Power Plants Near 68757 — Newcastle, NE

24 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68757 (Newcastle, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.6207, -96.8709 · County: Dixon

Wind 49%Coal 40%Oil 5%Hydroelectric 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
17.1 mi	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project Dixon, NE	Wind	318 MW	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project, Llc
17.3 mi	Laurel Laurel, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Laurel - (Ne)
20.1 mi	Spirit Mound Vermillion, SD	Oil	135 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
24.3 mi	Wakefield Wakefield, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wakefield - (Ne)
24.6 mi	South Sioux City Solar Dakota, NE	Solar	2 MW	Tesla Inc.
24.9 mi	Emerson Emerson, NE	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Emerson - (Ne)
26.9 mi	South Sioux City Energy Storage South Sioux City, NE	Other Fossil	2 MW	Dg Nebraska Energy Storage, Llc
28.2 mi	Wayne Ic Wayne, NE	Oil	22 MW	City Of Wayne
29.7 mi	Haystack Wind Project, Llc Carroll, NE	Wind	298 MW	Haystack Wind Project, Llc
30.9 mi	Yankton Yankton, SD	Natural Gas	13 MW	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)
32.3 mi	George Neal North Sergeant Bluff, IA	Coal	584 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
33.0 mi	Sholes Wind Energy Center Randolph, NE	Wind	160 MW	Sholes Wind Energy Center, Llc
33.2 mi	Neal Energy Center Solar Salix, IA	Solar	4 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
34.1 mi	George Neal South Salix, IA	Coal	696 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
34.8 mi	Gavins Point Crofton, NE	Hydroelectric	132 MW	Usace-Omaha
36.0 mi	Pender Pender, NE	Oil	5 MW	City Of Pender - (Ne)
36.0 mi	Plum Creek Wind Project (Ne) Winside, NE	Wind	230 MW	Plum Creek Wind, Llc
36.4 mi	Crofton Bluffs Wind Llc Bloomfield, NE	Wind	40 MW	Crofton Bluffs Wind, Llc
38.4 mi	Elkhorn Ridge Wind Llc Bloomfield, NE	Wind	81 MW	Elkhorn Ridge Wind, Llc
38.5 mi	Poet Biorefining - Hudson Hudson, SD	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Biorefining - Hudson
41.5 mi	Cuming County Renewables, Llc Wisner, NE	Wind	3 MW	Cuming County Renewables. Llc
43.8 mi	Wisner Wisner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wisner
44.0 mi	Prevailing Wind Park Lesterville, SD	Wind	220 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
49.6 mi	Plymouth Wind Remsen, IA	Wind	203 MW	Midamerican Energy Co

Power generation near this area

There are 24 power plants within 50 miles of Newcastle, Nebraska (ZIP 68757), with a combined 3,164 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 9 of the 24 nearby plants. The closest plant is Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project at 17.1 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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