Power Plants Near 68966 — Orleans, NE

15 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68966 (Orleans, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.1484, -99.4572 · County: Harlan

Natural Gas 62%Hydroelectric 24%Oil 6%Solar 5%Wind 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.1 mi	Oxford (Ne) Oxford, NE	Natural Gas	3 MW	Village Of Oxford - (Ne)
19.6 mi	Beaver City Beaver City, NE	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Beaver City - (Ne)
27.1 mi	Franklin (Ne) Franklin, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Franklin - (Ne)
27.9 mi	Prairie Horizon Agri Energy Phillipsburg, KS	Natural Gas	2 MW	Prairie Horizon Agri Energy Llc
28.6 mi	Sppw1, Llc Upland, NE	Wind	6 MW	Sppw1, Llc
39.1 mi	Cambridge Cambridge, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Cambridge - (Ne)
39.6 mi	Campbell Village Campbell, NE	Oil	1 MW	Village Of Campbell - (Ne)
39.8 mi	Canaday Lexington, NE	Natural Gas	109 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
40.0 mi	Johnson 2 Lexington, NE	Hydroelectric	23 MW	Central Nebraska Pub P&i Dist
42.2 mi	Johnson 1 Elwood, NE	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Central Nebraska Pub P&i Dist
42.7 mi	Kearney Kearney, NE	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
44.5 mi	City Of Lexington Lexington, NE	Solar	4 MW	Madison Energy Holdings Llc
45.3 mi	Kearney Nppd Solar Project Kearney, NE	Solar	6 MW	Socore Energy Llc
46.9 mi	Airport 009239 Scs Lexington, Llc Lexington, NE	Solar	1 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
49.7 mi	Red Cloud Red Cloud, NE	Oil	6 MW	City Of Red Cloud - (Ne)

Power generation near this area

There are 15 power plants within 50 miles of Orleans, Nebraska (ZIP 68966), with a combined 192 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 15 nearby plants. The closest plant is Oxford (Ne) at 11.1 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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