Power Plants Near 68785 — Waterbury, NE

28 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68785 (Waterbury, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.4604, -96.7448 · County: Dixon

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

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.3 mi	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project Dixon, NE	Wind	318 MW	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project, Llc
12.8 mi	Emerson Emerson, NE	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Emerson - (Ne)
14.5 mi	Wakefield Wakefield, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wakefield - (Ne)
15.6 mi	South Sioux City Solar Dakota, NE	Solar	2 MW	Tesla Inc.
17.3 mi	South Sioux City Energy Storage South Sioux City, NE	Other Fossil	2 MW	Dg Nebraska Energy Storage, Llc
17.8 mi	Laurel Laurel, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Laurel - (Ne)
20.8 mi	George Neal North Sergeant Bluff, IA	Coal	584 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
21.3 mi	Wayne Ic Wayne, NE	Oil	22 MW	City Of Wayne
22.1 mi	Neal Energy Center Solar Salix, IA	Solar	4 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
22.5 mi	George Neal South Salix, IA	Coal	696 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
24.0 mi	Pender Pender, NE	Oil	5 MW	City Of Pender - (Ne)
26.8 mi	Haystack Wind Project, Llc Carroll, NE	Wind	298 MW	Haystack Wind Project, Llc
31.0 mi	Cuming County Renewables, Llc Wisner, NE	Wind	3 MW	Cuming County Renewables. Llc
31.2 mi	Plum Creek Wind Project (Ne) Winside, NE	Wind	230 MW	Plum Creek Wind, Llc
32.7 mi	Spirit Mound Vermillion, SD	Oil	135 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
33.3 mi	Sholes Wind Energy Center Randolph, NE	Wind	160 MW	Sholes Wind Energy Center, Llc
33.8 mi	Wisner Wisner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wisner
38.8 mi	Lyons Lyons, NE	Oil	3 MW	City Of Lyons - (Ne)
42.6 mi	West Point Municipal West Point, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of West Point - (Ne)
43.0 mi	Yankton Yankton, SD	Natural Gas	13 MW	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)
44.7 mi	Burt County Wind Oakland, NE	Wind	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
45.6 mi	Crofton Bluffs Wind Llc Bloomfield, NE	Wind	40 MW	Crofton Bluffs Wind, Llc
46.0 mi	Poet Biorefining - Hudson Hudson, SD	Natural Gas	4 MW	Poet Biorefining - Hudson
46.1 mi	Gavins Point Crofton, NE	Hydroelectric	132 MW	Usace-Omaha
47.4 mi	Elkhorn Ridge Wind Llc Bloomfield, NE	Wind	81 MW	Elkhorn Ridge Wind, Llc
48.0 mi	South 49th 013445 Scs Norfolk, Llc Norfolk, NE	Solar	11 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
48.6 mi	Plymouth Wind Remsen, IA	Wind	203 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
48.9 mi	Burt County Solar Hybrid Tekamah, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 28 power plants within 50 miles of Waterbury, Nebraska (ZIP 68785), with a combined 2,963 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 9 of the 28 nearby plants. The closest plant is Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project at 7.3 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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