Power Plants Near 68876 — Shelton, NE

20 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68876 (Shelton, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.7717, -98.7435 · County: Buffalo

Coal 40%Wind 39%Natural Gas 19%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
16.0 mi	Kearney Nppd Solar Project Kearney, NE	Solar	6 MW	Socore Energy Llc
19.3 mi	Kearney Kearney, NE	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
19.9 mi	Hastings Community Solar Farm Hastings, NE	Solar	2 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
21.4 mi	Don Henry Hastings, NE	Natural Gas	22 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
21.5 mi	Platte Grand Island, NE	Coal	110 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
22.1 mi	North Denver Hastings, NE	Natural Gas	39 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
24.1 mi	C W Burdick Grand Island, NE	Natural Gas	143 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
25.0 mi	Museum Drive East Solar Grand Island, NE	Solar	10 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
25.6 mi	Ccc Hastings Wind Turbine Hastings, NE	Wind	2 MW	Ccc Hastings Renewable Energy, Llc
26.2 mi	Whelan Energy Center Hastings, NE	Coal	324 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
32.7 mi	Campbell Village Campbell, NE	Oil	1 MW	Village Of Campbell - (Ne)
33.6 mi	Sppw1, Llc Upland, NE	Wind	6 MW	Sppw1, Llc
34.3 mi	St. Paul-Howard Greeley St. Paul, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
34.3 mi	City Light & Water Blue Hill, NE	Oil	1 MW	City Of Blue Hill - (Ne)
38.0 mi	Little Blue Wind Project, Llc Blue Hill, NE	Wind	251 MW	Little Blue Wind Project, Llc
40.8 mi	Cottonwood Wind Energy Center Blue Hill, NE	Wind	90 MW	Cottonwood Wind Project
48.0 mi	Red Cloud Red Cloud, NE	Oil	6 MW	City Of Red Cloud - (Ne)
48.4 mi	Franklin (Ne) Franklin, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Franklin - (Ne)
48.7 mi	Broken Bow Wind Ii, Llc Broken Bow, NE	Wind	73 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
49.0 mi	Ansley Ansley, NE	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Ansley - (Ne)

Power generation near this area

There are 20 power plants within 50 miles of Shelton, Nebraska (ZIP 68876), with a combined 1,092 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 20 nearby plants. The closest plant is Kearney Nppd Solar Project at 16.0 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.

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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