Power Plants Near 68783 — Verdigre, NE

15 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68783 (Verdigre, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.6101, -98.0793 · County: Knox

Wind 79%Hydroelectric 20%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
17.7 mi	Grande Prairie Wind Farm O'neill, NE	Wind	400 MW	Bhe Renewables, Llc
24.2 mi	Elkhorn Ridge Wind Llc Bloomfield, NE	Wind	81 MW	Elkhorn Ridge Wind, Llc
26.1 mi	Crofton Bluffs Wind Llc Bloomfield, NE	Wind	40 MW	Crofton Bluffs Wind, Llc
30.0 mi	Upstream Wind Energy Llc Neligh, NE	Wind	203 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
32.4 mi	Spencer Hydro Spencer, NE	Hydroelectric	—	Nebraska Public Power District
34.5 mi	Gavins Point Crofton, NE	Hydroelectric	132 MW	Usace-Omaha
38.0 mi	Beethoven Wind Tripp, SD	Wind	80 MW	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)
38.7 mi	Thunderhead Wind Energy Llc Boone, NE	Wind	300 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
39.6 mi	Fort Randall Pickstown, SD	Hydroelectric	320 MW	Usace-Omaha
40.8 mi	Prevailing Wind Park Lesterville, SD	Wind	220 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
41.7 mi	Yankton Yankton, SD	Natural Gas	13 MW	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)
41.8 mi	Sholes Wind Energy Center Randolph, NE	Wind	160 MW	Sholes Wind Energy Center, Llc
43.5 mi	Prairie Breeze Ii Elgin, NE	Wind	73 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
43.5 mi	Prairie Breeze Iii Elgin, NE	Wind	36 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
45.5 mi	Prairie Breeze Elgin, NE	Wind	207 MW	Sunedison Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 15 power plants within 50 miles of Verdigre, Nebraska (ZIP 68783), with a combined 2,265 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 11 of the 15 nearby plants. The closest plant is Grande Prairie Wind Farm at 17.7 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.

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