Power Plants Near 68542 — Lincoln, NE

34 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68542 (Lincoln, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.7845, -96.6888 · County: Lancaster

Coal 48%Natural Gas 41%Wind 8%Solar 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.0 mi	J Street Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	27 MW	Lincoln Electric System
4.4 mi	Rokeby Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	266 MW	Lincoln Electric System
6.9 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Lincoln Lincoln, NE	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
7.4 mi	Holdrege Solar Center Lincoln, NE	Solar	4 MW	Adapture Renewables, Inc.
9.0 mi	Salt Valley Wind Plant Lincoln, NE	Wind	1 MW	Lincoln Electric System
9.3 mi	Centerville (Ne) Roca, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
9.5 mi	Terry Bundy Generating Station Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	216 MW	Lincoln Electric System
16.4 mi	Sheldon Hallam, NE	Coal	229 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
16.4 mi	Hallam Hallam, NE	Natural Gas	57 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
18.0 mi	Crete Crete, NE	Natural Gas	6 MW	City Of Crete
20.6 mi	Ruby-Norris Milford, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
25.4 mi	Wilber Wilber, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wilber
27.3 mi	Bright Battery Weeping Water, NE	Other Fossil	1 MW	Omaha Public Power District
27.5 mi	Seward Wind Farm Seward, NE	Wind	2 MW	Seward Wind Llc
27.8 mi	Syracuse # 2 Syracuse, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Nebraska City
29.8 mi	Wahoo Wahoo, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Wahoo - (Ne)
30.7 mi	Swan Creek Wind Friend, NE	Wind	—	Swan Creek Wind Llc
32.0 mi	Beatrice Beatrice, NE	Natural Gas	247 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
32.4 mi	Platteview Solar Llc Ashland, NE	Solar	81 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
34.5 mi	Turtle Creek Springfield, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
35.0 mi	Milligan 1 Wind Farm Western, NE	Wind	300 MW	Milligan 1 Wind, Llc
39.0 mi	Tecumseh Tecumseh, NE	Oil	7 MW	City Of Tecumseh
39.5 mi	David City David City, NE	Oil	11 MW	City Of David City
39.5 mi	Cass County Plattsmouth, NE	Natural Gas	345 MW	Omaha Public Power District
43.7 mi	Nebraska City # 2 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Nebraska City
44.6 mi	Nebraska City # 1 Nebraska City, NE	Natural Gas	26 MW	City Of Nebraska City
46.0 mi	Sarpy County Bellevue, NE	Natural Gas	338 MW	Omaha Public Power District
46.0 mi	Lon Wright Fremont, NE	Coal	172 MW	City Of Fremont - (Ne)
47.2 mi	Elk City Station Bennington, NE	Biomass	6 MW	Omaha Public Power District
47.3 mi	Papillion Creek Wastewater Bellevue, NE	Biomass	2 MW	City Of Omaha
48.0 mi	Standing Bear Lake Omaha, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
48.2 mi	Mobile York, NE	Oil	3 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
49.1 mi	Missouri River Wastewater Treatment Omaha, NE	Biomass	3 MW	City Of Omaha
49.1 mi	Nebraska City Nebraska City, NE	Coal	1,390 MW	Omaha Public Power District

Power generation near this area

There are 34 power plants within 50 miles of Lincoln, Nebraska (ZIP 68542), with a combined 3,785 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 14 of the 34 nearby plants. The closest plant is J Street at 2.0 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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