Power Plants Near 68746 — Lynch, NE

9 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68746 (Lynch, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.8373, -98.4504 · County: Boyd

Wind 64%Hydroelectric 35%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.6 mi	Spencer Hydro Spencer, NE	Hydroelectric	—	Nebraska Public Power District
15.9 mi	Grande Prairie Wind Farm O'neill, NE	Wind	400 MW	Bhe Renewables, Llc
16.6 mi	Fort Randall Pickstown, SD	Hydroelectric	320 MW	Usace-Omaha
29.1 mi	Beethoven Wind Tripp, SD	Wind	80 MW	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)
38.8 mi	Stuart (Ne) Stuart, NE	Oil	2 MW	City Of Stuart - (Ne)
43.3 mi	Elkhorn Ridge Wind Llc Bloomfield, NE	Wind	81 MW	Elkhorn Ridge Wind, Llc
45.2 mi	Crofton Bluffs Wind Llc Bloomfield, NE	Wind	40 MW	Crofton Bluffs Wind, Llc
48.8 mi	Prevailing Wind Park Lesterville, SD	Wind	220 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
49.1 mi	Gavins Point Crofton, NE	Hydroelectric	132 MW	Usace-Omaha

Power generation near this area

There are 9 power plants within 50 miles of Lynch, Nebraska (ZIP 68746), with a combined 1,275 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 9 nearby plants. The closest plant is Spencer Hydro at 10.6 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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