Power Plants Near 68818 — Aurora, NE

21 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68818 (Aurora, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.8528, -98.0201 · County: Hamilton

Wind 50%Coal 33%Natural Gas 15%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
16.0 mi	Museum Drive East Solar Grand Island, NE	Solar	10 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
16.7 mi	C W Burdick Grand Island, NE	Natural Gas	143 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
17.1 mi	Platte Grand Island, NE	Coal	110 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
22.0 mi	Mobile York, NE	Oil	3 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
24.2 mi	Whelan Energy Center Hastings, NE	Coal	324 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
25.0 mi	Perennial Windfarm Fairmont, NE	Wind	7 MW	Perennial Wind, Llc
25.5 mi	Ccc Hastings Wind Turbine Hastings, NE	Wind	2 MW	Ccc Hastings Renewable Energy, Llc
26.1 mi	North Denver Hastings, NE	Natural Gas	39 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
27.9 mi	Hastings Community Solar Farm Hastings, NE	Solar	2 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
28.0 mi	Don Henry Hastings, NE	Natural Gas	22 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
29.7 mi	Stromsburg-Polk County Stromsburg, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
31.9 mi	Polk County Renewables, Llc Osceola, NE	Wind	3 MW	Polk County Renewables, Llc
33.4 mi	St. Paul-Howard Greeley St. Paul, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
42.7 mi	City Light & Water Blue Hill, NE	Oil	1 MW	City Of Blue Hill - (Ne)
43.2 mi	Seward Wind Farm Seward, NE	Wind	2 MW	Seward Wind Llc
44.2 mi	Little Blue Wind Project, Llc Blue Hill, NE	Wind	251 MW	Little Blue Wind Project, Llc
46.4 mi	Swan Creek Wind Friend, NE	Wind	—	Swan Creek Wind Llc
46.9 mi	Cottonwood Wind Energy Center Blue Hill, NE	Wind	90 MW	Cottonwood Wind Project
48.8 mi	Monroe (Ne) Monroe, NE	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Loup River Public Power Dist
49.2 mi	Milligan 1 Wind Farm Western, NE	Wind	300 MW	Milligan 1 Wind, Llc
49.3 mi	Ruby-Norris Milford, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.

Power generation near this area

There are 21 power plants within 50 miles of Aurora, Nebraska (ZIP 68818), with a combined 1,318 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 21 nearby plants. The closest plant is Museum Drive East Solar at 16.0 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.

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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