Power Plants Near 68602 — Columbus, NE

24 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68602 (Columbus, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.4297, -97.3684 · County: Platte

Coal 49%Wind 28%Hydroelectric 11%Oil 5%Natural Gas 4%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.1 mi	Columbus Columbus, NE	Hydroelectric	46 MW	Loup River Public Power Dist
4.3 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Columbus Columbus, NE	Coal	71 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
13.0 mi	Monroe (Ne) Monroe, NE	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Loup River Public Power Dist
17.1 mi	Creston Ridge Ii, Llc Creston, NE	Wind	7 MW	Creston Ridge Ii, Llc
17.2 mi	Creston Ridge Wind Farm Creston, NE	Wind	7 MW	Creston Ridge, Llc
17.7 mi	David City David City, NE	Oil	11 MW	City Of David City
21.1 mi	Polk County Renewables, Llc Osceola, NE	Wind	3 MW	Polk County Renewables, Llc
23.7 mi	Stromsburg-Polk County Stromsburg, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
28.0 mi	Madison Utilities Madison, NE	Oil	6 MW	City Of Madison - (Ne)
29.2 mi	Madison Solar (Ne) Madison, NE	Solar	—	Mmps1, Llc
34.3 mi	Dodge County Solar Hybrid Scribner, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc
36.6 mi	Emerick Wind Emerick, NE	Wind	—	Emerick Wind, Llc
38.0 mi	Seward Wind Farm Seward, NE	Wind	2 MW	Seward Wind Llc
39.7 mi	Mobile York, NE	Oil	3 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
39.7 mi	Scribner Diesel Generation Facility Scribner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Scribner
42.0 mi	South 49th 013445 Scs Norfolk, Llc Norfolk, NE	Solar	11 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
42.1 mi	Wahoo Wahoo, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Wahoo - (Ne)
42.9 mi	Tpw Petersburg Petersburg, NE	Wind	41 MW	Tpw Petersburg Llc
44.2 mi	Ruby-Norris Milford, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
44.4 mi	West Point Municipal West Point, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of West Point - (Ne)
45.1 mi	Wisner Wisner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wisner
46.0 mi	Laredo Ridge Wind Llc Petersburg, NE	Wind	80 MW	Laredo Ridge Wind Llc
46.9 mi	Lon Wright Fremont, NE	Coal	172 MW	City Of Fremont - (Ne)
48.4 mi	Cuming County Renewables, Llc Wisner, NE	Wind	3 MW	Cuming County Renewables. Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 24 power plants within 50 miles of Columbus, Nebraska (ZIP 68602), with a combined 498 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 24 nearby plants. The closest plant is Columbus at 3.1 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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