Power Plants Near 68647 — Monroe, NE

22 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68647 (Monroe, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.4783, -97.6061 · County: Platte

Wind 74%Coal 12%Hydroelectric 9%Oil 4%Solar 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
0.6 mi	Monroe (Ne) Monroe, NE	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Loup River Public Power Dist
14.4 mi	Columbus Columbus, NE	Hydroelectric	46 MW	Loup River Public Power Dist
17.1 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Columbus Columbus, NE	Coal	71 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
17.7 mi	Creston Ridge Ii, Llc Creston, NE	Wind	7 MW	Creston Ridge Ii, Llc
17.9 mi	Creston Ridge Wind Farm Creston, NE	Wind	7 MW	Creston Ridge, Llc
21.7 mi	Polk County Renewables, Llc Osceola, NE	Wind	3 MW	Polk County Renewables, Llc
24.5 mi	Stromsburg-Polk County Stromsburg, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
25.5 mi	Madison Utilities Madison, NE	Oil	6 MW	City Of Madison - (Ne)
26.8 mi	Madison Solar (Ne) Madison, NE	Solar	—	Mmps1, Llc
29.1 mi	Emerick Wind Emerick, NE	Wind	—	Emerick Wind, Llc
29.6 mi	David City David City, NE	Oil	11 MW	City Of David City
32.4 mi	Tpw Petersburg Petersburg, NE	Wind	41 MW	Tpw Petersburg Llc
35.2 mi	Laredo Ridge Wind Llc Petersburg, NE	Wind	80 MW	Laredo Ridge Wind Llc
38.7 mi	South 49th 013445 Scs Norfolk, Llc Norfolk, NE	Solar	11 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
40.7 mi	Prairie Breeze Elgin, NE	Wind	207 MW	Sunedison Llc
41.1 mi	Mobile York, NE	Oil	3 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
41.8 mi	Spalding Spalding, NE	Oil	2 MW	Village Of Spalding - (Ne)
45.1 mi	Dodge County Solar Hybrid Scribner, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc
45.6 mi	Seward Wind Farm Seward, NE	Wind	2 MW	Seward Wind Llc
47.0 mi	Prairie Breeze Ii Elgin, NE	Wind	73 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
47.0 mi	Prairie Breeze Iii Elgin, NE	Wind	36 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
47.2 mi	St. Paul-Howard Greeley St. Paul, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.

Power generation near this area

There are 22 power plants within 50 miles of Monroe, Nebraska (ZIP 68647), with a combined 615 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 22 nearby plants. The closest plant is Monroe (Ne) at 0.6 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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