Power Plants Near 68826 — Central City, NE

21 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68826 (Central City, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.1213, -98.0017 · County: Merrick

Coal 62%Natural Gas 25%Hydroelectric 7%Wind 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
21.1 mi	Museum Drive East Solar Grand Island, NE	Solar	10 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
21.8 mi	C W Burdick Grand Island, NE	Natural Gas	143 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
22.0 mi	Stromsburg-Polk County Stromsburg, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
22.7 mi	Polk County Renewables, Llc Osceola, NE	Wind	3 MW	Polk County Renewables, Llc
24.0 mi	St. Paul-Howard Greeley St. Paul, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
25.8 mi	Platte Grand Island, NE	Coal	110 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
26.6 mi	Mobile York, NE	Oil	3 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
32.5 mi	Monroe (Ne) Monroe, NE	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Loup River Public Power Dist
38.7 mi	Perennial Windfarm Fairmont, NE	Wind	7 MW	Perennial Wind, Llc
40.7 mi	Whelan Energy Center Hastings, NE	Coal	324 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
41.4 mi	North Denver Hastings, NE	Natural Gas	39 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
41.9 mi	Ccc Hastings Wind Turbine Hastings, NE	Wind	2 MW	Ccc Hastings Renewable Energy, Llc
42.2 mi	Columbus Columbus, NE	Hydroelectric	46 MW	Loup River Public Power Dist
42.4 mi	Archer Daniels Midland Columbus Columbus, NE	Coal	71 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
42.5 mi	Hastings Community Solar Farm Hastings, NE	Solar	2 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
43.1 mi	Spalding Spalding, NE	Oil	2 MW	Village Of Spalding - (Ne)
43.1 mi	Don Henry Hastings, NE	Natural Gas	22 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
44.9 mi	Seward Wind Farm Seward, NE	Wind	2 MW	Seward Wind Llc
46.8 mi	David City David City, NE	Oil	11 MW	City Of David City
49.8 mi	Creston Ridge Ii, Llc Creston, NE	Wind	7 MW	Creston Ridge Ii, Llc
50.0 mi	Creston Ridge Wind Farm Creston, NE	Wind	7 MW	Creston Ridge, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 21 power plants within 50 miles of Central City, Nebraska (ZIP 68826), with a combined 819 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 21 nearby plants. The closest plant is Museum Drive East Solar at 21.1 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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