List of power stations in Nebraska
This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Nebraska, sorted by type and name. In 2022, Nebraska had a total summer capacity of 10,800 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 40,692 GWh.[2] In 2023, the electrical energy generation mix was 44.6% coal, 29.7% wind, 17.2% nuclear, 5.8% natural gas, 2.1% hydroelectric, 0.2% biomass, 0.2% solar, and 0.1% petroleum. Distributed small-scale solar, including customer-owned photovoltaic panels, delivered 49 GWh to the state's electricity grid in 2023.[1]
Nebraska is the only state where all electricity utilities are publicly owned as municipal systems, public districts, or rural cooperatives. The state has few fossil-fuel reserves but has abundant renewable generation and agricultural resources. It is an increasing harvester of wind energy and a major producer of biofuels (primarily ethanol), with further potential for biomass generation. Nebraska has no renewable portfolio standard while supporting net metering. It was a top-ten state for per-capita energy consumption in 2019 due in large part to its energy-intensive agriculture, meat packing, and food processing industries. About 10% more electricity was generated than was consumed in-state.[3]
Nuclear power stations
Plant | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
Generation Type |
Year Opened |
Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cooper Nuclear Station | Nemaha County | 40°21′46″N 95°38′27″W / 40.3628°N 95.6408°W | 770 | Steam Turbine | 1974 | [4] |
Retired facilities:
- Fort Calhoun Nuclear Generating Station - 480 MW: operated 1973-2016
- Hallam Nuclear Power Facility - 75 MW: operated 1963-1964
Fossil-fuel power stations
Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.[5]
Coal
A useful map[6] of active and retiring coal generation plants is provided by the Sierra Club.
Plant | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
Generation Type |
Year Opened |
Scheduled Retirement |
Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ADM Columbus | Platte County | 41°24′59″N 97°17′11″W / 41.4164°N 97.2863°W | 61 | Steam Turbine | 2010 | TBD | [7] |
ADM Lincoln | Lancaster County | 40°51′59″N 96°36′52″W / 40.8665°N 96.6145°W | 7.9 | Steam Turbine | 1988 | TBD | [8] |
Gerald Gentleman Station | Lincoln County | 41°04′51″N 101°08′27″W / 41.0808°N 101.1408°W | 1362.6 | Steam Turbine (x2) | 1979 (Unit 1- 681.3MW) 1982 (Unit 2- 681.3MW) |
TBD (Unit 1) TBD (Unit 2) |
[9][10] |
Lon D. Wright Power Plant | Dodge County | 41°25′41″N 96°27′44″W / 41.4281°N 96.4623°W | 128.5 | Steam Turbine (x3) | 1957 (Unit 1- 15.5MW) 1963 (Unit 2- 21.0MW) 1976 (Unit 3- 82.0MW) |
TBD (Unit 1) TBD (Unit 2) TBD (Unit 3) |
[11] |
Nebraska City Station | Otoe County | 40°37′17″N 95°46′35″W / 40.6214°N 95.7764°W | 1345.3 | Steam Turbine (x2) | 1979 (Unit 1- 654.3MW) 2009 (Unit 2- 691.0MW) |
TBD (Unit 1) TBD (Unit 2) |
[9][12] |
North Omaha Station | Douglas County | 41°19′45″N 95°56′41″W / 41.3291°N 95.9447°W | 336.3 | Steam Turbine (x2) | 1954 (Unit 1- 64.8MW) 1957 (Unit 2- 90.8MW) 1959 (Unit 3- 86.0MW) 1963 (Unit 4- 120.1MW) 1968 (Unit 5- 216.2MW) |
