Power Plants Near 68862 — Ord, NE

12 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68862 (Ord, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.5962, -98.9418 · County: Valley

Wind 95%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.0 mi	Ord Ord, NE	Oil	12 MW	City Of Ord - (Ne)
16.2 mi	Burwell Burwell, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Burwell - (Ne)
22.3 mi	Sargent Sargent, NE	Oil	2 MW	City Of Sargent - (Ne)
27.3 mi	Broken Bow Wind Ii, Llc Broken Bow, NE	Wind	73 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
30.2 mi	Spalding Spalding, NE	Oil	2 MW	Village Of Spalding - (Ne)
31.3 mi	Ansley Ansley, NE	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Ansley - (Ne)
33.8 mi	Broken Bow Wind Llc Broken Bow, NE	Wind	80 MW	Broken Bow Wind Llc
36.9 mi	St. Paul-Howard Greeley St. Paul, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
38.5 mi	Broken Bow Broken Bow, NE	Natural Gas	9 MW	City Of Broken Bow - (Ne)
46.4 mi	Prairie Breeze Ii Elgin, NE	Wind	73 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
46.4 mi	Prairie Breeze Iii Elgin, NE	Wind	36 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
48.4 mi	Thunderhead Wind Energy Llc Boone, NE	Wind	300 MW	Invenergy Services Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 12 power plants within 50 miles of Ord, Nebraska (ZIP 68862), with a combined 594 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 12 nearby plants. The closest plant is Ord at 1.0 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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