Power Plants Near 68860 — Oconto, NE

14 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68860 (Oconto, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.1411, -99.7632 · County: Custer

Wind 43%Natural Gas 34%Hydroelectric 19%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
19.2 mi	Broken Bow Broken Bow, NE	Natural Gas	9 MW	City Of Broken Bow - (Ne)
21.7 mi	Monroe 009452 Scs Cozad, Llc Cozad, NE	Solar	2 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
22.1 mi	Ansley Ansley, NE	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Ansley - (Ne)
23.9 mi	Broken Bow Wind Llc Broken Bow, NE	Wind	80 MW	Broken Bow Wind Llc
24.6 mi	Airport 009239 Scs Lexington, Llc Lexington, NE	Solar	1 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
26.1 mi	Broken Bow Wind Ii, Llc Broken Bow, NE	Wind	73 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
26.6 mi	City Of Lexington Lexington, NE	Solar	4 MW	Madison Energy Holdings Llc
31.0 mi	Canaday Lexington, NE	Natural Gas	109 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
31.1 mi	Johnson 1 Elwood, NE	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Central Nebraska Pub P&i Dist
31.6 mi	Johnson 2 Lexington, NE	Hydroelectric	23 MW	Central Nebraska Pub P&i Dist
35.4 mi	Jeffrey Brady, NE	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Central Nebraska Pub P&i Dist
40.1 mi	Sargent Sargent, NE	Oil	2 MW	City Of Sargent - (Ne)
45.9 mi	Kearney Kearney, NE	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
47.5 mi	Kearney Nppd Solar Project Kearney, NE	Solar	6 MW	Socore Energy Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 14 power plants within 50 miles of Oconto, Nebraska (ZIP 68860), with a combined 354 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 4 of the 14 nearby plants. The closest plant is Broken Bow at 19.2 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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