Power Plants Near 68856 — Merna, NE

11 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68856 (Merna, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.4435, -99.8036 · County: Custer

Wind 73%Hydroelectric 10%Oil 9%Natural Gas 5%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
9.0 mi	Broken Bow Broken Bow, NE	Natural Gas	9 MW	City Of Broken Bow - (Ne)
12.2 mi	Broken Bow Wind Llc Broken Bow, NE	Wind	80 MW	Broken Bow Wind Llc
24.1 mi	Ansley Ansley, NE	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Ansley - (Ne)
26.2 mi	Broken Bow Wind Ii, Llc Broken Bow, NE	Wind	73 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
26.3 mi	Sargent Sargent, NE	Oil	2 MW	City Of Sargent - (Ne)
40.5 mi	Monroe 009452 Scs Cozad, Llc Cozad, NE	Solar	2 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
41.6 mi	Burwell Burwell, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Burwell - (Ne)
45.5 mi	Airport 009239 Scs Lexington, Llc Lexington, NE	Solar	1 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
45.5 mi	Jeffrey Brady, NE	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Central Nebraska Pub P&i Dist
46.7 mi	Ord Ord, NE	Oil	12 MW	City Of Ord - (Ne)
47.6 mi	City Of Lexington Lexington, NE	Solar	4 MW	Madison Energy Holdings Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 11 power plants within 50 miles of Merna, Nebraska (ZIP 68856), with a combined 210 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 3 of the 11 nearby plants. The closest plant is Broken Bow 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.

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