Power Plants Near 68701 — Norfolk, NE

33 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68701 (Norfolk, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.0329, -97.4229 · County: Madison

Wind 91%Coal 3%Hydroelectric 2%Oil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.1 mi	South 49th 013445 Scs Norfolk, Llc Norfolk, NE	Solar	11 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
12.8 mi	Madison Solar (Ne) Madison, NE	Solar	—	Mmps1, Llc
14.1 mi	Madison Utilities Madison, NE	Oil	6 MW	City Of Madison - (Ne)
14.3 mi	Plum Creek Wind Project (Ne) Winside, NE	Wind	230 MW	Plum Creek Wind, Llc
18.0 mi	Emerick Wind Emerick, NE	Wind	—	Emerick Wind, Llc
19.5 mi	Sholes Wind Energy Center Randolph, NE	Wind	160 MW	Sholes Wind Energy Center, Llc
19.7 mi	Haystack Wind Project, Llc Carroll, NE	Wind	298 MW	Haystack Wind Project, Llc
24.6 mi	Creston Ridge Wind Farm Creston, NE	Wind	7 MW	Creston Ridge, Llc
24.6 mi	Creston Ridge Ii, Llc Creston, NE	Wind	7 MW	Creston Ridge Ii, Llc
24.7 mi	Wayne Ic Wayne, NE	Oil	22 MW	City Of Wayne
26.2 mi	Wisner Wisner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wisner
28.8 mi	Cuming County Renewables, Llc Wisner, NE	Wind	3 MW	Cuming County Renewables. Llc
29.7 mi	Upstream Wind Energy Llc Neligh, NE	Wind	203 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
30.0 mi	Tpw Petersburg Petersburg, NE	Wind	41 MW	Tpw Petersburg Llc
32.3 mi	Laurel Laurel, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Laurel - (Ne)
32.6 mi	Laredo Ridge Wind Llc Petersburg, NE	Wind	80 MW	Laredo Ridge Wind Llc
33.0 mi	Wakefield Wakefield, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wakefield - (Ne)
34.0 mi	Prairie Breeze Elgin, NE	Wind	207 MW	Sunedison Llc
37.2 mi	Pender Pender, NE	Oil	5 MW	City Of Pender - (Ne)
38.5 mi	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project Dixon, NE	Wind	318 MW	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project, Llc
38.7 mi	West Point Municipal West Point, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of West Point - (Ne)
38.9 mi	Monroe (Ne) Monroe, NE	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Loup River Public Power Dist
39.3 mi	Emerson Emerson, NE	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Emerson - (Ne)
39.6 mi	Columbus Columbus, NE	Hydroelectric	46 MW	Loup River Public Power Dist
40.5 mi	Prairie Breeze Ii Elgin, NE	Wind	73 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
40.5 mi	Prairie Breeze Iii Elgin, NE	Wind	36 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
41.9 mi	Thunderhead Wind Energy Llc Boone, NE	Wind	300 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
43.2 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Columbus Columbus, NE	Coal	71 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
45.2 mi	Dodge County Solar Hybrid Scribner, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc
46.3 mi	Scribner Diesel Generation Facility Scribner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Scribner
46.7 mi	Crofton Bluffs Wind Llc Bloomfield, NE	Wind	40 MW	Crofton Bluffs Wind, Llc
47.0 mi	Elkhorn Ridge Wind Llc Bloomfield, NE	Wind	81 MW	Elkhorn Ridge Wind, Llc
49.5 mi	Lyons Lyons, NE	Oil	3 MW	City Of Lyons - (Ne)

Power generation near this area

There are 33 power plants within 50 miles of Norfolk, Nebraska (ZIP 68701), with a combined 2,276 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 17 of the 33 nearby plants. The closest plant is South 49th 013445 Scs Norfolk, Llc at 3.1 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.

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