Power Plants Near 68769 — Plainview, NE

24 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68769 (Plainview, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.3467, -97.7786 · County: Pierce

Wind 93%Hydroelectric 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
14.7 mi	Upstream Wind Energy Llc Neligh, NE	Wind	203 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
21.3 mi	Sholes Wind Energy Center Randolph, NE	Wind	160 MW	Sholes Wind Energy Center, Llc
25.6 mi	Elkhorn Ridge Wind Llc Bloomfield, NE	Wind	81 MW	Elkhorn Ridge Wind, Llc
26.3 mi	Crofton Bluffs Wind Llc Bloomfield, NE	Wind	40 MW	Crofton Bluffs Wind, Llc
26.5 mi	South 49th 013445 Scs Norfolk, Llc Norfolk, NE	Solar	11 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
30.3 mi	Haystack Wind Project, Llc Carroll, NE	Wind	298 MW	Haystack Wind Project, Llc
30.7 mi	Thunderhead Wind Energy Llc Boone, NE	Wind	300 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
31.3 mi	Prairie Breeze Elgin, NE	Wind	207 MW	Sunedison Llc
31.6 mi	Emerick Wind Emerick, NE	Wind	—	Emerick Wind, Llc
32.1 mi	Plum Creek Wind Project (Ne) Winside, NE	Wind	230 MW	Plum Creek Wind, Llc
33.2 mi	Prairie Breeze Ii Elgin, NE	Wind	73 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
33.2 mi	Prairie Breeze Iii Elgin, NE	Wind	36 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
34.6 mi	Laredo Ridge Wind Llc Petersburg, NE	Wind	80 MW	Laredo Ridge Wind Llc
34.6 mi	Tpw Petersburg Petersburg, NE	Wind	41 MW	Tpw Petersburg Llc
35.6 mi	Laurel Laurel, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Laurel - (Ne)
37.7 mi	Grande Prairie Wind Farm O'neill, NE	Wind	400 MW	Bhe Renewables, Llc
37.8 mi	Gavins Point Crofton, NE	Hydroelectric	132 MW	Usace-Omaha
38.5 mi	Madison Solar (Ne) Madison, NE	Solar	—	Mmps1, Llc
39.4 mi	Madison Utilities Madison, NE	Oil	6 MW	City Of Madison - (Ne)
39.7 mi	Wayne Ic Wayne, NE	Oil	22 MW	City Of Wayne
43.5 mi	Yankton Yankton, SD	Natural Gas	13 MW	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)
47.1 mi	Wakefield Wakefield, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wakefield - (Ne)
48.5 mi	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project Dixon, NE	Wind	318 MW	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project, Llc
49.5 mi	Prevailing Wind Park Lesterville, SD	Wind	220 MW	Aes Distributed Energy

Power generation near this area

There are 24 power plants within 50 miles of Plainview, Nebraska (ZIP 68769), with a combined 2,877 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 16 of the 24 nearby plants. The closest plant is Upstream Wind Energy Llc at 14.7 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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