Power Plants Near 68621 — Ames, NE

40 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68621 (Ames, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.4613, -96.6463 · County: Dodge

Coal 73%Natural Gas 17%Oil 5%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
9.8 mi	Lon Wright Fremont, NE	Coal	172 MW	City Of Fremont - (Ne)
11.8 mi	Dodge County Solar Hybrid Scribner, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc
14.4 mi	Scribner Diesel Generation Facility Scribner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Scribner
17.3 mi	Wahoo Wahoo, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Wahoo - (Ne)
18.3 mi	Big Elk Solar Kennard, NE	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
21.0 mi	Elk City Station Bennington, NE	Biomass	6 MW	Omaha Public Power District
23.2 mi	Platteview Solar Llc Ashland, NE	Solar	81 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
26.7 mi	West Point Municipal West Point, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of West Point - (Ne)
28.4 mi	David City David City, NE	Oil	11 MW	City Of David City
29.7 mi	Fort Calhoun Blair, NE	Nuclear	—	Omaha Public Power District
30.3 mi	Standing Bear Lake Omaha, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
33.2 mi	Burt County Wind Oakland, NE	Wind	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
33.2 mi	Fort Calhoun Community Solar Fort Calhoun, NE	Solar	5 MW	Dg Southwest Solar Portfolio 2019, Llc
33.3 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Columbus Columbus, NE	Coal	71 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
34.2 mi	Lyons Lyons, NE	Oil	3 MW	City Of Lyons - (Ne)
35.1 mi	Burt County Solar Hybrid Tekamah, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc
35.3 mi	Columbus Columbus, NE	Hydroelectric	46 MW	Loup River Public Power Dist
35.6 mi	Turtle Creek Springfield, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
37.5 mi	North Omaha Omaha, NE	Coal	645 MW	Omaha Public Power District
38.2 mi	Terry Bundy Generating Station Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	216 MW	Lincoln Electric System
38.5 mi	Salt Valley Wind Plant Lincoln, NE	Wind	1 MW	Lincoln Electric System
39.0 mi	Wisner Wisner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wisner
40.2 mi	Cuming County Renewables, Llc Wisner, NE	Wind	3 MW	Cuming County Renewables. Llc
40.2 mi	Jones Street Omaha, NE	Oil	130 MW	Omaha Public Power District
40.4 mi	Sarpy County Bellevue, NE	Natural Gas	338 MW	Omaha Public Power District
41.1 mi	Creston Ridge Wind Farm Creston, NE	Wind	7 MW	Creston Ridge, Llc
41.1 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Lincoln Lincoln, NE	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
41.3 mi	Missouri River Wastewater Treatment Omaha, NE	Biomass	3 MW	City Of Omaha
41.3 mi	Creston Ridge Ii, Llc Creston, NE	Wind	7 MW	Creston Ridge Ii, Llc
44.9 mi	Holdrege Solar Center Lincoln, NE	Solar	4 MW	Adapture Renewables, Inc.
45.3 mi	Pender Pender, NE	Oil	5 MW	City Of Pender - (Ne)
45.3 mi	J Street Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	27 MW	Lincoln Electric System
46.1 mi	Walter Scott Jr Energy Center Council Bluffs, IA	Coal	1,648 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
47.5 mi	Bright Battery Weeping Water, NE	Other Fossil	1 MW	Omaha Public Power District
48.3 mi	Papillion Creek Wastewater Bellevue, NE	Biomass	2 MW	City Of Omaha
48.4 mi	Seward Wind Farm Seward, NE	Wind	2 MW	Seward Wind Llc
49.0 mi	Madison Utilities Madison, NE	Oil	6 MW	City Of Madison - (Ne)
49.1 mi	Madison Solar (Ne) Madison, NE	Solar	—	Mmps1, Llc
49.1 mi	Ruby-Norris Milford, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
49.8 mi	Monroe (Ne) Monroe, NE	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Loup River Public Power Dist

Power generation near this area

There are 40 power plants within 50 miles of Ames, Nebraska (ZIP 68621), with a combined 3,485 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 40 nearby plants. The closest plant is Lon Wright at 9.8 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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