Power Plants Near 68740 — Hoskins, NE

36 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68740 (Hoskins, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.1408, -97.3084 · County: Wayne

Wind 58%Coal 35%Hydroelectric 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.5 mi	Plum Creek Wind Project (Ne) Winside, NE	Wind	230 MW	Plum Creek Wind, Llc
10.2 mi	Haystack Wind Project, Llc Carroll, NE	Wind	298 MW	Haystack Wind Project, Llc
11.7 mi	South 49th 013445 Scs Norfolk, Llc Norfolk, NE	Solar	11 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
12.2 mi	Sholes Wind Energy Center Randolph, NE	Wind	160 MW	Sholes Wind Energy Center, Llc
16.0 mi	Wayne Ic Wayne, NE	Oil	22 MW	City Of Wayne
21.4 mi	Madison Solar (Ne) Madison, NE	Solar	—	Mmps1, Llc
22.7 mi	Wisner Wisner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wisner
22.8 mi	Madison Utilities Madison, NE	Oil	6 MW	City Of Madison - (Ne)
22.9 mi	Laurel Laurel, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Laurel - (Ne)
24.4 mi	Cuming County Renewables, Llc Wisner, NE	Wind	3 MW	Cuming County Renewables. Llc
24.5 mi	Wakefield Wakefield, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wakefield - (Ne)
27.2 mi	Emerick Wind Emerick, NE	Wind	—	Emerick Wind, Llc
29.4 mi	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project Dixon, NE	Wind	318 MW	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project, Llc
31.0 mi	Pender Pender, NE	Oil	5 MW	City Of Pender - (Ne)
31.1 mi	Emerson Emerson, NE	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Emerson - (Ne)
32.2 mi	Creston Ridge Wind Farm Creston, NE	Wind	7 MW	Creston Ridge, Llc
32.3 mi	Creston Ridge Ii, Llc Creston, NE	Wind	7 MW	Creston Ridge Ii, Llc
33.8 mi	Upstream Wind Energy Llc Neligh, NE	Wind	203 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
36.8 mi	West Point Municipal West Point, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of West Point - (Ne)
38.6 mi	Tpw Petersburg Petersburg, NE	Wind	41 MW	Tpw Petersburg Llc
40.9 mi	Laredo Ridge Wind Llc Petersburg, NE	Wind	80 MW	Laredo Ridge Wind Llc
40.9 mi	Crofton Bluffs Wind Llc Bloomfield, NE	Wind	40 MW	Crofton Bluffs Wind, Llc
41.5 mi	Prairie Breeze Elgin, NE	Wind	207 MW	Sunedison Llc
41.6 mi	Elkhorn Ridge Wind Llc Bloomfield, NE	Wind	81 MW	Elkhorn Ridge Wind, Llc
45.4 mi	Lyons Lyons, NE	Oil	3 MW	City Of Lyons - (Ne)
46.3 mi	Scribner Diesel Generation Facility Scribner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Scribner
46.4 mi	Dodge County Solar Hybrid Scribner, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc
46.8 mi	Columbus Columbus, NE	Hydroelectric	46 MW	Loup River Public Power Dist
47.5 mi	Prairie Breeze Ii Elgin, NE	Wind	73 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
47.5 mi	Prairie Breeze Iii Elgin, NE	Wind	36 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
47.7 mi	Monroe (Ne) Monroe, NE	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Loup River Public Power Dist
48.0 mi	Thunderhead Wind Energy Llc Boone, NE	Wind	300 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
49.2 mi	George Neal North Sergeant Bluff, IA	Coal	584 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.5 mi	South Sioux City Solar Dakota, NE	Solar	2 MW	Tesla Inc.
49.7 mi	George Neal South Salix, IA	Coal	696 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
49.7 mi	Gavins Point Crofton, NE	Hydroelectric	132 MW	Usace-Omaha

Power generation near this area

There are 36 power plants within 50 miles of Hoskins, Nebraska (ZIP 68740), with a combined 3,619 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 17 of the 36 nearby plants. The closest plant is Plum Creek Wind Project (Ne) at 5.5 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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