Power Plants Near 68731 — Dakota City, NE

24 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68731 (Dakota City, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.3807, -96.4536 · County: Dakota

Wind 49%Coal 44%Oil 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.3 mi	South Sioux City Energy Storage South Sioux City, NE	Other Fossil	2 MW	Dg Nebraska Energy Storage, Llc
5.4 mi	George Neal North Sergeant Bluff, IA	Coal	584 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
5.4 mi	South Sioux City Solar Dakota, NE	Solar	2 MW	Tesla Inc.
6.3 mi	Neal Energy Center Solar Salix, IA	Solar	4 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
7.3 mi	George Neal South Salix, IA	Coal	696 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
15.8 mi	Emerson Emerson, NE	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Emerson - (Ne)
19.2 mi	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project Dixon, NE	Wind	318 MW	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project, Llc
22.2 mi	Wakefield Wakefield, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wakefield - (Ne)
22.4 mi	Pender Pender, NE	Oil	5 MW	City Of Pender - (Ne)
30.6 mi	Lyons Lyons, NE	Oil	3 MW	City Of Lyons - (Ne)
30.7 mi	Wayne Ic Wayne, NE	Oil	22 MW	City Of Wayne
32.5 mi	Cuming County Renewables, Llc Wisner, NE	Wind	3 MW	Cuming County Renewables. Llc
32.7 mi	Laurel Laurel, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Laurel - (Ne)
34.6 mi	Burt County Wind Oakland, NE	Wind	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
36.0 mi	Wisner Wisner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wisner
37.5 mi	Burt County Solar Hybrid Tekamah, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc
38.8 mi	Haystack Wind Project, Llc Carroll, NE	Wind	298 MW	Haystack Wind Project, Llc
39.3 mi	West Point Municipal West Point, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of West Point - (Ne)
41.2 mi	Plymouth Wind Remsen, IA	Wind	203 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
41.2 mi	Plum Creek Wind Project (Ne) Winside, NE	Wind	230 MW	Plum Creek Wind, Llc
45.0 mi	Spirit Mound Vermillion, SD	Oil	135 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
46.8 mi	Sholes Wind Energy Center Randolph, NE	Wind	160 MW	Sholes Wind Energy Center, Llc
48.0 mi	Glaciers Edge Wind Project Cleghorn, IA	Wind	212 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
49.5 mi	Poet Biorefining - Hudson Hudson, SD	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Biorefining - Hudson

Power generation near this area

There are 24 power plants within 50 miles of Dakota City, Nebraska (ZIP 68731), with a combined 2,897 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 24 nearby plants. The closest plant is South Sioux City Energy Storage at 4.3 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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