Power Plants Near 68717 — Belden, NE

29 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68717 (Belden, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.4022, -97.1956 · County: Cedar

Wind 49%Coal 40%Oil 6%Hydroelectric 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.7 mi	Laurel Laurel, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Laurel - (Ne)
9.6 mi	Haystack Wind Project, Llc Carroll, NE	Wind	298 MW	Haystack Wind Project, Llc
10.7 mi	Sholes Wind Energy Center Randolph, NE	Wind	160 MW	Sholes Wind Energy Center, Llc
15.1 mi	Wayne Ic Wayne, NE	Oil	22 MW	City Of Wayne
16.6 mi	Plum Creek Wind Project (Ne) Winside, NE	Wind	230 MW	Plum Creek Wind, Llc
18.8 mi	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project Dixon, NE	Wind	318 MW	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project, Llc
19.4 mi	Wakefield Wakefield, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wakefield - (Ne)
25.4 mi	Emerson Emerson, NE	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Emerson - (Ne)
28.3 mi	Crofton Bluffs Wind Llc Bloomfield, NE	Wind	40 MW	Crofton Bluffs Wind, Llc
29.5 mi	South 49th 013445 Scs Norfolk, Llc Norfolk, NE	Solar	11 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
29.7 mi	Elkhorn Ridge Wind Llc Bloomfield, NE	Wind	81 MW	Elkhorn Ridge Wind, Llc
31.5 mi	Cuming County Renewables, Llc Wisner, NE	Wind	3 MW	Cuming County Renewables. Llc
32.0 mi	Pender Pender, NE	Oil	5 MW	City Of Pender - (Ne)
32.0 mi	Wisner Wisner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wisner
34.1 mi	Gavins Point Crofton, NE	Hydroelectric	132 MW	Usace-Omaha
34.9 mi	Yankton Yankton, SD	Natural Gas	13 MW	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)
35.8 mi	Spirit Mound Vermillion, SD	Oil	135 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
38.7 mi	South Sioux City Solar Dakota, NE	Solar	2 MW	Tesla Inc.
40.3 mi	South Sioux City Energy Storage South Sioux City, NE	Other Fossil	2 MW	Dg Nebraska Energy Storage, Llc
40.4 mi	Madison Solar (Ne) Madison, NE	Solar	—	Mmps1, Llc
41.7 mi	Madison Utilities Madison, NE	Oil	6 MW	City Of Madison - (Ne)
42.0 mi	George Neal North Sergeant Bluff, IA	Coal	584 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.1 mi	Upstream Wind Energy Llc Neligh, NE	Wind	203 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
43.2 mi	George Neal South Salix, IA	Coal	696 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.5 mi	Neal Energy Center Solar Salix, IA	Solar	4 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.3 mi	Emerick Wind Emerick, NE	Wind	—	Emerick Wind, Llc
45.7 mi	West Point Municipal West Point, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of West Point - (Ne)
47.1 mi	Prevailing Wind Park Lesterville, SD	Wind	220 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
49.2 mi	Lyons Lyons, NE	Oil	3 MW	City Of Lyons - (Ne)

Power generation near this area

There are 29 power plants within 50 miles of Belden, Nebraska (ZIP 68717), with a combined 3,184 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 29 nearby plants. The closest plant is Laurel at 5.7 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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