Power Plants Near 68790 — Winside, NE

35 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68790 (Winside, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.1678, -97.1825 · County: Wayne

Wind 52%Coal 40%Hydroelectric 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.2 mi	Plum Creek Wind Project (Ne) Winside, NE	Wind	230 MW	Plum Creek Wind, Llc
6.6 mi	Haystack Wind Project, Llc Carroll, NE	Wind	298 MW	Haystack Wind Project, Llc
9.4 mi	Wayne Ic Wayne, NE	Oil	22 MW	City Of Wayne
13.6 mi	Sholes Wind Energy Center Randolph, NE	Wind	160 MW	Sholes Wind Energy Center, Llc
17.8 mi	Wakefield Wakefield, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wakefield - (Ne)
18.1 mi	South 49th 013445 Scs Norfolk, Llc Norfolk, NE	Solar	11 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
18.5 mi	Wisner Wisner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Wisner
18.7 mi	Laurel Laurel, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Laurel - (Ne)
19.4 mi	Cuming County Renewables, Llc Wisner, NE	Wind	3 MW	Cuming County Renewables. Llc
23.1 mi	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project Dixon, NE	Wind	318 MW	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project, Llc
24.4 mi	Emerson Emerson, NE	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Emerson - (Ne)
24.7 mi	Pender Pender, NE	Oil	5 MW	City Of Pender - (Ne)
25.9 mi	Madison Solar (Ne) Madison, NE	Solar	—	Mmps1, Llc
27.3 mi	Madison Utilities Madison, NE	Oil	6 MW	City Of Madison - (Ne)
32.8 mi	West Point Municipal West Point, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of West Point - (Ne)
33.5 mi	Emerick Wind Emerick, NE	Wind	—	Emerick Wind, Llc
35.4 mi	Creston Ridge Wind Farm Creston, NE	Wind	7 MW	Creston Ridge, Llc
35.6 mi	Creston Ridge Ii, Llc Creston, NE	Wind	7 MW	Creston Ridge Ii, Llc
40.0 mi	Lyons Lyons, NE	Oil	3 MW	City Of Lyons - (Ne)
40.1 mi	Upstream Wind Energy Llc Neligh, NE	Wind	203 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
41.9 mi	Crofton Bluffs Wind Llc Bloomfield, NE	Wind	40 MW	Crofton Bluffs Wind, Llc
42.5 mi	George Neal North Sergeant Bluff, IA	Coal	584 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
42.9 mi	Elkhorn Ridge Wind Llc Bloomfield, NE	Wind	81 MW	Elkhorn Ridge Wind, Llc
42.9 mi	South Sioux City Solar Dakota, NE	Solar	2 MW	Tesla Inc.
43.0 mi	George Neal South Salix, IA	Coal	696 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
43.4 mi	Scribner Diesel Generation Facility Scribner, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Scribner
43.7 mi	South Sioux City Energy Storage South Sioux City, NE	Other Fossil	2 MW	Dg Nebraska Energy Storage, Llc
44.2 mi	Neal Energy Center Solar Salix, IA	Solar	4 MW	Midamerican Energy Co
44.3 mi	Dodge County Solar Hybrid Scribner, NE	Solar	1 MW	Bcsb, Llc
45.1 mi	Tpw Petersburg Petersburg, NE	Wind	41 MW	Tpw Petersburg Llc
47.2 mi	Burt County Wind Oakland, NE	Wind	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
47.5 mi	Laredo Ridge Wind Llc Petersburg, NE	Wind	80 MW	Laredo Ridge Wind Llc
48.2 mi	Prairie Breeze Elgin, NE	Wind	207 MW	Sunedison Llc
49.2 mi	Columbus Columbus, NE	Hydroelectric	46 MW	Loup River Public Power Dist
49.5 mi	Gavins Point Crofton, NE	Hydroelectric	132 MW	Usace-Omaha

Power generation near this area

There are 35 power plants within 50 miles of Winside, Nebraska (ZIP 68790), with a combined 3,207 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 15 of the 35 nearby plants. The closest plant is Plum Creek Wind Project (Ne) at 1.2 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.

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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