Power Plants Near 68847 — Kearney, NE

26 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68847 (Kearney, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.7136, -99.0779 · County: Buffalo

Coal 35%Wind 34%Natural Gas 26%Hydroelectric 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.4 mi	Kearney Kearney, NE	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
2.0 mi	Kearney Nppd Solar Project Kearney, NE	Solar	6 MW	Socore Energy Llc
28.3 mi	Sppw1, Llc Upland, NE	Wind	6 MW	Sppw1, Llc
32.7 mi	Canaday Lexington, NE	Natural Gas	109 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
33.9 mi	Campbell Village Campbell, NE	Oil	1 MW	Village Of Campbell - (Ne)
34.5 mi	Hastings Community Solar Farm Hastings, NE	Solar	2 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
34.5 mi	City Of Lexington Lexington, NE	Solar	4 MW	Madison Energy Holdings Llc
35.0 mi	Johnson 2 Lexington, NE	Hydroelectric	23 MW	Central Nebraska Pub P&i Dist
35.6 mi	Don Henry Hastings, NE	Natural Gas	22 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
36.5 mi	Airport 009239 Scs Lexington, Llc Lexington, NE	Solar	1 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
37.0 mi	North Denver Hastings, NE	Natural Gas	39 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
38.8 mi	Johnson 1 Elwood, NE	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Central Nebraska Pub P&i Dist
39.4 mi	Platte Grand Island, NE	Coal	110 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
40.2 mi	Ccc Hastings Wind Turbine Hastings, NE	Wind	2 MW	Ccc Hastings Renewable Energy, Llc
41.2 mi	Whelan Energy Center Hastings, NE	Coal	324 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
41.8 mi	C W Burdick Grand Island, NE	Natural Gas	143 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
42.1 mi	Oxford (Ne) Oxford, NE	Natural Gas	3 MW	Village Of Oxford - (Ne)
42.4 mi	City Light & Water Blue Hill, NE	Oil	1 MW	City Of Blue Hill - (Ne)
42.7 mi	Museum Drive East Solar Grand Island, NE	Solar	10 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
42.9 mi	Ansley Ansley, NE	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Ansley - (Ne)
43.7 mi	Franklin (Ne) Franklin, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Franklin - (Ne)
44.1 mi	Broken Bow Wind Ii, Llc Broken Bow, NE	Wind	73 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
46.0 mi	Little Blue Wind Project, Llc Blue Hill, NE	Wind	251 MW	Little Blue Wind Project, Llc
47.8 mi	St. Paul-Howard Greeley St. Paul, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
48.1 mi	Cottonwood Wind Energy Center Blue Hill, NE	Wind	90 MW	Cottonwood Wind Project
48.4 mi	Monroe 009452 Scs Cozad, Llc Cozad, NE	Solar	2 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.

Power generation near this area

There are 26 power plants within 50 miles of Kearney, Nebraska (ZIP 68847), with a combined 1,249 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 26 nearby plants. The closest plant is Kearney at 1.4 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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