Power Plants Near 68654 — Polk, NE

22 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68654 (Polk, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.0767, -97.7839 · County: Polk

Coal 62%Natural Gas 25%Hydroelectric 7%Wind 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.2 mi	Stromsburg-Polk County Stromsburg, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
12.7 mi	Polk County Renewables, Llc Osceola, NE	Wind	3 MW	Polk County Renewables, Llc
16.4 mi	Mobile York, NE	Oil	3 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
29.4 mi	Museum Drive East Solar Grand Island, NE	Solar	10 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
29.8 mi	Monroe (Ne) Monroe, NE	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Loup River Public Power Dist
30.2 mi	C W Burdick Grand Island, NE	Natural Gas	143 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
31.6 mi	Perennial Windfarm Fairmont, NE	Wind	7 MW	Perennial Wind, Llc
33.2 mi	Seward Wind Farm Seward, NE	Wind	2 MW	Seward Wind Llc
33.2 mi	Platte Grand Island, NE	Coal	110 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
34.9 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Columbus Columbus, NE	Coal	71 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
35.7 mi	St. Paul-Howard Greeley St. Paul, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
35.7 mi	Columbus Columbus, NE	Hydroelectric	46 MW	Loup River Public Power Dist
36.7 mi	David City David City, NE	Oil	11 MW	City Of David City
40.6 mi	Ruby-Norris Milford, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
44.0 mi	Whelan Energy Center Hastings, NE	Coal	324 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
45.3 mi	Ccc Hastings Wind Turbine Hastings, NE	Wind	2 MW	Ccc Hastings Renewable Energy, Llc
45.5 mi	Swan Creek Wind Friend, NE	Wind	—	Swan Creek Wind Llc
45.7 mi	North Denver Hastings, NE	Natural Gas	39 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
46.2 mi	Creston Ridge Ii, Llc Creston, NE	Wind	7 MW	Creston Ridge Ii, Llc
46.4 mi	Creston Ridge Wind Farm Creston, NE	Wind	7 MW	Creston Ridge, Llc
47.3 mi	Hastings Community Solar Farm Hastings, NE	Solar	2 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
47.6 mi	Don Henry Hastings, NE	Natural Gas	22 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)

Power generation near this area

There are 22 power plants within 50 miles of Polk, Nebraska (ZIP 68654), with a combined 818 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 22 nearby plants. The closest plant is Stromsburg-Polk County at 11.2 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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