Power Plants Near 68959 — Minden, NE

23 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68959 (Minden, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.5091, -98.9383 · County: Kearney

Coal 37%Wind 30%Natural Gas 27%Hydroelectric 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
13.5 mi	Sppw1, Llc Upland, NE	Wind	6 MW	Sppw1, Llc
15.6 mi	Kearney Nppd Solar Project Kearney, NE	Solar	6 MW	Socore Energy Llc
15.9 mi	Kearney Kearney, NE	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
18.1 mi	Campbell Village Campbell, NE	Oil	1 MW	Village Of Campbell - (Ne)
27.1 mi	Hastings Community Solar Farm Hastings, NE	Solar	2 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
27.7 mi	Don Henry Hastings, NE	Natural Gas	22 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
28.6 mi	City Light & Water Blue Hill, NE	Oil	1 MW	City Of Blue Hill - (Ne)
29.0 mi	Franklin (Ne) Franklin, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Franklin - (Ne)
29.5 mi	North Denver Hastings, NE	Natural Gas	39 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
32.0 mi	Little Blue Wind Project, Llc Blue Hill, NE	Wind	251 MW	Little Blue Wind Project, Llc
32.0 mi	Ccc Hastings Wind Turbine Hastings, NE	Wind	2 MW	Ccc Hastings Renewable Energy, Llc
33.2 mi	Whelan Energy Center Hastings, NE	Coal	324 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
33.6 mi	Cottonwood Wind Energy Center Blue Hill, NE	Wind	90 MW	Cottonwood Wind Project
36.0 mi	Red Cloud Red Cloud, NE	Oil	6 MW	City Of Red Cloud - (Ne)
39.1 mi	Platte Grand Island, NE	Coal	110 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
39.4 mi	Oxford (Ne) Oxford, NE	Natural Gas	3 MW	Village Of Oxford - (Ne)
42.0 mi	Canaday Lexington, NE	Natural Gas	109 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
42.9 mi	C W Burdick Grand Island, NE	Natural Gas	143 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
43.7 mi	Museum Drive East Solar Grand Island, NE	Solar	10 MW	City Of Grand Island - (Ne)
44.0 mi	Johnson 2 Lexington, NE	Hydroelectric	23 MW	Central Nebraska Pub P&i Dist
45.1 mi	City Of Lexington Lexington, NE	Solar	4 MW	Madison Energy Holdings Llc
47.5 mi	Airport 009239 Scs Lexington, Llc Lexington, NE	Solar	1 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
47.9 mi	Johnson 1 Elwood, NE	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Central Nebraska Pub P&i Dist

Power generation near this area

There are 23 power plants within 50 miles of Minden, Nebraska (ZIP 68959), with a combined 1,177 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 23 nearby plants. The closest plant is Sppw1, Llc at 13.5 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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