Power Plants Near 68784 — Wakefield, NE

31 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68784 (Wakefield, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.2733, -96.8776 · County: Dixon

Coal 48%Wind 43%Oil 7%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
0.8 mi	Wakefield Wakefield, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wakefield - (Ne)
7.5 mi	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project Dixon, NE	Wind	318 MW	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project, Llc
7.6 mi	Emerson Emerson, NE	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Emerson - (Ne)
7.9 mi	Wayne Ic Wayne, NE	Oil	22 MW	City Of Wayne
14.1 mi	Pender Pender, NE	Oil	5 MW	City Of Pender - (Ne)
15.4 mi	Laurel Laurel, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Laurel - (Ne)
16.3 mi	Haystack Wind Project, Llc Carroll, NE	Wind	298 MW	Haystack Wind Project, Llc
17.5 mi	Cuming County Renewables, Llc Wisner, NE	Wind	3 MW	Cuming County Renewables. Llc
18.4 mi	Plum Creek Wind Project (Ne) Winside, NE	Wind	230 MW	Plum Creek Wind, Llc
19.8 mi	Wisner Wisner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wisner
25.0 mi	Sholes Wind Energy Center Randolph, NE	Wind	160 MW	Sholes Wind Energy Center, Llc
25.7 mi	George Neal North Sergeant Bluff, IA	Coal	584 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
25.8 mi	South Sioux City Solar Dakota, NE	Solar	2 MW	Tesla Inc.
26.4 mi	South Sioux City Energy Storage South Sioux City, NE	Other Fossil	2 MW	Dg Nebraska Energy Storage, Llc
26.4 mi	George Neal South Salix, IA	Coal	696 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
27.4 mi	Neal Energy Center Solar Salix, IA	Solar	4 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
30.8 mi	West Point Municipal West Point, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of West Point - (Ne)
31.3 mi	Lyons Lyons, NE	Oil	3 MW	City Of Lyons - (Ne)
35.2 mi	South 49th 013445 Scs Norfolk, Llc Norfolk, NE	Solar	11 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
38.2 mi	Burt County Wind Oakland, NE	Wind	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
41.4 mi	Madison Solar (Ne) Madison, NE	Solar	—	Mmps1, Llc
42.7 mi	Madison Utilities Madison, NE	Oil	6 MW	City Of Madison - (Ne)
43.1 mi	Scribner Diesel Generation Facility Scribner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Scribner
43.5 mi	Spirit Mound Vermillion, SD	Oil	135 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
43.5 mi	Burt County Solar Hybrid Tekamah, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc
46.1 mi	Dodge County Solar Hybrid Scribner, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc
46.3 mi	Crofton Bluffs Wind Llc Bloomfield, NE	Wind	40 MW	Crofton Bluffs Wind, Llc
47.8 mi	Elkhorn Ridge Wind Llc Bloomfield, NE	Wind	81 MW	Elkhorn Ridge Wind, Llc
48.7 mi	Creston Ridge Wind Farm Creston, NE	Wind	7 MW	Creston Ridge, Llc
48.9 mi	Creston Ridge Ii, Llc Creston, NE	Wind	7 MW	Creston Ridge Ii, Llc
49.2 mi	Yankton Yankton, SD	Natural Gas	13 MW	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)

Power generation near this area

There are 31 power plants within 50 miles of Wakefield, Nebraska (ZIP 68784), with a combined 2,649 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 31 nearby plants. The closest plant is Wakefield at 0.8 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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