Power Plants Near 68629 — Clarkson, NE

34 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68629 (Clarkson, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.6961, -97.1051 · County: Colfax

Wind 74%Coal 16%Oil 4%Hydroelectric 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
14.5 mi	Creston Ridge Wind Farm Creston, NE	Wind	7 MW	Creston Ridge, Llc
14.8 mi	Creston Ridge Ii, Llc Creston, NE	Wind	7 MW	Creston Ridge Ii, Llc
19.1 mi	Dodge County Solar Hybrid Scribner, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc
19.8 mi	Columbus Columbus, NE	Hydroelectric	46 MW	Loup River Public Power Dist
20.3 mi	Madison Utilities Madison, NE	Oil	6 MW	City Of Madison - (Ne)
20.4 mi	Madison Solar (Ne) Madison, NE	Solar	—	Mmps1, Llc
21.5 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Columbus Columbus, NE	Coal	71 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
22.4 mi	Wisner Wisner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wisner
22.6 mi	Scribner Diesel Generation Facility Scribner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Scribner
22.7 mi	West Point Municipal West Point, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of West Point - (Ne)
25.6 mi	Cuming County Renewables, Llc Wisner, NE	Wind	3 MW	Cuming County Renewables. Llc
29.7 mi	Monroe (Ne) Monroe, NE	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Loup River Public Power Dist
30.2 mi	South 49th 013445 Scs Norfolk, Llc Norfolk, NE	Solar	11 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
30.5 mi	David City David City, NE	Oil	11 MW	City Of David City
32.6 mi	Plum Creek Wind Project (Ne) Winside, NE	Wind	230 MW	Plum Creek Wind, Llc
34.3 mi	Emerick Wind Emerick, NE	Wind	—	Emerick Wind, Llc
35.5 mi	Pender Pender, NE	Oil	5 MW	City Of Pender - (Ne)
36.9 mi	Lyons Lyons, NE	Oil	3 MW	City Of Lyons - (Ne)
37.0 mi	Wayne Ic Wayne, NE	Oil	22 MW	City Of Wayne
38.0 mi	Lon Wright Fremont, NE	Coal	172 MW	City Of Fremont - (Ne)
39.4 mi	Haystack Wind Project, Llc Carroll, NE	Wind	298 MW	Haystack Wind Project, Llc
41.3 mi	Burt County Wind Oakland, NE	Wind	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
41.5 mi	Wakefield Wakefield, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wakefield - (Ne)
42.1 mi	Wahoo Wahoo, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Wahoo - (Ne)
43.9 mi	Polk County Renewables, Llc Osceola, NE	Wind	3 MW	Polk County Renewables, Llc
44.5 mi	Emerson Emerson, NE	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Emerson - (Ne)
44.6 mi	Sholes Wind Energy Center Randolph, NE	Wind	160 MW	Sholes Wind Energy Center, Llc
44.6 mi	Big Elk Solar Kennard, NE	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
45.6 mi	Tpw Petersburg Petersburg, NE	Wind	41 MW	Tpw Petersburg Llc
46.4 mi	Burt County Solar Hybrid Tekamah, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc
46.5 mi	Stromsburg-Polk County Stromsburg, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
49.0 mi	Elk City Station Bennington, NE	Biomass	6 MW	Omaha Public Power District
49.0 mi	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project Dixon, NE	Wind	318 MW	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project, Llc
49.0 mi	Laredo Ridge Wind Llc Petersburg, NE	Wind	80 MW	Laredo Ridge Wind Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 34 power plants within 50 miles of Clarkson, Nebraska (ZIP 68629), with a combined 1,541 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 12 of the 34 nearby plants. The closest plant is Creston Ridge Wind Farm at 14.5 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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