Power Plants Near 68972 — Riverton, NE

17 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68972 (Riverton, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.1016, -98.7858 · County: Franklin

Wind 45%Coal 42%Natural Gas 9%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
8.8 mi	Franklin (Ne) Franklin, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Franklin - (Ne)
13.9 mi	Campbell Village Campbell, NE	Oil	1 MW	Village Of Campbell - (Ne)
14.1 mi	Red Cloud Red Cloud, NE	Oil	6 MW	City Of Red Cloud - (Ne)
17.3 mi	Sppw1, Llc Upland, NE	Wind	6 MW	Sppw1, Llc
22.2 mi	Cottonwood Wind Energy Center Blue Hill, NE	Wind	90 MW	Cottonwood Wind Project
23.6 mi	City Light & Water Blue Hill, NE	Oil	1 MW	City Of Blue Hill - (Ne)
23.6 mi	Little Blue Wind Project, Llc Blue Hill, NE	Wind	251 MW	Little Blue Wind Project, Llc
36.2 mi	Prairie Horizon Agri Energy Phillipsburg, KS	Natural Gas	2 MW	Prairie Horizon Agri Energy Llc
38.4 mi	Don Henry Hastings, NE	Natural Gas	22 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
39.1 mi	Hastings Community Solar Farm Hastings, NE	Solar	2 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
40.2 mi	Ccc Hastings Wind Turbine Hastings, NE	Wind	2 MW	Ccc Hastings Renewable Energy, Llc
40.2 mi	North Denver Hastings, NE	Natural Gas	39 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
41.4 mi	Whelan Energy Center Hastings, NE	Coal	324 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
44.8 mi	Kearney Kearney, NE	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
44.9 mi	Oxford (Ne) Oxford, NE	Natural Gas	3 MW	Village Of Oxford - (Ne)
44.9 mi	Kearney Nppd Solar Project Kearney, NE	Solar	6 MW	Socore Energy Llc
45.9 mi	Osborne Osborne, KS	Oil	7 MW	City Of Osborne - (Ks)

Power generation near this area

There are 17 power plants within 50 miles of Riverton, Nebraska (ZIP 68972), with a combined 766 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 17 nearby plants. The closest plant is Franklin (Ne) at 8.8 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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