Power Plants Near 68747 — Mclean, NE

30 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68747 (Mclean, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.3921, -97.4751 · County: Pierce

Wind 87%Oil 7%Hydroelectric 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.9 mi	Sholes Wind Energy Center Randolph, NE	Wind	160 MW	Sholes Wind Energy Center, Llc
16.8 mi	Haystack Wind Project, Llc Carroll, NE	Wind	298 MW	Haystack Wind Project, Llc
19.8 mi	Laurel Laurel, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Laurel - (Ne)
21.1 mi	Plum Creek Wind Project (Ne) Winside, NE	Wind	230 MW	Plum Creek Wind, Llc
21.8 mi	Crofton Bluffs Wind Llc Bloomfield, NE	Wind	40 MW	Crofton Bluffs Wind, Llc
22.4 mi	Elkhorn Ridge Wind Llc Bloomfield, NE	Wind	81 MW	Elkhorn Ridge Wind, Llc
24.9 mi	South 49th 013445 Scs Norfolk, Llc Norfolk, NE	Solar	11 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
26.0 mi	Wayne Ic Wayne, NE	Oil	22 MW	City Of Wayne
28.9 mi	Upstream Wind Energy Llc Neligh, NE	Wind	203 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
31.6 mi	Gavins Point Crofton, NE	Hydroelectric	132 MW	Usace-Omaha
32.4 mi	Wakefield Wakefield, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wakefield - (Ne)
33.0 mi	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project Dixon, NE	Wind	318 MW	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project, Llc
35.2 mi	Yankton Yankton, SD	Natural Gas	13 MW	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)
36.8 mi	Emerick Wind Emerick, NE	Wind	—	Emerick Wind, Llc
37.6 mi	Madison Solar (Ne) Madison, NE	Solar	—	Mmps1, Llc
38.9 mi	Madison Utilities Madison, NE	Oil	6 MW	City Of Madison - (Ne)
38.9 mi	Emerson Emerson, NE	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Emerson - (Ne)
40.0 mi	Wisner Wisner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wisner
40.6 mi	Cuming County Renewables, Llc Wisner, NE	Wind	3 MW	Cuming County Renewables. Llc
42.7 mi	Spirit Mound Vermillion, SD	Oil	135 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
43.3 mi	Prairie Breeze Elgin, NE	Wind	207 MW	Sunedison Llc
43.8 mi	Pender Pender, NE	Oil	5 MW	City Of Pender - (Ne)
44.1 mi	Tpw Petersburg Petersburg, NE	Wind	41 MW	Tpw Petersburg Llc
44.8 mi	Prevailing Wind Park Lesterville, SD	Wind	220 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
45.2 mi	Laredo Ridge Wind Llc Petersburg, NE	Wind	80 MW	Laredo Ridge Wind Llc
45.2 mi	Thunderhead Wind Energy Llc Boone, NE	Wind	300 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
46.9 mi	Prairie Breeze Ii Elgin, NE	Wind	73 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
46.9 mi	Prairie Breeze Iii Elgin, NE	Wind	36 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
49.6 mi	Creston Ridge Wind Farm Creston, NE	Wind	7 MW	Creston Ridge, Llc
49.6 mi	Creston Ridge Ii, Llc Creston, NE	Wind	7 MW	Creston Ridge Ii, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 30 power plants within 50 miles of Mclean, Nebraska (ZIP 68747), with a combined 2,639 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 18 of the 30 nearby plants. The closest plant is Sholes Wind Energy Center at 7.9 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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