Power Plants Near 68653 — Platte Center, NE

26 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68653 (Platte Center, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.5375, -97.4884 · County: Platte

Wind 80%Coal 8%Hydroelectric 6%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.1 mi	Monroe (Ne) Monroe, NE	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Loup River Public Power Dist
9.7 mi	Columbus Columbus, NE	Hydroelectric	46 MW	Loup River Public Power Dist
10.9 mi	Creston Ridge Ii, Llc Creston, NE	Wind	7 MW	Creston Ridge Ii, Llc
11.1 mi	Creston Ridge Wind Farm Creston, NE	Wind	7 MW	Creston Ridge, Llc
13.4 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Columbus Columbus, NE	Coal	71 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
20.3 mi	Madison Utilities Madison, NE	Oil	6 MW	City Of Madison - (Ne)
21.5 mi	Madison Solar (Ne) Madison, NE	Solar	—	Mmps1, Llc
26.1 mi	Polk County Renewables, Llc Osceola, NE	Wind	3 MW	Polk County Renewables, Llc
27.1 mi	Emerick Wind Emerick, NE	Wind	—	Emerick Wind, Llc
27.4 mi	David City David City, NE	Oil	11 MW	City Of David City
28.9 mi	Stromsburg-Polk County Stromsburg, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
33.3 mi	Tpw Petersburg Petersburg, NE	Wind	41 MW	Tpw Petersburg Llc
34.1 mi	South 49th 013445 Scs Norfolk, Llc Norfolk, NE	Solar	11 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
36.4 mi	Laredo Ridge Wind Llc Petersburg, NE	Wind	80 MW	Laredo Ridge Wind Llc
38.4 mi	Dodge County Solar Hybrid Scribner, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc
41.7 mi	Prairie Breeze Elgin, NE	Wind	207 MW	Sunedison Llc
42.9 mi	Wisner Wisner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wisner
43.3 mi	Scribner Diesel Generation Facility Scribner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Scribner
45.3 mi	West Point Municipal West Point, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of West Point - (Ne)
45.5 mi	Plum Creek Wind Project (Ne) Winside, NE	Wind	230 MW	Plum Creek Wind, Llc
45.6 mi	Mobile York, NE	Oil	3 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
46.4 mi	Cuming County Renewables, Llc Wisner, NE	Wind	3 MW	Cuming County Renewables. Llc
46.5 mi	Spalding Spalding, NE	Oil	2 MW	Village Of Spalding - (Ne)
46.9 mi	Seward Wind Farm Seward, NE	Wind	2 MW	Seward Wind Llc
48.5 mi	Prairie Breeze Ii Elgin, NE	Wind	73 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
48.5 mi	Prairie Breeze Iii Elgin, NE	Wind	36 MW	Invenergy Services Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 26 power plants within 50 miles of Platte Center, Nebraska (ZIP 68653), with a combined 859 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 12 of the 26 nearby plants. The closest plant is Monroe (Ne) at 7.1 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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