Power Plants Near 68817 — Ashton, NE

15 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68817 (Ashton, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.2672, -98.8034 · County: Sherman

Wind 34%Natural Gas 34%Coal 24%Oil 4%Solar 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
19.0 mi	St. Paul-Howard Greeley St. Paul, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
24.1 mi	Ord Ord, NE	Oil	12 MW	City Of Ord - (Ne)
27.3 mi	Broken Bow Wind Ii, Llc Broken Bow, NE	Wind	73 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
30.3 mi	Ansley Ansley, NE	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Ansley - (Ne)
34.4 mi	C W Burdick Grand Island, NE	Natural Gas	143 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
34.9 mi	Museum Drive East Solar Grand Island, NE	Solar	10 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
36.4 mi	Spalding Spalding, NE	Oil	2 MW	Village Of Spalding - (Ne)
37.1 mi	Platte Grand Island, NE	Coal	110 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
39.1 mi	Sargent Sargent, NE	Oil	2 MW	City Of Sargent - (Ne)
39.4 mi	Burwell Burwell, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Burwell - (Ne)
39.7 mi	Kearney Nppd Solar Project Kearney, NE	Solar	6 MW	Socore Energy Llc
41.7 mi	Broken Bow Wind Llc Broken Bow, NE	Wind	80 MW	Broken Bow Wind Llc
41.9 mi	Kearney Kearney, NE	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
44.4 mi	Broken Bow Broken Bow, NE	Natural Gas	9 MW	City Of Broken Bow - (Ne)
49.8 mi	Hastings Community Solar Farm Hastings, NE	Solar	2 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)

Power generation near this area

There are 15 power plants within 50 miles of Ashton, Nebraska (ZIP 68817), with a combined 456 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 4 of the 15 nearby plants. The closest plant is St. Paul-Howard Greeley at 19.0 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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