Power Plants Near 68631 — Creston, NE

30 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68631 (Creston, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.7067, -97.3625 · County: Platte

Wind 87%Coal 5%Oil 4%Hydroelectric 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.3 mi	Creston Ridge Wind Farm Creston, NE	Wind	7 MW	Creston Ridge, Llc
2.5 mi	Creston Ridge Ii, Llc Creston, NE	Wind	7 MW	Creston Ridge Ii, Llc
9.8 mi	Madison Utilities Madison, NE	Oil	6 MW	City Of Madison - (Ne)
10.6 mi	Madison Solar (Ne) Madison, NE	Solar	—	Mmps1, Llc
16.9 mi	Columbus Columbus, NE	Hydroelectric	46 MW	Loup River Public Power Dist
19.8 mi	Monroe (Ne) Monroe, NE	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Loup River Public Power Dist
20.4 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Columbus Columbus, NE	Coal	71 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
22.3 mi	Emerick Wind Emerick, NE	Wind	—	Emerick Wind, Llc
23.3 mi	South 49th 013445 Scs Norfolk, Llc Norfolk, NE	Solar	11 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
30.1 mi	Wisner Wisner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wisner
32.2 mi	Dodge County Solar Hybrid Scribner, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc
32.5 mi	Plum Creek Wind Project (Ne) Winside, NE	Wind	230 MW	Plum Creek Wind, Llc
32.7 mi	Tpw Petersburg Petersburg, NE	Wind	41 MW	Tpw Petersburg Llc
33.6 mi	Cuming County Renewables, Llc Wisner, NE	Wind	3 MW	Cuming County Renewables. Llc
33.7 mi	David City David City, NE	Oil	11 MW	City Of David City
34.8 mi	West Point Municipal West Point, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of West Point - (Ne)
35.9 mi	Scribner Diesel Generation Facility Scribner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Scribner
36.1 mi	Laredo Ridge Wind Llc Petersburg, NE	Wind	80 MW	Laredo Ridge Wind Llc
38.9 mi	Polk County Renewables, Llc Osceola, NE	Wind	3 MW	Polk County Renewables, Llc
39.4 mi	Haystack Wind Project, Llc Carroll, NE	Wind	298 MW	Haystack Wind Project, Llc
40.1 mi	Wayne Ic Wayne, NE	Oil	22 MW	City Of Wayne
40.5 mi	Prairie Breeze Elgin, NE	Wind	207 MW	Sunedison Llc
41.8 mi	Stromsburg-Polk County Stromsburg, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
41.8 mi	Sholes Wind Energy Center Randolph, NE	Wind	160 MW	Sholes Wind Energy Center, Llc
44.0 mi	Pender Pender, NE	Oil	5 MW	City Of Pender - (Ne)
45.3 mi	Upstream Wind Energy Llc Neligh, NE	Wind	203 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
46.6 mi	Wakefield Wakefield, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wakefield - (Ne)
47.8 mi	Prairie Breeze Ii Elgin, NE	Wind	73 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
47.8 mi	Prairie Breeze Iii Elgin, NE	Wind	36 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
48.8 mi	Lyons Lyons, NE	Oil	3 MW	City Of Lyons - (Ne)

Power generation near this area

There are 30 power plants within 50 miles of Creston, Nebraska (ZIP 68631), with a combined 1,546 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 14 of the 30 nearby plants. The closest plant is Creston Ridge Wind Farm at 2.3 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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