Power Plants Near 68779 — Stanton, NE

30 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68779 (Stanton, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.9076, -97.2140 · County: Stanton

Wind 88%Coal 4%Oil 3%Hydroelectric 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
12.6 mi	Madison Solar (Ne) Madison, NE	Solar	—	Mmps1, Llc
13.6 mi	Madison Utilities Madison, NE	Oil	6 MW	City Of Madison - (Ne)
16.2 mi	South 49th 013445 Scs Norfolk, Llc Norfolk, NE	Solar	11 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
16.3 mi	Wisner Wisner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wisner
17.6 mi	Plum Creek Wind Project (Ne) Winside, NE	Wind	230 MW	Plum Creek Wind, Llc
18.2 mi	Creston Ridge Wind Farm Creston, NE	Wind	7 MW	Creston Ridge, Llc
18.4 mi	Creston Ridge Ii, Llc Creston, NE	Wind	7 MW	Creston Ridge Ii, Llc
19.7 mi	Cuming County Renewables, Llc Wisner, NE	Wind	3 MW	Cuming County Renewables. Llc
24.3 mi	Wayne Ic Wayne, NE	Oil	22 MW	City Of Wayne
24.6 mi	Haystack Wind Project, Llc Carroll, NE	Wind	298 MW	Haystack Wind Project, Llc
25.9 mi	Emerick Wind Emerick, NE	Wind	—	Emerick Wind, Llc
26.1 mi	West Point Municipal West Point, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of West Point - (Ne)
29.0 mi	Sholes Wind Energy Center Randolph, NE	Wind	160 MW	Sholes Wind Energy Center, Llc
29.8 mi	Pender Pender, NE	Oil	5 MW	City Of Pender - (Ne)
30.8 mi	Wakefield Wakefield, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wakefield - (Ne)
31.2 mi	Columbus Columbus, NE	Hydroelectric	46 MW	Loup River Public Power Dist
31.4 mi	Dodge County Solar Hybrid Scribner, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc
32.6 mi	Scribner Diesel Generation Facility Scribner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Scribner
34.1 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Columbus Columbus, NE	Coal	71 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
35.4 mi	Monroe (Ne) Monroe, NE	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Loup River Public Power Dist
35.6 mi	Emerson Emerson, NE	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Emerson - (Ne)
36.7 mi	Laurel Laurel, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Laurel - (Ne)
37.8 mi	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project Dixon, NE	Wind	318 MW	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project, Llc
38.5 mi	Lyons Lyons, NE	Oil	3 MW	City Of Lyons - (Ne)
38.5 mi	Tpw Petersburg Petersburg, NE	Wind	41 MW	Tpw Petersburg Llc
41.7 mi	Laredo Ridge Wind Llc Petersburg, NE	Wind	80 MW	Laredo Ridge Wind Llc
43.0 mi	Upstream Wind Energy Llc Neligh, NE	Wind	203 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
44.4 mi	Prairie Breeze Elgin, NE	Wind	207 MW	Sunedison Llc
44.7 mi	Burt County Wind Oakland, NE	Wind	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
45.4 mi	David City David City, NE	Oil	11 MW	City Of David City

Power generation near this area

There are 30 power plants within 50 miles of Stanton, Nebraska (ZIP 68779), with a combined 1,756 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 13 of the 30 nearby plants. The closest plant is Madison Solar (Ne) at 12.6 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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