Power Plants Near 68849 — Kearney, NE

25 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68849 (Kearney, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.8497, -99.0741 · County: Buffalo

Coal 44%Natural Gas 33%Wind 16%Hydroelectric 5%Solar 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
9.0 mi	Kearney Nppd Solar Project Kearney, NE	Solar	6 MW	Socore Energy Llc
10.2 mi	Kearney Kearney, NE	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
34.4 mi	Ansley Ansley, NE	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Ansley - (Ne)
34.5 mi	Canaday Lexington, NE	Natural Gas	109 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
35.1 mi	City Of Lexington Lexington, NE	Solar	4 MW	Madison Energy Holdings Llc
35.2 mi	Broken Bow Wind Ii, Llc Broken Bow, NE	Wind	73 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
36.6 mi	Airport 009239 Scs Lexington, Llc Lexington, NE	Solar	1 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
36.9 mi	Johnson 2 Lexington, NE	Hydroelectric	23 MW	Central Nebraska Pub P&i Dist
37.5 mi	Hastings Community Solar Farm Hastings, NE	Solar	2 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
37.5 mi	Sppw1, Llc Upland, NE	Wind	6 MW	Sppw1, Llc
37.9 mi	Platte Grand Island, NE	Coal	110 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
38.9 mi	Don Henry Hastings, NE	Natural Gas	22 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
39.4 mi	C W Burdick Grand Island, NE	Natural Gas	143 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
39.9 mi	North Denver Hastings, NE	Natural Gas	39 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
40.2 mi	Museum Drive East Solar Grand Island, NE	Solar	10 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
40.4 mi	Johnson 1 Elwood, NE	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Central Nebraska Pub P&i Dist
41.3 mi	St. Paul-Howard Greeley St. Paul, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
42.0 mi	Campbell Village Campbell, NE	Oil	1 MW	Village Of Campbell - (Ne)
43.3 mi	Ccc Hastings Wind Turbine Hastings, NE	Wind	2 MW	Ccc Hastings Renewable Energy, Llc
44.0 mi	Whelan Energy Center Hastings, NE	Coal	324 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
47.3 mi	Monroe 009452 Scs Cozad, Llc Cozad, NE	Solar	2 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
48.2 mi	Broken Bow Broken Bow, NE	Natural Gas	9 MW	City Of Broken Bow - (Ne)
48.7 mi	City Light & Water Blue Hill, NE	Oil	1 MW	City Of Blue Hill - (Ne)
49.1 mi	Broken Bow Wind Llc Broken Bow, NE	Wind	80 MW	Broken Bow Wind Llc
49.6 mi	Oxford (Ne) Oxford, NE	Natural Gas	3 MW	Village Of Oxford - (Ne)

Power generation near this area

There are 25 power plants within 50 miles of Kearney, Nebraska (ZIP 68849), with a combined 993 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 25 nearby plants. The closest plant is Kearney Nppd Solar Project at 9.0 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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