 66%Natural Gas 25%Wind 5%Oil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.9 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Lincoln Lincoln, NE	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
4.6 mi	J Street Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	27 MW	Lincoln Electric System
5.5 mi	Salt Valley Wind Plant Lincoln, NE	Wind	1 MW	Lincoln Electric System
5.9 mi	Terry Bundy Generating Station Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	216 MW	Lincoln Electric System
8.7 mi	Rokeby Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	266 MW	Lincoln Electric System
10.2 mi	Holdrege Solar Center Lincoln, NE	Solar	4 MW	Adapture Renewables, Inc.
13.2 mi	Centerville (Ne) Roca, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
20.2 mi	Sheldon Hallam, NE	Coal	229 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
20.2 mi	Hallam Hallam, NE	Natural Gas	57 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
22.3 mi	Crete Crete, NE	Natural Gas	6 MW	City Of Crete
23.5 mi	Bright Battery Weeping Water, NE	Other Fossil	1 MW	Omaha Public Power District
23.7 mi	Ruby-Norris Milford, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
25.6 mi	Syracuse # 2 Syracuse, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Nebraska City
26.8 mi	Wahoo Wahoo, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Wahoo - (Ne)
28.4 mi	Platteview Solar Llc Ashland, NE	Solar	81 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
29.6 mi	Wilber Wilber, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wilber
30.2 mi	Turtle Creek Springfield, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
30.2 mi	Seward Wind Farm Seward, NE	Wind	2 MW	Seward Wind Llc
35.0 mi	Swan Creek Wind Friend, NE	Wind	—	Swan Creek Wind Llc
35.5 mi	Beatrice Beatrice, NE	Natural Gas	247 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
35.6 mi	Cass County Plattsmouth, NE	Natural Gas	345 MW	Omaha Public Power District
39.0 mi	Tecumseh Tecumseh, NE	Oil	7 MW	City Of Tecumseh
39.3 mi	David City David City, NE	Oil	11 MW	City Of David City
39.3 mi	Milligan 1 Wind Farm Western, NE	Wind	300 MW	Milligan 1 Wind, Llc
41.1 mi	Nebraska City # 2 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Nebraska City
41.7 mi	Sarpy County Bellevue, NE	Natural Gas	338 MW	Omaha Public Power District
41.9 mi	Nebraska City # 1 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	26 MW	City Of Nebraska City
42.5 mi	Lon Wright Fremont, NE	Coal	172 MW	City Of Fremont - (Ne)
43.1 mi	Papillion Creek Wastewater Bellevue, NE	Biomass	2 MW	City Of Omaha
43.2 mi	Elk City Station Bennington, NE	Biomass	6 MW	Omaha Public Power District
43.8 mi	Standing Bear Lake Omaha, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
44.7 mi	Missouri River Wastewater Treatment Omaha, NE	Biomass	3 MW	City Of Omaha
46.6 mi	Nebraska City Nebraska City, NE	Coal	1,390 MW	Omaha Public Power District
47.0 mi	Jones Street Omaha, NE	Oil	130 MW	Omaha Public Power District
47.7 mi	Walter Scott Jr Energy Center Council Bluffs, IA	Coal	1,648 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.2 mi	Big Elk Solar Kennard, NE	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
49.7 mi	North Omaha Omaha, NE	Coal	645 MW	Omaha Public Power District

Power generation near this area

There are 37 power plants within 50 miles of Lincoln, Nebraska (ZIP 68505), with a combined 6,205 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 14 of the 37 nearby plants. The closest plant is Archer Daniels Midland Lincoln at 2.9 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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