Power Plants Near 68840 — Gibbon, NE

24 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68840 (Gibbon, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.7444, -98.8543 · County: Buffalo

Coal 35%Wind 34%Natural Gas 26%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
9.9 mi	Kearney Nppd Solar Project Kearney, NE	Solar	6 MW	Socore Energy Llc
13.2 mi	Kearney Kearney, NE	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
24.0 mi	Hastings Community Solar Farm Hastings, NE	Solar	2 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
25.3 mi	Don Henry Hastings, NE	Natural Gas	22 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
26.4 mi	North Denver Hastings, NE	Natural Gas	39 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
27.5 mi	Platte Grand Island, NE	Coal	110 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
29.8 mi	Ccc Hastings Wind Turbine Hastings, NE	Wind	2 MW	Ccc Hastings Renewable Energy, Llc
30.2 mi	C W Burdick Grand Island, NE	Natural Gas	143 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
30.3 mi	Sppw1, Llc Upland, NE	Wind	6 MW	Sppw1, Llc
30.6 mi	Whelan Energy Center Hastings, NE	Coal	324 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
31.0 mi	Museum Drive East Solar Grand Island, NE	Solar	10 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
31.4 mi	Campbell Village Campbell, NE	Oil	1 MW	Village Of Campbell - (Ne)
35.8 mi	City Light & Water Blue Hill, NE	Oil	1 MW	City Of Blue Hill - (Ne)
38.8 mi	St. Paul-Howard Greeley St. Paul, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
39.5 mi	Little Blue Wind Project, Llc Blue Hill, NE	Wind	251 MW	Little Blue Wind Project, Llc
42.1 mi	Cottonwood Wind Energy Center Blue Hill, NE	Wind	90 MW	Cottonwood Wind Project
44.5 mi	Canaday Lexington, NE	Natural Gas	109 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
45.6 mi	Franklin (Ne) Franklin, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Franklin - (Ne)
46.1 mi	City Of Lexington Lexington, NE	Solar	4 MW	Madison Energy Holdings Llc
46.8 mi	Ansley Ansley, NE	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Ansley - (Ne)
46.8 mi	Johnson 2 Lexington, NE	Hydroelectric	23 MW	Central Nebraska Pub P&i Dist
46.9 mi	Broken Bow Wind Ii, Llc Broken Bow, NE	Wind	73 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
47.9 mi	Airport 009239 Scs Lexington, Llc Lexington, NE	Solar	1 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
48.0 mi	Red Cloud Red Cloud, NE	Oil	6 MW	City Of Red Cloud - (Ne)

Power generation near this area

There are 24 power plants within 50 miles of Gibbon, Nebraska (ZIP 68840), with a combined 1,228 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 24 nearby plants. The closest plant is Kearney Nppd Solar Project at 9.9 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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