Power Plants Near 68643 — Leigh, NE

32 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68643 (Leigh, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.7053, -97.2381 · County: Colfax

Wind 76%Coal 15%Oil 4%Hydroelectric 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.9 mi	Creston Ridge Wind Farm Creston, NE	Wind	7 MW	Creston Ridge, Llc
8.1 mi	Creston Ridge Ii, Llc Creston, NE	Wind	7 MW	Creston Ridge Ii, Llc
14.2 mi	Madison Utilities Madison, NE	Oil	6 MW	City Of Madison - (Ne)
14.5 mi	Madison Solar (Ne) Madison, NE	Solar	—	Mmps1, Llc
17.3 mi	Columbus Columbus, NE	Hydroelectric	46 MW	Loup River Public Power Dist
20.1 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Columbus Columbus, NE	Coal	71 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
24.3 mi	Monroe (Ne) Monroe, NE	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Loup River Public Power Dist
25.6 mi	Wisner Wisner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wisner
25.8 mi	South 49th 013445 Scs Norfolk, Llc Norfolk, NE	Solar	11 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
25.9 mi	Dodge County Solar Hybrid Scribner, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc
27.8 mi	Emerick Wind Emerick, NE	Wind	—	Emerick Wind, Llc
28.7 mi	West Point Municipal West Point, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of West Point - (Ne)
29.1 mi	Cuming County Renewables, Llc Wisner, NE	Wind	3 MW	Cuming County Renewables. Llc
29.5 mi	Scribner Diesel Generation Facility Scribner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Scribner
31.6 mi	Plum Creek Wind Project (Ne) Winside, NE	Wind	230 MW	Plum Creek Wind, Llc
31.7 mi	David City David City, NE	Oil	11 MW	City Of David City
37.8 mi	Wayne Ic Wayne, NE	Oil	22 MW	City Of Wayne
38.6 mi	Haystack Wind Project, Llc Carroll, NE	Wind	298 MW	Haystack Wind Project, Llc
38.8 mi	Tpw Petersburg Petersburg, NE	Wind	41 MW	Tpw Petersburg Llc
39.4 mi	Pender Pender, NE	Oil	5 MW	City Of Pender - (Ne)
41.1 mi	Polk County Renewables, Llc Osceola, NE	Wind	3 MW	Polk County Renewables, Llc
42.2 mi	Laredo Ridge Wind Llc Petersburg, NE	Wind	80 MW	Laredo Ridge Wind Llc
42.4 mi	Sholes Wind Energy Center Randolph, NE	Wind	160 MW	Sholes Wind Energy Center, Llc
42.8 mi	Lyons Lyons, NE	Oil	3 MW	City Of Lyons - (Ne)
43.5 mi	Wakefield Wakefield, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wakefield - (Ne)
43.8 mi	Stromsburg-Polk County Stromsburg, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
44.4 mi	Lon Wright Fremont, NE	Coal	172 MW	City Of Fremont - (Ne)
46.4 mi	Prairie Breeze Elgin, NE	Wind	207 MW	Sunedison Llc
47.1 mi	Wahoo Wahoo, NE	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Wahoo - (Ne)
47.3 mi	Emerson Emerson, NE	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Emerson - (Ne)
47.7 mi	Burt County Wind Oakland, NE	Wind	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
49.9 mi	Upstream Wind Energy Llc Neligh, NE	Wind	203 MW	Invenergy Services Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 32 power plants within 50 miles of Leigh, Nebraska (ZIP 68643), with a combined 1,624 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 13 of the 32 nearby plants. The closest plant is Creston Ridge Wind Farm at 7.9 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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