Power Plants Near 68787 — Wayne, NE

34 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68787 (Wayne, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.2304, -97.0186 · County: Wayne

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

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
0.2 mi	Wayne Ic Wayne, NE	Oil	22 MW	City Of Wayne
8.4 mi	Wakefield Wakefield, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wakefield - (Ne)
9.3 mi	Haystack Wind Project, Llc Carroll, NE	Wind	298 MW	Haystack Wind Project, Llc
10.6 mi	Plum Creek Wind Project (Ne) Winside, NE	Wind	230 MW	Plum Creek Wind, Llc
13.9 mi	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project Dixon, NE	Wind	318 MW	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project, Llc
14.3 mi	Laurel Laurel, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Laurel - (Ne)
15.1 mi	Emerson Emerson, NE	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Emerson - (Ne)
16.6 mi	Cuming County Renewables, Llc Wisner, NE	Wind	3 MW	Cuming County Renewables. Llc
17.6 mi	Wisner Wisner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wisner
17.9 mi	Pender Pender, NE	Oil	5 MW	City Of Pender - (Ne)
18.6 mi	Sholes Wind Energy Center Randolph, NE	Wind	160 MW	Sholes Wind Energy Center, Llc
27.5 mi	South 49th 013445 Scs Norfolk, Llc Norfolk, NE	Solar	11 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
30.9 mi	West Point Municipal West Point, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of West Point - (Ne)
33.3 mi	George Neal North Sergeant Bluff, IA	Coal	584 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
33.5 mi	South Sioux City Solar Dakota, NE	Solar	2 MW	Tesla Inc.
33.9 mi	George Neal South Salix, IA	Coal	696 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
34.2 mi	South Sioux City Energy Storage South Sioux City, NE	Other Fossil	2 MW	Dg Nebraska Energy Storage, Llc
34.3 mi	Madison Solar (Ne) Madison, NE	Solar	—	Mmps1, Llc
34.8 mi	Lyons Lyons, NE	Oil	3 MW	City Of Lyons - (Ne)
35.0 mi	Neal Energy Center Solar Salix, IA	Solar	4 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
35.6 mi	Madison Utilities Madison, NE	Oil	6 MW	City Of Madison - (Ne)
42.0 mi	Burt County Wind Oakland, NE	Wind	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
42.6 mi	Creston Ridge Wind Farm Creston, NE	Wind	7 MW	Creston Ridge, Llc
42.8 mi	Creston Ridge Ii, Llc Creston, NE	Wind	7 MW	Creston Ridge Ii, Llc
42.8 mi	Scribner Diesel Generation Facility Scribner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Scribner
42.8 mi	Emerick Wind Emerick, NE	Wind	—	Emerick Wind, Llc
43.2 mi	Crofton Bluffs Wind Llc Bloomfield, NE	Wind	40 MW	Crofton Bluffs Wind, Llc
44.5 mi	Elkhorn Ridge Wind Llc Bloomfield, NE	Wind	81 MW	Elkhorn Ridge Wind, Llc
44.9 mi	Dodge County Solar Hybrid Scribner, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc
46.1 mi	Spirit Mound Vermillion, SD	Oil	135 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
47.6 mi	Burt County Solar Hybrid Tekamah, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc
48.5 mi	Upstream Wind Energy Llc Neligh, NE	Wind	203 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
48.8 mi	Gavins Point Crofton, NE	Hydroelectric	132 MW	Usace-Omaha
48.9 mi	Yankton Yankton, SD	Natural Gas	13 MW	Northwestern Energy - (Sd)

Power generation near this area

There are 34 power plants within 50 miles of Wayne, Nebraska (ZIP 68787), with a combined 2,984 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 12 of the 34 nearby plants. The closest plant is Wayne Ic at 0.2 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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