Power Plants Near 68939 — Franklin, NE

19 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68939 (Franklin, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.1052, -98.9469 · County: Franklin

Wind 45%Coal 42%Natural Gas 10%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.1 mi	Franklin (Ne) Franklin, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Franklin - (Ne)
14.4 mi	Sppw1, Llc Upland, NE	Wind	6 MW	Sppw1, Llc
17.5 mi	Campbell Village Campbell, NE	Oil	1 MW	Village Of Campbell - (Ne)
22.6 mi	Red Cloud Red Cloud, NE	Oil	6 MW	City Of Red Cloud - (Ne)
30.0 mi	Cottonwood Wind Energy Center Blue Hill, NE	Wind	90 MW	Cottonwood Wind Project
30.4 mi	City Light & Water Blue Hill, NE	Oil	1 MW	City Of Blue Hill - (Ne)
30.4 mi	Prairie Horizon Agri Energy Phillipsburg, KS	Natural Gas	2 MW	Prairie Horizon Agri Energy Llc
31.0 mi	Little Blue Wind Project, Llc Blue Hill, NE	Wind	251 MW	Little Blue Wind Project, Llc
36.6 mi	Oxford (Ne) Oxford, NE	Natural Gas	3 MW	Village Of Oxford - (Ne)
42.1 mi	Kearney Kearney, NE	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
42.9 mi	Kearney Nppd Solar Project Kearney, NE	Solar	6 MW	Socore Energy Llc
43.1 mi	Don Henry Hastings, NE	Natural Gas	22 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
43.6 mi	Hastings Community Solar Farm Hastings, NE	Solar	2 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
45.0 mi	North Denver Hastings, NE	Natural Gas	39 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
45.5 mi	Ccc Hastings Wind Turbine Hastings, NE	Wind	2 MW	Ccc Hastings Renewable Energy, Llc
46.6 mi	Beaver City Beaver City, NE	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Beaver City - (Ne)
46.9 mi	Whelan Energy Center Hastings, NE	Coal	324 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
47.8 mi	Osborne Osborne, KS	Oil	7 MW	City Of Osborne - (Ks)
49.5 mi	Stockton Stockton, KS	Natural Gas	9 MW	City Of Stockton - (Ks)

Power generation near this area

There are 19 power plants within 50 miles of Franklin, Nebraska (ZIP 68939), with a combined 777 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 19 nearby plants. The closest plant is Franklin (Ne) at 1.1 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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