Power Plants Near 68730 — Crofton, NE

17 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68730 (Crofton, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.7370, -97.5406 · County: Knox

Wind 86%Oil 7%Hydroelectric 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.3 mi	Crofton Bluffs Wind Llc Bloomfield, NE	Wind	40 MW	Crofton Bluffs Wind, Llc
4.8 mi	Elkhorn Ridge Wind Llc Bloomfield, NE	Wind	81 MW	Elkhorn Ridge Wind, Llc
8.3 mi	Gavins Point Crofton, NE	Hydroelectric	132 MW	Usace-Omaha
14.4 mi	Yankton Yankton, SD	Natural Gas	13 MW	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)
20.9 mi	Prevailing Wind Park Lesterville, SD	Wind	220 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
30.0 mi	Spirit Mound Vermillion, SD	Oil	135 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
30.7 mi	Sholes Wind Energy Center Randolph, NE	Wind	160 MW	Sholes Wind Energy Center, Llc
31.2 mi	Laurel Laurel, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Laurel - (Ne)
37.2 mi	Haystack Wind Project, Llc Carroll, NE	Wind	298 MW	Haystack Wind Project, Llc
40.0 mi	Beethoven Wind Tripp, SD	Wind	80 MW	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)
43.3 mi	Plum Creek Wind Project (Ne) Winside, NE	Wind	230 MW	Plum Creek Wind, Llc
43.9 mi	Upstream Wind Energy Llc Neligh, NE	Wind	203 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
44.0 mi	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project Dixon, NE	Wind	318 MW	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project, Llc
44.1 mi	Wayne Ic Wayne, NE	Oil	22 MW	City Of Wayne
46.0 mi	Grande Prairie Wind Farm O'neill, NE	Wind	400 MW	Bhe Renewables, Llc
47.3 mi	Wakefield Wakefield, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wakefield - (Ne)
48.9 mi	South 49th 013445 Scs Norfolk, Llc Norfolk, NE	Solar	11 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.

Power generation near this area

There are 17 power plants within 50 miles of Crofton, Nebraska (ZIP 68730), with a combined 2,350 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 17 nearby plants. The closest plant is Crofton Bluffs Wind Llc at 3.3 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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