Power Plants Near 68933 — Clay Center, NE

21 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68933 (Clay Center, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.5113, -98.0386 · County: Clay

Wind 47%Coal 32%Natural Gas 15%Oil 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
15.2 mi	Whelan Energy Center Hastings, NE	Coal	324 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
16.0 mi	Ccc Hastings Wind Turbine Hastings, NE	Wind	2 MW	Ccc Hastings Renewable Energy, Llc
19.3 mi	North Denver Hastings, NE	Natural Gas	39 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
20.6 mi	Don Henry Hastings, NE	Natural Gas	22 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
21.8 mi	Hastings Community Solar Farm Hastings, NE	Solar	2 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
22.4 mi	Perennial Windfarm Fairmont, NE	Wind	7 MW	Perennial Wind, Llc
25.0 mi	Little Blue Wind Project, Llc Blue Hill, NE	Wind	251 MW	Little Blue Wind Project, Llc
25.1 mi	City Light & Water Blue Hill, NE	Oil	1 MW	City Of Blue Hill - (Ne)
26.9 mi	Cottonwood Wind Energy Center Blue Hill, NE	Wind	90 MW	Cottonwood Wind Project
28.7 mi	Platte Grand Island, NE	Coal	110 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
30.5 mi	Deshler Deshler, NE	Oil	2 MW	City Of Deshler - (Ne)
31.9 mi	Museum Drive East Solar Grand Island, NE	Solar	10 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
32.2 mi	C W Burdick Grand Island, NE	Natural Gas	143 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
33.0 mi	Hebron Hebron, NE	Oil	57 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
34.1 mi	Deshler Solar Hebron, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
34.4 mi	Mobile York, NE	Oil	3 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
38.2 mi	Red Cloud Red Cloud, NE	Oil	6 MW	City Of Red Cloud - (Ne)
39.4 mi	Campbell Village Campbell, NE	Oil	1 MW	Village Of Campbell - (Ne)
43.0 mi	Milligan 1 Wind Farm Western, NE	Wind	300 MW	Milligan 1 Wind, Llc
43.8 mi	Swan Creek Wind Friend, NE	Wind	—	Swan Creek Wind Llc
48.7 mi	Stromsburg-Polk County Stromsburg, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.

Power generation near this area

There are 21 power plants within 50 miles of Clay Center, Nebraska (ZIP 68933), with a combined 1,370 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 21 nearby plants. The closest plant is Whelan Energy Center at 15.2 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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