Power Plants Near 68838 — Farwell, NE

17 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68838 (Farwell, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.2204, -98.6481 · County: Howard

Coal 58%Natural Gas 27%Wind 10%Oil 3%Solar 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.5 mi	St. Paul-Howard Greeley St. Paul, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
26.5 mi	C W Burdick Grand Island, NE	Natural Gas	143 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
26.9 mi	Museum Drive East Solar Grand Island, NE	Solar	10 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
29.7 mi	Platte Grand Island, NE	Coal	110 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
30.2 mi	Ord Ord, NE	Oil	12 MW	City Of Ord - (Ne)
35.0 mi	Spalding Spalding, NE	Oil	2 MW	Village Of Spalding - (Ne)
35.8 mi	Broken Bow Wind Ii, Llc Broken Bow, NE	Wind	73 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
38.6 mi	Ansley Ansley, NE	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Ansley - (Ne)
40.1 mi	Kearney Nppd Solar Project Kearney, NE	Solar	6 MW	Socore Energy Llc
42.8 mi	Kearney Kearney, NE	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
44.1 mi	Hastings Community Solar Farm Hastings, NE	Solar	2 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
45.0 mi	North Denver Hastings, NE	Natural Gas	39 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
45.6 mi	Don Henry Hastings, NE	Natural Gas	22 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
46.2 mi	Burwell Burwell, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Burwell - (Ne)
47.4 mi	Sargent Sargent, NE	Oil	2 MW	City Of Sargent - (Ne)
47.5 mi	Whelan Energy Center Hastings, NE	Coal	324 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
47.8 mi	Ccc Hastings Wind Turbine Hastings, NE	Wind	2 MW	Ccc Hastings Renewable Energy, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 17 power plants within 50 miles of Farwell, Nebraska (ZIP 68838), with a combined 754 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 4 of the 17 nearby plants. The closest plant is St. Paul-Howard Greeley at 10.5 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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