Power Plants Near 68982 — Wilcox, NE

22 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 68982 (Wilcox, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.3735, -99.1539 · County: Kearney

Wind 38%Coal 35%Natural Gas 20%Hydroelectric 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.0 mi	Sppw1, Llc Upland, NE	Wind	6 MW	Sppw1, Llc
22.4 mi	Franklin (Ne) Franklin, NE	Natural Gas	4 MW	City Of Franklin - (Ne)
22.7 mi	Campbell Village Campbell, NE	Oil	1 MW	Village Of Campbell - (Ne)
23.0 mi	Kearney Kearney, NE	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
24.8 mi	Kearney Nppd Solar Project Kearney, NE	Solar	6 MW	Socore Energy Llc
25.4 mi	Oxford (Ne) Oxford, NE	Natural Gas	3 MW	Village Of Oxford - (Ne)
36.3 mi	Canaday Lexington, NE	Natural Gas	109 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
37.2 mi	City Light & Water Blue Hill, NE	Oil	1 MW	City Of Blue Hill - (Ne)
37.7 mi	Johnson 2 Lexington, NE	Hydroelectric	23 MW	Central Nebraska Pub P&i Dist
38.5 mi	Red Cloud Red Cloud, NE	Oil	6 MW	City Of Red Cloud - (Ne)
39.3 mi	Beaver City Beaver City, NE	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Beaver City - (Ne)
39.8 mi	Little Blue Wind Project, Llc Blue Hill, NE	Wind	251 MW	Little Blue Wind Project, Llc
40.4 mi	City Of Lexington Lexington, NE	Solar	4 MW	Madison Energy Holdings Llc
40.5 mi	Cottonwood Wind Energy Center Blue Hill, NE	Wind	90 MW	Cottonwood Wind Project
40.8 mi	Hastings Community Solar Farm Hastings, NE	Solar	2 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
41.2 mi	Don Henry Hastings, NE	Natural Gas	22 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
41.3 mi	Johnson 1 Elwood, NE	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Central Nebraska Pub P&i Dist
43.0 mi	Airport 009239 Scs Lexington, Llc Lexington, NE	Solar	1 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
43.1 mi	Prairie Horizon Agri Energy Phillipsburg, KS	Natural Gas	2 MW	Prairie Horizon Agri Energy Llc
43.1 mi	North Denver Hastings, NE	Natural Gas	39 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)
45.2 mi	Ccc Hastings Wind Turbine Hastings, NE	Wind	2 MW	Ccc Hastings Renewable Energy, Llc
46.5 mi	Whelan Energy Center Hastings, NE	Coal	324 MW	City Of Hastings - (Ne)

Power generation near this area

There are 22 power plants within 50 miles of Wilcox, Nebraska (ZIP 68982), with a combined 918 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 22 nearby plants. The closest plant is Sppw1, Llc at 11.0 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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