Power Plants Near 68641 — Howells, NE

34 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68641 (Howells, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.7250, -97.0028 · County: Colfax

Wind 68%Coal 16%Solar 6%Oil 4%Hydroelectric 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
15.1 mi	Dodge County Solar Hybrid Scribner, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc
17.1 mi	West Point Municipal West Point, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of West Point - (Ne)
17.7 mi	Scribner Diesel Generation Facility Scribner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Scribner
18.7 mi	Wisner Wisner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wisner
20.0 mi	Creston Ridge Wind Farm Creston, NE	Wind	7 MW	Creston Ridge, Llc
20.3 mi	Creston Ridge Ii, Llc Creston, NE	Wind	7 MW	Creston Ridge Ii, Llc
21.6 mi	Cuming County Renewables, Llc Wisner, NE	Wind	3 MW	Cuming County Renewables. Llc
24.3 mi	Madison Solar (Ne) Madison, NE	Solar	—	Mmps1, Llc
24.5 mi	Madison Utilities Madison, NE	Oil	6 MW	City Of Madison - (Ne)
24.7 mi	Columbus Columbus, NE	Hydroelectric	46 MW	Loup River Public Power Dist
25.9 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Columbus Columbus, NE	Coal	71 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
31.0 mi	Pender Pender, NE	Oil	5 MW	City Of Pender - (Ne)
31.3 mi	Lyons Lyons, NE	Oil	3 MW	City Of Lyons - (Ne)
31.9 mi	Plum Creek Wind Project (Ne) Winside, NE	Wind	230 MW	Plum Creek Wind, Llc
32.5 mi	South 49th 013445 Scs Norfolk, Llc Norfolk, NE	Solar	11 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
33.1 mi	David City David City, NE	Oil	11 MW	City Of David City
34.7 mi	Lon Wright Fremont, NE	Coal	172 MW	City Of Fremont - (Ne)
34.7 mi	Wayne Ic Wayne, NE	Oil	22 MW	City Of Wayne
35.3 mi	Monroe (Ne) Monroe, NE	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Loup River Public Power Dist
35.7 mi	Burt County Wind Oakland, NE	Wind	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
38.3 mi	Wakefield Wakefield, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wakefield - (Ne)
38.5 mi	Haystack Wind Project, Llc Carroll, NE	Wind	298 MW	Haystack Wind Project, Llc
38.6 mi	Emerick Wind Emerick, NE	Wind	—	Emerick Wind, Llc
40.5 mi	Big Elk Solar Kennard, NE	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
40.6 mi	Emerson Emerson, NE	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Emerson - (Ne)
40.8 mi	Wahoo Wahoo, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Wahoo - (Ne)
40.8 mi	Burt County Solar Hybrid Tekamah, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc
44.6 mi	Sholes Wind Energy Center Randolph, NE	Wind	160 MW	Sholes Wind Energy Center, Llc
45.3 mi	Elk City Station Bennington, NE	Biomass	6 MW	Omaha Public Power District
45.8 mi	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project Dixon, NE	Wind	318 MW	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project, Llc
48.6 mi	Polk County Renewables, Llc Osceola, NE	Wind	3 MW	Polk County Renewables, Llc
49.0 mi	Laurel Laurel, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Laurel - (Ne)
49.0 mi	Platteview Solar Llc Ashland, NE	Solar	81 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
49.8 mi	Fort Calhoun Blair, NE	Nuclear	—	Omaha Public Power District

Power generation near this area

There are 34 power plants within 50 miles of Howells, Nebraska (ZIP 68641), with a combined 1,505 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 34 nearby plants. The closest plant is Dodge County Solar Hybrid 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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