Power Plants Near 68938 — Fairfield, NE

22 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68938 (Fairfield, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.4285, -98.1063 · County: Clay

Wind 47%Coal 31%Natural Gas 16%Oil 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
15.1 mi	Whelan Energy Center Hastings, NE	Coal	324 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
15.5 mi	Ccc Hastings Wind Turbine Hastings, NE	Wind	2 MW	Ccc Hastings Renewable Energy, Llc
18.7 mi	Little Blue Wind Project, Llc Blue Hill, NE	Wind	251 MW	Little Blue Wind Project, Llc
18.9 mi	North Denver Hastings, NE	Natural Gas	39 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
19.4 mi	City Light & Water Blue Hill, NE	Oil	1 MW	City Of Blue Hill - (Ne)
19.6 mi	Don Henry Hastings, NE	Natural Gas	22 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
20.5 mi	Cottonwood Wind Energy Center Blue Hill, NE	Wind	90 MW	Cottonwood Wind Project
21.1 mi	Hastings Community Solar Farm Hastings, NE	Solar	2 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
28.1 mi	Perennial Windfarm Fairmont, NE	Wind	7 MW	Perennial Wind, Llc
28.3 mi	Deshler Deshler, NE	Oil	2 MW	City Of Deshler - (Ne)
31.5 mi	Red Cloud Red Cloud, NE	Oil	6 MW	City Of Red Cloud - (Ne)
31.6 mi	Deshler Solar Hebron, NE	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
32.1 mi	Platte Grand Island, NE	Coal	110 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
32.4 mi	Hebron Hebron, NE	Oil	57 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
34.2 mi	Campbell Village Campbell, NE	Oil	1 MW	Village Of Campbell - (Ne)
35.9 mi	Museum Drive East Solar Grand Island, NE	Solar	10 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
36.1 mi	C W Burdick Grand Island, NE	Natural Gas	143 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
41.1 mi	Mobile York, NE	Oil	3 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
45.6 mi	Sppw1, Llc Upland, NE	Wind	6 MW	Sppw1, Llc
46.7 mi	Milligan 1 Wind Farm Western, NE	Wind	300 MW	Milligan 1 Wind, Llc
48.2 mi	Belleville Belleville, KS	Natural Gas	14 MW	City Of Belleville - (Ks)
48.2 mi	Swan Creek Wind Friend, NE	Wind	—	Swan Creek Wind Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 22 power plants within 50 miles of Fairfield, Nebraska (ZIP 68938), with a combined 1,389 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 22 nearby plants. The closest plant is Whelan Energy Center at 15.1 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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