Power Plants Near 68870 — Riverdale, NE

24 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68870 (Riverdale, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.8524, -99.1611 · County: Buffalo

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

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.8 mi	Kearney Kearney, NE	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
11.0 mi	Kearney Nppd Solar Project Kearney, NE	Solar	6 MW	Socore Energy Llc
30.3 mi	Canaday Lexington, NE	Natural Gas	109 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
30.7 mi	City Of Lexington Lexington, NE	Solar	4 MW	Madison Energy Holdings Llc
32.1 mi	Airport 009239 Scs Lexington, Llc Lexington, NE	Solar	1 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
32.4 mi	Ansley Ansley, NE	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Ansley - (Ne)
32.7 mi	Johnson 2 Lexington, NE	Hydroelectric	23 MW	Central Nebraska Pub P&i Dist
33.7 mi	Broken Bow Wind Ii, Llc Broken Bow, NE	Wind	73 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
36.1 mi	Johnson 1 Elwood, NE	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Central Nebraska Pub P&i Dist
38.7 mi	Sppw1, Llc Upland, NE	Wind	6 MW	Sppw1, Llc
41.7 mi	Hastings Community Solar Farm Hastings, NE	Solar	2 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
42.5 mi	Platte Grand Island, NE	Coal	110 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
42.7 mi	Monroe 009452 Scs Cozad, Llc Cozad, NE	Solar	2 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
43.0 mi	Don Henry Hastings, NE	Natural Gas	22 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
43.8 mi	C W Burdick Grand Island, NE	Natural Gas	143 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
44.1 mi	North Denver Hastings, NE	Natural Gas	39 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
44.3 mi	Campbell Village Campbell, NE	Oil	1 MW	Village Of Campbell - (Ne)
44.7 mi	Museum Drive East Solar Grand Island, NE	Solar	10 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
44.9 mi	St. Paul-Howard Greeley St. Paul, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
45.5 mi	Broken Bow Broken Bow, NE	Natural Gas	9 MW	City Of Broken Bow - (Ne)
46.7 mi	Broken Bow Wind Llc Broken Bow, NE	Wind	80 MW	Broken Bow Wind Llc
47.4 mi	Oxford (Ne) Oxford, NE	Natural Gas	3 MW	Village Of Oxford - (Ne)
47.5 mi	Ccc Hastings Wind Turbine Hastings, NE	Wind	2 MW	Ccc Hastings Renewable Energy, Llc
48.2 mi	Whelan Energy Center Hastings, NE	Coal	324 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)

Power generation near this area

There are 24 power plants within 50 miles of Riverdale, Nebraska (ZIP 68870), with a combined 992 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 24 nearby plants. The closest plant is Kearney at 10.8 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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