Power Plants in Nebraska

Nebraska operates 141 power plants totaling 11,447 MW of nameplate capacity. Coal dominates the mix at 38%, followed by Wind (31%) and Natural Gas (17%). The largest plant is Nebraska City at 1,389 MW.

Plants141operating sites

Capacity11,447 MWnameplate

Generation39.4M MWhannual

CO₂20.1Mmetric tons/year

Coal 38%Wind 31%Natural Gas 17%Nuclear 7%Oil 3%Hydroelectric 3%

Plant locations

Showing the 120 largest plants by capacity. Nebraska operates another 21 plants below this size — browse the lists below to reach them.

Largest plants in Nebraska

Plant	City	Fuel	Capacity
Nebraska City	Nebraska City	Coal	1,390 MW
Gerald Gentleman	Sutherland	Coal	1,363 MW
Cooper Nuclear Station	Brownville	Nuclear	801 MW
North Omaha	Omaha	Coal	645 MW
Grande Prairie Wind Farm	O'neill	Wind	400 MW
Cass County	Plattsmouth	Natural Gas	345 MW
Sarpy County	Bellevue	Natural Gas	338 MW
Whelan Energy Center	Hastings	Coal	324 MW
Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project	Dixon	Wind	318 MW
Thunderhead Wind Energy Llc	Boone	Wind	300 MW
Milligan 1 Wind Farm	Western	Wind	300 MW
Haystack Wind Project, Llc	Carroll	Wind	298 MW
Rokeby	Lincoln	Natural Gas	266 MW
Little Blue Wind Project, Llc	Blue Hill	Wind	251 MW
Beatrice	Beatrice	Natural Gas	247 MW
Plum Creek Wind Project (Ne)	Winside	Wind	230 MW
Sheldon	Hallam	Coal	229 MW
Terry Bundy Generating Station	Lincoln	Natural Gas	216 MW
Prairie Breeze	Elgin	Wind	207 MW
Upstream Wind Energy Llc	Neligh	Wind	203 MW
Lon Wright	Fremont	Coal	172 MW
Sholes Wind Energy Center	Randolph	Wind	160 MW
C W Burdick	Grand Island	Natural Gas	143 MW
Gavins Point	Crofton	Hydroelectric	132 MW
Jones Street	Omaha	Oil	130 MW
Platte	Grand Island	Coal	110 MW
Canaday	Lexington	Natural Gas	109 MW
Cottonwood Wind Energy Center	Blue Hill	Wind	89.7 MW
Elkhorn Ridge Wind Llc	Bloomfield	Wind	81.0 MW
Platteview Solar Llc	Ashland	Solar	81.0 MW
Laredo Ridge Wind Llc	Petersburg	Wind	79.9 MW
Broken Bow Wind Llc	Broken Bow	Wind	79.9 MW
Steele Flats Wind Project Llc	Diller	Wind	74.8 MW
Prairie Breeze Ii	Elgin	Wind	73.4 MW
Broken Bow Wind Ii, Llc	Broken Bow	Wind	73.1 MW
Archer Daniels Midland Columbus	Columbus	Coal	71.4 MW
Flat Water Wind Farm Llc	Du Bois	Wind	60.0 MW
Ainsworth Wind	Ainsworth	Wind	59.4 MW
Hallam	Hallam	Natural Gas	56.7 MW
Hebron	Hebron	Oil	56.7 MW
Mccook	Mccook	Oil	56.7 MW
Kingsley	Ogallala	Hydroelectric	50.0 MW
Columbus	Columbus	Hydroelectric	45.6 MW
Tpw Petersburg	Petersburg	Wind	40.5 MW
Crofton Bluffs Wind Llc	Bloomfield	Wind	40.0 MW
North Denver	Hastings	Natural Gas	39.0 MW
Prairie Breeze Iii	Elgin	Wind	35.8 MW
Falls City	Falls City	Natural Gas	31.3 MW
Kimball Wind	Kimball	Wind	30.0 MW
J Street	Lincoln	Natural Gas	27.0 MW

By county

Otoe County4 plants · 1,433 MW Lincoln County3 plants · 1,410 MW Nemaha County2 plants · 819 MW Antelope County5 plants · 818 MW Lancaster County9 plants · 808 MW Douglas County5 plants · 784 MW Wayne County4 plants · 709 MW Holt County2 plants · 401 MW Adams County5 plants · 388 MW Webster County4 plants · 347 MW Cass County2 plants · 346 MW Sarpy County3 plants · 339 MW Dixon County3 plants · 323 MW Saline County4 plants · 309 MW Hall County3 plants · 262 MW Gage County1 plants · 247 MW Dodge County3 plants · 177 MW Custer County5 plants · 165 MW Gosper County3 plants · 152 MW Platte County5 plants · 139 MW Cedar County2 plants · 135 MW Knox County2 plants · 121 MW Boone County2 plants · 120 MW Saunders County2 plants · 95 MW Richardson County2 plants · 91 MW Jefferson County1 plants · 74 MW Thayer County3 plants · 59 MW Brown County1 plants · 59 MW Red Willow County1 plants · 56 MW Keith County1 plants · 50 MW Kimball County2 plants · 39 MW Madison County4 plants · 16 MW Valley County1 plants · 12 MW Scotts Bluff County2 plants · 11 MW Cuming County3 plants · 10 MW Butler County1 plants · 10 MW Franklin County3 plants · 10 MW Furnas County3 plants · 9 MW Buffalo County2 plants · 7 MW Johnson County1 plants · 7 MW Fillmore County1 plants · 6 MW Dawson County3 plants · 6 MW Cheyenne County1 plants · 5 MW Washington County3 plants · 5 MW Thurston County1 plants · 4 MW Burt County3 plants · 3 MW Garfield County1 plants · 3 MW Dakota County2 plants · 3 MW Polk County2 plants · 3 MW Frontier County1 plants · 3 MW York County1 plants · 3 MW Keya Paha County1 plants · 3 MW Seward County2 plants · 2 MW Greeley County1 plants · 2 MW Cherry County1 plants · 1 MW Deuel County1 plants · 1 MW Howard County1 plants · 1 MW Boyd County1 plants · 0 MW