Power Plants Near 68864 — Palmer, NE

18 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68864 (Palmer, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.1788, -98.2411 · County: Merrick

Coal 54%Natural Gas 25%Wind 16%Oil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.9 mi	St. Paul-Howard Greeley St. Paul, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
17.9 mi	Museum Drive East Solar Grand Island, NE	Solar	10 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
18.2 mi	C W Burdick Grand Island, NE	Natural Gas	143 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
23.1 mi	Platte Grand Island, NE	Coal	110 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
34.6 mi	Stromsburg-Polk County Stromsburg, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
34.9 mi	Polk County Renewables, Llc Osceola, NE	Wind	3 MW	Polk County Renewables, Llc
35.3 mi	Spalding Spalding, NE	Oil	2 MW	Village Of Spalding - (Ne)
39.1 mi	Mobile York, NE	Oil	3 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
39.2 mi	Monroe (Ne) Monroe, NE	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Loup River Public Power Dist
40.8 mi	North Denver Hastings, NE	Natural Gas	39 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
41.1 mi	Hastings Community Solar Farm Hastings, NE	Solar	2 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
41.5 mi	Whelan Energy Center Hastings, NE	Coal	324 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
42.2 mi	Don Henry Hastings, NE	Natural Gas	22 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
42.3 mi	Ccc Hastings Wind Turbine Hastings, NE	Wind	2 MW	Ccc Hastings Renewable Energy, Llc
46.1 mi	Ord Ord, NE	Oil	12 MW	City Of Ord - (Ne)
49.0 mi	Perennial Windfarm Fairmont, NE	Wind	7 MW	Perennial Wind, Llc
49.5 mi	Tpw Petersburg Petersburg, NE	Wind	41 MW	Tpw Petersburg Llc
49.8 mi	Laredo Ridge Wind Llc Petersburg, NE	Wind	80 MW	Laredo Ridge Wind Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 18 power plants within 50 miles of Palmer, Nebraska (ZIP 68864), with a combined 808 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 18 nearby plants. The closest plant is St. Paul-Howard Greeley at 10.9 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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