Power Plants Near 82721 — Moorcroft, WY

10 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 82721 (Moorcroft, Wyoming). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 44.4154, -104.8389 · County: Crook

Coal 97%Natural Gas 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
28.1 mi	Wygen Iii Gillette, WY	Coal	116 MW	Black Hills Power, Inc.
28.1 mi	Wygen 2 Gillette, WY	Coal	95 MW	Black Hills Power, Inc.
28.1 mi	Neil Simpson Gas Turbine #2 Gillette, WY	Natural Gas	40 MW	Black Hills Power, Inc.
28.2 mi	Wyodak Gillette, WY	Coal	362 MW	Pacificorp
28.3 mi	Wygen 1 Gillette, WY	Coal	90 MW	Black Hills Power, Inc.
28.4 mi	Neil Simpson Ii Gillette, WY	Coal	130 MW	Black Hills Power, Inc.
28.5 mi	Neil Simpson Gillette, WY	Coal	—	Black Hills Power, Inc.
30.8 mi	Dry Fork Station Gillette, WY	Coal	484 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
37.4 mi	Osage (Wy) Osage, WY	Coal	—	Black Hills Power, Inc.
48.7 mi	Spearfish Hydro Spearfish, SD	Hydroelectric	4 MW	City Of Spearfish

Power generation near this area

There are 10 power plants within 50 miles of Moorcroft, Wyoming (ZIP 82721), with a combined 1,321 MW of nameplate capacity. Coal is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 10 nearby plants. The closest plant is Wygen Iii at 28.1 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 Wyoming, visit the Wyoming state page.

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