Power Plants Near 68748 — Madison, NE

33 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68748 (Madison, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.8308, -97.4720 · County: Madison

Wind 89%Coal 4%Oil 3%Hydroelectric 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
0.8 mi	Madison Utilities Madison, NE	Oil	6 MW	City Of Madison - (Ne)
1.8 mi	Madison Solar (Ne) Madison, NE	Solar	—	Mmps1, Llc
11.4 mi	Creston Ridge Ii, Llc Creston, NE	Wind	7 MW	Creston Ridge Ii, Llc
11.5 mi	Creston Ridge Wind Farm Creston, NE	Wind	7 MW	Creston Ridge, Llc
13.3 mi	Emerick Wind Emerick, NE	Wind	—	Emerick Wind, Llc
13.9 mi	South 49th 013445 Scs Norfolk, Llc Norfolk, NE	Solar	11 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
24.8 mi	Monroe (Ne) Monroe, NE	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Loup River Public Power Dist
25.3 mi	Tpw Petersburg Petersburg, NE	Wind	41 MW	Tpw Petersburg Llc
26.4 mi	Columbus Columbus, NE	Hydroelectric	46 MW	Loup River Public Power Dist
26.7 mi	Plum Creek Wind Project (Ne) Winside, NE	Wind	230 MW	Plum Creek Wind, Llc
28.6 mi	Laredo Ridge Wind Llc Petersburg, NE	Wind	80 MW	Laredo Ridge Wind Llc
30.2 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Columbus Columbus, NE	Coal	71 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
30.6 mi	Wisner Wisner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wisner
32.2 mi	Prairie Breeze Elgin, NE	Wind	207 MW	Sunedison Llc
33.1 mi	Haystack Wind Project, Llc Carroll, NE	Wind	298 MW	Haystack Wind Project, Llc
33.7 mi	Sholes Wind Energy Center Randolph, NE	Wind	160 MW	Sholes Wind Energy Center, Llc
34.0 mi	Cuming County Renewables, Llc Wisner, NE	Wind	3 MW	Cuming County Renewables. Llc
35.2 mi	Upstream Wind Energy Llc Neligh, NE	Wind	203 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
36.0 mi	Wayne Ic Wayne, NE	Oil	22 MW	City Of Wayne
39.1 mi	West Point Municipal West Point, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of West Point - (Ne)
39.5 mi	Prairie Breeze Ii Elgin, NE	Wind	73 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
39.5 mi	Prairie Breeze Iii Elgin, NE	Wind	36 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
40.1 mi	Dodge County Solar Hybrid Scribner, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc
42.5 mi	Thunderhead Wind Energy Llc Boone, NE	Wind	300 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
42.9 mi	Scribner Diesel Generation Facility Scribner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Scribner
43.5 mi	Wakefield Wakefield, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wakefield - (Ne)
43.8 mi	David City David City, NE	Oil	11 MW	City Of David City
44.0 mi	Pender Pender, NE	Oil	5 MW	City Of Pender - (Ne)
45.8 mi	Laurel Laurel, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Laurel - (Ne)
46.3 mi	Polk County Renewables, Llc Osceola, NE	Wind	3 MW	Polk County Renewables, Llc
47.3 mi	Spalding Spalding, NE	Oil	2 MW	Village Of Spalding - (Ne)
49.0 mi	Emerson Emerson, NE	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Emerson - (Ne)
49.1 mi	Stromsburg-Polk County Stromsburg, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.

Power generation near this area

There are 33 power plants within 50 miles of Madison, Nebraska (ZIP 68748), with a combined 1,850 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 15 of the 33 nearby plants. The closest plant is Madison Utilities at 0.8 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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