Power Plants Near 68626 — Brainard, NE

34 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68626 (Brainard, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.1832, -96.9882 · County: Butler

Natural Gas 47%Coal 38%Solar 7%Hydroelectric 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
8.4 mi	David City David City, NE	Oil	11 MW	City Of David City
19.7 mi	Wahoo Wahoo, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Wahoo - (Ne)
22.3 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Columbus Columbus, NE	Coal	71 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
22.6 mi	Seward Wind Farm Seward, NE	Wind	2 MW	Seward Wind Llc
24.9 mi	Ruby-Norris Milford, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
26.2 mi	Columbus Columbus, NE	Hydroelectric	46 MW	Loup River Public Power Dist
26.3 mi	Holdrege Solar Center Lincoln, NE	Solar	4 MW	Adapture Renewables, Inc.
27.1 mi	Salt Valley Wind Plant Lincoln, NE	Wind	1 MW	Lincoln Electric System
27.2 mi	Terry Bundy Generating Station Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	216 MW	Lincoln Electric System
29.3 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Lincoln Lincoln, NE	Coal	8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
29.7 mi	J Street Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	27 MW	Lincoln Electric System
30.3 mi	Polk County Renewables, Llc Osceola, NE	Wind	3 MW	Polk County Renewables, Llc
31.0 mi	Stromsburg-Polk County Stromsburg, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
31.7 mi	Platteview Solar Llc Ashland, NE	Solar	81 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
32.1 mi	Dodge County Solar Hybrid Scribner, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc
32.1 mi	Lon Wright Fremont, NE	Coal	172 MW	City Of Fremont - (Ne)
33.9 mi	Rokeby Lincoln, NE	Natural Gas	266 MW	Lincoln Electric System
37.4 mi	Scribner Diesel Generation Facility Scribner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Scribner
38.1 mi	Mobile York, NE	Oil	3 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
38.4 mi	Monroe (Ne) Monroe, NE	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Loup River Public Power Dist
38.6 mi	Crete Crete, NE	Natural Gas	6 MW	City Of Crete
38.6 mi	Centerville (Ne) Roca, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
39.9 mi	Creston Ridge Wind Farm Creston, NE	Wind	7 MW	Creston Ridge, Llc
40.0 mi	Creston Ridge Ii, Llc Creston, NE	Wind	7 MW	Creston Ridge Ii, Llc
40.5 mi	Elk City Station Bennington, NE	Biomass	6 MW	Omaha Public Power District
41.3 mi	Big Elk Solar Kennard, NE	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
43.1 mi	Turtle Creek Springfield, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
43.2 mi	Swan Creek Wind Friend, NE	Wind	—	Swan Creek Wind Llc
44.4 mi	Hallam Hallam, NE	Natural Gas	57 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
44.4 mi	Sheldon Hallam, NE	Coal	229 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
47.4 mi	Standing Bear Lake Omaha, NE	Natural Gas	—	Omaha Public Power District
47.4 mi	Bright Battery Weeping Water, NE	Other Fossil	1 MW	Omaha Public Power District
47.9 mi	West Point Municipal West Point, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of West Point - (Ne)
48.6 mi	Wilber Wilber, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wilber

Power generation near this area

There are 34 power plants within 50 miles of Brainard, Nebraska (ZIP 68626), with a combined 1,262 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 9 of the 34 nearby plants. The closest plant is David City at 8.4 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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