Power Plants Near 68770 — Ponca, NE

24 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68770 (Ponca, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.5693, -96.7128 · County: Dixon

Wind 45%Coal 43%Oil 6%Hydroelectric 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
14.7 mi	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project Dixon, NE	Wind	318 MW	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project, Llc
15.9 mi	South Sioux City Solar Dakota, NE	Solar	2 MW	Tesla Inc.
18.2 mi	South Sioux City Energy Storage South Sioux City, NE	Other Fossil	2 MW	Dg Nebraska Energy Storage, Llc
20.3 mi	Emerson Emerson, NE	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Emerson - (Ne)
21.5 mi	Laurel Laurel, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Laurel - (Ne)
22.1 mi	Wakefield Wakefield, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wakefield - (Ne)
23.9 mi	George Neal North Sergeant Bluff, IA	Coal	584 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
24.7 mi	Neal Energy Center Solar Salix, IA	Solar	4 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
25.8 mi	George Neal South Salix, IA	Coal	696 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
26.7 mi	Spirit Mound Vermillion, SD	Oil	135 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
28.3 mi	Wayne Ic Wayne, NE	Oil	22 MW	City Of Wayne
31.4 mi	Pender Pender, NE	Oil	5 MW	City Of Pender - (Ne)
32.5 mi	Haystack Wind Project, Llc Carroll, NE	Wind	298 MW	Haystack Wind Project, Llc
37.7 mi	Sholes Wind Energy Center Randolph, NE	Wind	160 MW	Sholes Wind Energy Center, Llc
37.7 mi	Plum Creek Wind Project (Ne) Winside, NE	Wind	230 MW	Plum Creek Wind, Llc
38.4 mi	Poet Biorefining - Hudson Hudson, SD	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Biorefining - Hudson
38.7 mi	Cuming County Renewables, Llc Wisner, NE	Wind	3 MW	Cuming County Renewables. Llc
39.5 mi	Yankton Yankton, SD	Natural Gas	13 MW	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)
41.5 mi	Wisner Wisner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wisner
43.5 mi	Plymouth Wind Remsen, IA	Wind	203 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.5 mi	Gavins Point Crofton, NE	Hydroelectric	132 MW	Usace-Omaha
45.0 mi	Crofton Bluffs Wind Llc Bloomfield, NE	Wind	40 MW	Crofton Bluffs Wind, Llc
45.4 mi	Lyons Lyons, NE	Oil	3 MW	City Of Lyons - (Ne)
46.9 mi	Elkhorn Ridge Wind Llc Bloomfield, NE	Wind	81 MW	Elkhorn Ridge Wind, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 24 power plants within 50 miles of Ponca, Nebraska (ZIP 68770), with a combined 2,947 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 24 nearby plants. The closest plant is Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project 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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