Power Plants Near 68627 — Cedar Rapids, NE

24 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68627 (Cedar Rapids, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.5564, -98.1554 · County: Boone

Wind 69%Coal 13%Natural Gas 10%Hydroelectric 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
14.0 mi	Spalding Spalding, NE	Oil	2 MW	Village Of Spalding - (Ne)
23.4 mi	Laredo Ridge Wind Llc Petersburg, NE	Wind	80 MW	Laredo Ridge Wind Llc
23.5 mi	Tpw Petersburg Petersburg, NE	Wind	41 MW	Tpw Petersburg Llc
27.6 mi	Prairie Breeze Elgin, NE	Wind	207 MW	Sunedison Llc
28.1 mi	St. Paul-Howard Greeley St. Paul, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
28.7 mi	Monroe (Ne) Monroe, NE	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Loup River Public Power Dist
29.9 mi	Prairie Breeze Ii Elgin, NE	Wind	73 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
29.9 mi	Prairie Breeze Iii Elgin, NE	Wind	36 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
32.3 mi	Emerick Wind Emerick, NE	Wind	—	Emerick Wind, Llc
35.2 mi	Thunderhead Wind Energy Llc Boone, NE	Wind	300 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
40.0 mi	Ord Ord, NE	Oil	12 MW	City Of Ord - (Ne)
40.4 mi	Creston Ridge Ii, Llc Creston, NE	Wind	7 MW	Creston Ridge Ii, Llc
40.6 mi	Creston Ridge Wind Farm Creston, NE	Wind	7 MW	Creston Ridge, Llc
40.6 mi	Polk County Renewables, Llc Osceola, NE	Wind	3 MW	Polk County Renewables, Llc
40.7 mi	Madison Utilities Madison, NE	Oil	6 MW	City Of Madison - (Ne)
41.8 mi	Madison Solar (Ne) Madison, NE	Solar	—	Mmps1, Llc
42.2 mi	Stromsburg-Polk County Stromsburg, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
43.3 mi	Columbus Columbus, NE	Hydroelectric	46 MW	Loup River Public Power Dist
44.4 mi	Museum Drive East Solar Grand Island, NE	Solar	10 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
44.5 mi	Upstream Wind Energy Llc Neligh, NE	Wind	203 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
44.7 mi	C W Burdick Grand Island, NE	Natural Gas	143 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
46.0 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Columbus Columbus, NE	Coal	71 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
47.7 mi	South 49th 013445 Scs Norfolk, Llc Norfolk, NE	Solar	11 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
49.5 mi	Platte Grand Island, NE	Coal	110 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)

Power generation near this area

There are 24 power plants within 50 miles of Cedar Rapids, Nebraska (ZIP 68627), with a combined 1,375 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 11 of the 24 nearby plants. The closest plant is Spalding at 14.0 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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