Power Plants Near 68883 — Wood River, NE

17 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68883 (Wood River, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.8106, -98.6065 · County: Hall

Coal 43%Wind 34%Natural Gas 20%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
13.8 mi	Platte Grand Island, NE	Coal	110 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
16.5 mi	C W Burdick Grand Island, NE	Natural Gas	143 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
16.9 mi	Hastings Community Solar Farm Hastings, NE	Solar	2 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
17.4 mi	Museum Drive East Solar Grand Island, NE	Solar	10 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
18.5 mi	Don Henry Hastings, NE	Natural Gas	22 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
18.6 mi	North Denver Hastings, NE	Natural Gas	39 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
21.9 mi	Ccc Hastings Wind Turbine Hastings, NE	Wind	2 MW	Ccc Hastings Renewable Energy, Llc
22.1 mi	Whelan Energy Center Hastings, NE	Coal	324 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
23.6 mi	Kearney Nppd Solar Project Kearney, NE	Solar	6 MW	Socore Energy Llc
26.9 mi	Kearney Kearney, NE	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
29.1 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)
36.0 mi	Campbell Village Campbell, NE	Oil	1 MW	Village Of Campbell - (Ne)
37.8 mi	Little Blue Wind Project, Llc Blue Hill, NE	Wind	251 MW	Little Blue Wind Project, Llc
39.0 mi	Sppw1, Llc Upland, NE	Wind	6 MW	Sppw1, Llc
40.8 mi	Cottonwood Wind Energy Center Blue Hill, NE	Wind	90 MW	Cottonwood Wind Project
49.5 mi	Red Cloud Red Cloud, NE	Oil	6 MW	City Of Red Cloud - (Ne)

Power generation near this area

There are 17 power plants within 50 miles of Wood River, Nebraska (ZIP 68883), with a combined 1,013 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 4 of the 17 nearby plants. The closest plant is Platte at 13.8 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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