Power Plants Near 68628 — Clarks, NE

22 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68628 (Clarks, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.2328, -97.8461 · County: Merrick

Coal 32%Wind 26%Natural Gas 26%Hydroelectric 10%Oil 4%Solar 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
15.1 mi	Polk County Renewables, Llc Osceola, NE	Wind	3 MW	Polk County Renewables, Llc
15.7 mi	Stromsburg-Polk County Stromsburg, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
21.5 mi	Monroe (Ne) Monroe, NE	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Loup River Public Power Dist
27.3 mi	Mobile York, NE	Oil	3 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
31.2 mi	St. Paul-Howard Greeley St. Paul, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
31.2 mi	Columbus Columbus, NE	Hydroelectric	46 MW	Loup River Public Power Dist
31.7 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Columbus Columbus, NE	Coal	71 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
32.2 mi	Museum Drive East Solar Grand Island, NE	Solar	10 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
33.0 mi	C W Burdick Grand Island, NE	Natural Gas	143 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
37.0 mi	Platte Grand Island, NE	Coal	110 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
37.8 mi	David City David City, NE	Oil	11 MW	City Of David City
38.7 mi	Creston Ridge Ii, Llc Creston, NE	Wind	7 MW	Creston Ridge Ii, Llc
38.9 mi	Creston Ridge Wind Farm Creston, NE	Wind	7 MW	Creston Ridge, Llc
41.1 mi	Spalding Spalding, NE	Oil	2 MW	Village Of Spalding - (Ne)
41.2 mi	Seward Wind Farm Seward, NE	Wind	2 MW	Seward Wind Llc
42.9 mi	Perennial Windfarm Fairmont, NE	Wind	7 MW	Perennial Wind, Llc
44.1 mi	Tpw Petersburg Petersburg, NE	Wind	41 MW	Tpw Petersburg Llc
45.7 mi	Laredo Ridge Wind Llc Petersburg, NE	Wind	80 MW	Laredo Ridge Wind Llc
45.9 mi	Madison Utilities Madison, NE	Oil	6 MW	City Of Madison - (Ne)
46.0 mi	Emerick Wind Emerick, NE	Wind	—	Emerick Wind, Llc
47.3 mi	Madison Solar (Ne) Madison, NE	Solar	—	Mmps1, Llc
48.8 mi	Ruby-Norris Milford, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.

Power generation near this area

There are 22 power plants within 50 miles of Clarks, Nebraska (ZIP 68628), with a combined 558 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 22 nearby plants. The closest plant is Polk County Renewables, Llc at 15.1 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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