Power Plants Near 68745 — Laurel, NE

29 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68745 (Laurel, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.4270, -97.0874 · County: Cedar

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

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
0.3 mi	Laurel Laurel, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Laurel - (Ne)
12.6 mi	Haystack Wind Project, Llc Carroll, NE	Wind	298 MW	Haystack Wind Project, Llc
13.7 mi	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project Dixon, NE	Wind	318 MW	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project, Llc
14.2 mi	Wayne Ic Wayne, NE	Oil	22 MW	City Of Wayne
15.9 mi	Wakefield Wakefield, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wakefield - (Ne)
16.2 mi	Sholes Wind Energy Center Randolph, NE	Wind	160 MW	Sholes Wind Energy Center, Llc
19.3 mi	Plum Creek Wind Project (Ne) Winside, NE	Wind	230 MW	Plum Creek Wind, Llc
21.1 mi	Emerson Emerson, NE	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Emerson - (Ne)
29.1 mi	Pender Pender, NE	Oil	5 MW	City Of Pender - (Ne)
30.4 mi	Cuming County Renewables, Llc Wisner, NE	Wind	3 MW	Cuming County Renewables. Llc
31.3 mi	Crofton Bluffs Wind Llc Bloomfield, NE	Wind	40 MW	Crofton Bluffs Wind, Llc
31.6 mi	Wisner Wisner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wisner
32.9 mi	Elkhorn Ridge Wind Llc Bloomfield, NE	Wind	81 MW	Elkhorn Ridge Wind, Llc
32.9 mi	Spirit Mound Vermillion, SD	Oil	135 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
33.1 mi	South Sioux City Solar Dakota, NE	Solar	2 MW	Tesla Inc.
34.0 mi	South 49th 013445 Scs Norfolk, Llc Norfolk, NE	Solar	11 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
34.7 mi	South Sioux City Energy Storage South Sioux City, NE	Other Fossil	2 MW	Dg Nebraska Energy Storage, Llc
34.9 mi	Yankton Yankton, SD	Natural Gas	13 MW	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)
35.4 mi	Gavins Point Crofton, NE	Hydroelectric	132 MW	Usace-Omaha
36.8 mi	George Neal North Sergeant Bluff, IA	Coal	584 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
38.1 mi	George Neal South Salix, IA	Coal	696 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
38.3 mi	Neal Energy Center Solar Salix, IA	Solar	4 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.0 mi	Madison Solar (Ne) Madison, NE	Solar	—	Mmps1, Llc
44.5 mi	West Point Municipal West Point, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of West Point - (Ne)
45.4 mi	Madison Utilities Madison, NE	Oil	6 MW	City Of Madison - (Ne)
46.4 mi	Lyons Lyons, NE	Oil	3 MW	City Of Lyons - (Ne)
47.8 mi	Prevailing Wind Park Lesterville, SD	Wind	220 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
47.9 mi	Upstream Wind Energy Llc Neligh, NE	Wind	203 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
49.1 mi	Emerick Wind Emerick, NE	Wind	—	Emerick Wind, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 29 power plants within 50 miles of Laurel, Nebraska (ZIP 68745), 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 0.3 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.

← Search a different location · Printable proximity report →