Power Plants Near 68786 — Wausa, NE

28 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68786 (Wausa, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.4973, -97.5576 · County: Knox

Wind 89%Oil 6%Hydroelectric 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
13.9 mi	Crofton Bluffs Wind Llc Bloomfield, NE	Wind	40 MW	Crofton Bluffs Wind, Llc
14.2 mi	Elkhorn Ridge Wind Llc Bloomfield, NE	Wind	81 MW	Elkhorn Ridge Wind, Llc
16.2 mi	Sholes Wind Energy Center Randolph, NE	Wind	160 MW	Sholes Wind Energy Center, Llc
24.2 mi	Laurel Laurel, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Laurel - (Ne)
24.6 mi	Haystack Wind Project, Llc Carroll, NE	Wind	298 MW	Haystack Wind Project, Llc
24.6 mi	Gavins Point Crofton, NE	Hydroelectric	132 MW	Usace-Omaha
29.3 mi	Yankton Yankton, SD	Natural Gas	13 MW	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)
29.4 mi	Plum Creek Wind Project (Ne) Winside, NE	Wind	230 MW	Plum Creek Wind, Llc
30.0 mi	Upstream Wind Energy Llc Neligh, NE	Wind	203 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
32.4 mi	South 49th 013445 Scs Norfolk, Llc Norfolk, NE	Solar	11 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
33.2 mi	Wayne Ic Wayne, NE	Oil	22 MW	City Of Wayne
37.5 mi	Prevailing Wind Park Lesterville, SD	Wind	220 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
38.1 mi	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project Dixon, NE	Wind	318 MW	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project, Llc
38.8 mi	Wakefield Wakefield, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wakefield - (Ne)
39.9 mi	Spirit Mound Vermillion, SD	Oil	135 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
42.7 mi	Emerick Wind Emerick, NE	Wind	—	Emerick Wind, Llc
45.0 mi	Emerson Emerson, NE	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Emerson - (Ne)
45.0 mi	Grande Prairie Wind Farm O'neill, NE	Wind	400 MW	Bhe Renewables, Llc
45.2 mi	Madison Solar (Ne) Madison, NE	Solar	—	Mmps1, Llc
46.0 mi	Thunderhead Wind Energy Llc Boone, NE	Wind	300 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
46.1 mi	Prairie Breeze Elgin, NE	Wind	207 MW	Sunedison Llc
46.4 mi	Madison Utilities Madison, NE	Oil	6 MW	City Of Madison - (Ne)
48.1 mi	Wisner Wisner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wisner
48.4 mi	Tpw Petersburg Petersburg, NE	Wind	41 MW	Tpw Petersburg Llc
48.5 mi	Cuming County Renewables, Llc Wisner, NE	Wind	3 MW	Cuming County Renewables. Llc
48.5 mi	Prairie Breeze Ii Elgin, NE	Wind	73 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
48.5 mi	Prairie Breeze Iii Elgin, NE	Wind	36 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
48.9 mi	Laredo Ridge Wind Llc Petersburg, NE	Wind	80 MW	Laredo Ridge Wind Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 28 power plants within 50 miles of Wausa, Nebraska (ZIP 68786), with a combined 3,020 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 17 of the 28 nearby plants. The closest plant is Crofton Bluffs Wind Llc at 13.9 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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