Power Plants Near 69171 — Willow Island, NE

14 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 69171 (Willow Island, Nebraska). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.8925, -100.0703 · County: Dawson

Wind 40%Natural Gas 32%Hydroelectric 24%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.0 mi	Monroe 009452 Scs Cozad, Llc Cozad, NE	Solar	2 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
17.4 mi	Airport 009239 Scs Lexington, Llc Lexington, NE	Solar	1 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
17.7 mi	Jeffrey Brady, NE	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Central Nebraska Pub P&i Dist
19.1 mi	Johnson 1 Elwood, NE	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Central Nebraska Pub P&i Dist
19.9 mi	City Of Lexington Lexington, NE	Solar	4 MW	Madison Energy Holdings Llc
22.3 mi	Johnson 2 Lexington, NE	Hydroelectric	23 MW	Central Nebraska Pub P&i Dist
23.7 mi	Canaday Lexington, NE	Natural Gas	109 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
29.5 mi	Curtis Curtis, NE	Natural Gas	3 MW	City Of Curtis - (Ne)
38.4 mi	North Platte North Platte, NE	Hydroelectric	26 MW	Nebraska Public Power District
41.8 mi	Broken Bow Broken Bow, NE	Natural Gas	9 MW	City Of Broken Bow - (Ne)
42.3 mi	Cambridge Cambridge, NE	Oil	4 MW	City Of Cambridge - (Ne)
44.9 mi	Ansley Ansley, NE	Natural Gas	2 MW	City Of Ansley - (Ne)
46.8 mi	Broken Bow Wind Llc Broken Bow, NE	Wind	80 MW	Broken Bow Wind Llc
49.0 mi	Broken Bow Wind Ii, Llc Broken Bow, NE	Wind	73 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.

Power generation near this area

There are 14 power plants within 50 miles of Willow Island, Nebraska (ZIP 69171), with a combined 378 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 4 of the 14 nearby plants. The closest plant is Monroe 009452 Scs Cozad, Llc at 5.0 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.

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