Power Plants Near 68724 — Center, NE

21 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68724 (Center, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.5973, -97.8670 · County: Knox

Wind 79%Hydroelectric 15%Oil 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
14.4 mi	Elkhorn Ridge Wind Llc Bloomfield, NE	Wind	81 MW	Elkhorn Ridge Wind, Llc
16.2 mi	Crofton Bluffs Wind Llc Bloomfield, NE	Wind	40 MW	Crofton Bluffs Wind, Llc
26.2 mi	Gavins Point Crofton, NE	Hydroelectric	132 MW	Usace-Omaha
28.6 mi	Grande Prairie Wind Farm O'neill, NE	Wind	400 MW	Bhe Renewables, Llc
29.0 mi	Upstream Wind Energy Llc Neligh, NE	Wind	203 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
32.3 mi	Sholes Wind Energy Center Randolph, NE	Wind	160 MW	Sholes Wind Energy Center, Llc
33.1 mi	Yankton Yankton, SD	Natural Gas	13 MW	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)
35.1 mi	Prevailing Wind Park Lesterville, SD	Wind	220 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
40.3 mi	Beethoven Wind Tripp, SD	Wind	80 MW	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)
41.2 mi	Laurel Laurel, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Laurel - (Ne)
41.3 mi	Haystack Wind Project, Llc Carroll, NE	Wind	298 MW	Haystack Wind Project, Llc
41.6 mi	Thunderhead Wind Energy Llc Boone, NE	Wind	300 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
42.7 mi	Spencer Hydro Spencer, NE	Hydroelectric	—	Nebraska Public Power District
43.8 mi	South 49th 013445 Scs Norfolk, Llc Norfolk, NE	Solar	11 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
45.3 mi	Plum Creek Wind Project (Ne) Winside, NE	Wind	230 MW	Plum Creek Wind, Llc
45.6 mi	Prairie Breeze Ii Elgin, NE	Wind	73 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
45.6 mi	Prairie Breeze Iii Elgin, NE	Wind	36 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
45.9 mi	Prairie Breeze Elgin, NE	Wind	207 MW	Sunedison Llc
47.5 mi	Fort Randall Pickstown, SD	Hydroelectric	320 MW	Usace-Omaha
49.1 mi	Spirit Mound Vermillion, SD	Oil	135 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
49.4 mi	Emerick Wind Emerick, NE	Wind	—	Emerick Wind, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 21 power plants within 50 miles of Center, Nebraska (ZIP 68724), with a combined 2,942 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 14 of the 21 nearby plants. The closest plant is Elkhorn Ridge Wind Llc at 14.4 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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