66th largest plant in Nebraska · 6111th nationally
Broken Bow is a natural gas power plant in Nebraska with a nameplate capacity of 8.7 MW. It generates roughly 82 MWh per year — enough to power about 7 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 0% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 977 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
| Plant Name | Broken Bow |
|---|---|
| Operator | City Of Broken Bow - (Ne) |
| City | Broken Bow |
| County | Custer County |
| State | Nebraska |
| ZIP | 68822 |
| Coordinates | 41.40310, -99.63920 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 3.5 MW | Operating | 1970 |
| 6 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 2.1 MW | Operating | 1961 |
| 5 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 1.0 MW | Operating | 1951 |
| 3 | Petroleum Liquids | Distillate Oil | 0.8 MW | Operating | 1945 |
| 4 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 0.8 MW | Operating | 1951 |
| 1 | Petroleum Liquids | Distillate Oil | 0.5 MW | Operating | 1936 |
| CO₂ | 40 metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 1 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 977 lb/MWh |
Annual totals and CO₂ rate reported by EPA eGRID for 2023. Reference averages are approximate U.S.-wide figures from the same dataset.
| NERC Region | MRO |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | Southwest Power Pool |
Natural gas plants are the workhorse of the modern grid. Combined-cycle units achieve very high efficiency and can ramp up and down quickly to balance variable renewables. They emit roughly half the CO₂ per MWh of coal and far less of other pollutants, but they still release upstream methane during fuel extraction.