Power Plants Near 68771 — Randolph, NE

31 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68771 (Randolph, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.3798, -97.3464 · County: Cedar

Wind 67%Coal 21%Oil 6%Hydroelectric 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.8 mi	Sholes Wind Energy Center Randolph, NE	Wind	160 MW	Sholes Wind Energy Center, Llc
11.2 mi	Haystack Wind Project, Llc Carroll, NE	Wind	298 MW	Haystack Wind Project, Llc
13.5 mi	Laurel Laurel, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Laurel - (Ne)
16.7 mi	Plum Creek Wind Project (Ne) Winside, NE	Wind	230 MW	Plum Creek Wind, Llc
19.8 mi	Wayne Ic Wayne, NE	Oil	22 MW	City Of Wayne
25.0 mi	Crofton Bluffs Wind Llc Bloomfield, NE	Wind	40 MW	Crofton Bluffs Wind, Llc
25.1 mi	South 49th 013445 Scs Norfolk, Llc Norfolk, NE	Solar	11 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
25.9 mi	Wakefield Wakefield, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wakefield - (Ne)
26.0 mi	Elkhorn Ridge Wind Llc Bloomfield, NE	Wind	81 MW	Elkhorn Ridge Wind, Llc
26.4 mi	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project Dixon, NE	Wind	318 MW	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project, Llc
32.3 mi	Emerson Emerson, NE	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Emerson - (Ne)
33.1 mi	Gavins Point Crofton, NE	Hydroelectric	132 MW	Usace-Omaha
34.4 mi	Upstream Wind Energy Llc Neligh, NE	Wind	203 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
34.9 mi	Wisner Wisner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wisner
35.1 mi	Cuming County Renewables, Llc Wisner, NE	Wind	3 MW	Cuming County Renewables. Llc
35.5 mi	Yankton Yankton, SD	Natural Gas	13 MW	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)
37.1 mi	Madison Solar (Ne) Madison, NE	Solar	—	Mmps1, Llc
37.6 mi	Pender Pender, NE	Oil	5 MW	City Of Pender - (Ne)
38.4 mi	Madison Utilities Madison, NE	Oil	6 MW	City Of Madison - (Ne)
38.8 mi	Emerick Wind Emerick, NE	Wind	—	Emerick Wind, Llc
40.1 mi	Spirit Mound Vermillion, SD	Oil	135 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
46.5 mi	Prevailing Wind Park Lesterville, SD	Wind	220 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
46.6 mi	South Sioux City Solar Dakota, NE	Solar	2 MW	Tesla Inc.
47.5 mi	Tpw Petersburg Petersburg, NE	Wind	41 MW	Tpw Petersburg Llc
47.7 mi	Prairie Breeze Elgin, NE	Wind	207 MW	Sunedison Llc
48.1 mi	South Sioux City Energy Storage South Sioux City, NE	Other Fossil	2 MW	Dg Nebraska Energy Storage, Llc
48.5 mi	Creston Ridge Wind Farm Creston, NE	Wind	7 MW	Creston Ridge, Llc
48.6 mi	Creston Ridge Ii, Llc Creston, NE	Wind	7 MW	Creston Ridge Ii, Llc
49.0 mi	Laredo Ridge Wind Llc Petersburg, NE	Wind	80 MW	Laredo Ridge Wind Llc
49.2 mi	West Point Municipal West Point, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of West Point - (Ne)
49.5 mi	George Neal North Sergeant Bluff, IA	Coal	584 MW	Midamerican Energy Co

Power generation near this area

There are 31 power plants within 50 miles of Randolph, Nebraska (ZIP 68771), with a combined 2,822 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 15 of the 31 nearby plants. The closest plant is Sholes Wind Energy Center at 4.8 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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