Power Plants Near 68824 — Cairo, NE

17 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68824 (Cairo, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.0002, -98.6165 · County: Hall

Coal 58%Natural Gas 27%Wind 10%Solar 2%Oil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
16.0 mi	C W Burdick Grand Island, NE	Natural Gas	143 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
16.8 mi	Museum Drive East Solar Grand Island, NE	Solar	10 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
17.2 mi	St. Paul-Howard Greeley St. Paul, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
17.2 mi	Platte Grand Island, NE	Coal	110 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
29.1 mi	Hastings Community Solar Farm Hastings, NE	Solar	2 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
29.4 mi	Kearney Nppd Solar Project Kearney, NE	Solar	6 MW	Socore Energy Llc
30.2 mi	North Denver Hastings, NE	Natural Gas	39 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
30.6 mi	Don Henry Hastings, NE	Natural Gas	22 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
32.6 mi	Kearney Kearney, NE	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
33.1 mi	Whelan Energy Center Hastings, NE	Coal	324 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
33.2 mi	Ccc Hastings Wind Turbine Hastings, NE	Wind	2 MW	Ccc Hastings Renewable Energy, Llc
43.0 mi	Broken Bow Wind Ii, Llc Broken Bow, NE	Wind	73 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
44.7 mi	Ord Ord, NE	Oil	12 MW	City Of Ord - (Ne)
44.8 mi	Ansley Ansley, NE	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Ansley - (Ne)
47.3 mi	City Light & Water Blue Hill, NE	Oil	1 MW	City Of Blue Hill - (Ne)
48.8 mi	Spalding Spalding, NE	Oil	2 MW	Village Of Spalding - (Ne)
48.8 mi	Campbell Village Campbell, NE	Oil	1 MW	Village Of Campbell - (Ne)

Power generation near this area

There are 17 power plants within 50 miles of Cairo, Nebraska (ZIP 68824), with a combined 750 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 4 of the 17 nearby plants. The closest plant is C W Burdick 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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