2016 (Unit 1- convert to ng) 2016 (Unit 2- convert to ng) 2016 (Unit 3- convert to ng) 2023 (Unit 4- convert to ng) 2023 (Unit 5- convert to ng) |
[13] |
Platte Generating Station | Hall County | 40°51′17″N 98°20′54″W / 40.8548°N 98.3482°W | 100 | Steam Turbine | 1982 | TBD | [14] |
Sheldon Power Station | Lancaster County | 40°33′32″N 96°47′05″W / 40.5589°N 96.7847°W | 219 | Steam Turbine (x2) | 1961 (Unit 1- 104.0MW) 1965 (Unit 2- 115.0MW) |
TBD (Unit 1) TBD (Unit 2) |
[9][15] |
Western Sugar Cooperative Scottsbluff | Scotts Bluff County | 41°51′32″N 103°38′04″W / 41.8589°N 103.6344°W | 5.0 | Steam Turbine | 1987 | TBD | [16] |
Whelan Energy Center | Adams County | 40°34′51″N 98°18′45″W / 40.5809°N 98.3124°W | 309 | Steam Turbine (x2) | 1981 (Unit 1- 77.0MW) 2011 (Unit 2- 232.0MW) |
TBD (Unit 1) TBD (Unit 2) |
[17] |
Natural gas
Plant | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
Generation Type | Year Opened |
Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Auburn | Nemaha County | 40°23′18″N 95°50′47″W / 40.3883°N 95.8464°W | 17.5 | Reciprocating Engine (x6) | 1949-1993 | |
Beatrice Power Station | Gage County | 40°19′52″N 96°48′30″W / 40.3312°N 96.8082°W | 220 | 3x1 Combined Cycle | 2005 | |
Broken Bow | Custer County | 41°24′11″N 99°38′21″W / 41.4031°N 99.6392°W | 7.2 | Reciprocating Engine (x4) | 1974 | |
C.W. Burdick Power Plant | Hall County | 40°55′22″N 98°19′37″W / 40.9228°N 98.3269°W | 81.6 | Simple Cycle (x3) | 1968/2003 | |
Canaday Station | Gosper County | 40°41′39″N 99°42′04″W / 40.6942°N 99.7011°W | 99.3 | Steam Turbine | 1958 | |
Cass County | Cass County | 40°56′52″N 95°57′50″W / 40.9479°N 95.9640°W | 322.8 | Simple Cycle (x2) | 2003 | |
Don Henry | Adams County | 40°35′00″N 98°25′12″W / 40.5832°N 98.4201°W | 18.0 | Simple Cycle | 1972 | |
Falls City | Richardson County | 40°03′18″N 95°36′30″W / 40.0550°N 95.6083°W | 26.7 | Reciprocating Engine (x7) | 1946-2018 | |
Hallam | Lancaster County | 40°33′31″N 96°47′10″W / 40.5587°N 96.7862°W | 42.5 | Simple Cycle | 1973 | |
J Street | Lancaster County | 40°48′28″N 96°42′39″W / 40.8079°N 96.7107°W | 29.0 | Simple Cycle | 1972 | |
Lon Wright (Derril Marshall Generating Station) |
Dodge County | 41°25′41″N 96°28′00″W / 41.4281°N 96.4668°W | 38.0 | Simple Cycle | 2003 | |
Nebraska City #1 | Otoe County | 40°40′50″N 95°50′51″W / 40.6806°N 95.8475°W | 21.6 | Reciprocating Engine (x6) | 1955-1979 | |
Nebraska City #2 | Otoe County | 40°39′58″N 95°52′06″W / 40.6661°N 95.8683°W | 7.6 | Reciprocating Engine (x2) | 1998 | |
North Denver | Adams County | 40°35′56″N 98°23′19″W / 40.5988°N 98.3886°W | 41.0 | Steam Turbine (x2) | 1957/1967 | |
North Omaha | Douglas County | 41°19′45″N 95°56′41″W / 41.3291°N 95.9447°W | 241.6 | Steam Turbine (x3) | 1954-1959 | [13] |
Rokeby | Lancaster County | 40°43′54″N 96°44′11″W / 40.7316°N 96.7364°W | 255.1 | Simple Cycle (x3) | 1975/1997/2001 | |
Sarpy County | Sarpy County | 41°10′14″N 95°58′14″W / 41.1706°N 95.9706°W | 314.9 | Simple Cycle (x5) | 1972/1996/2000 | |
Terry Bundy Generating Station | Lancaster County | 40°54′35″N 96°36′47″W / 40.9097°N 96.6131°W | 121.9 | 3x1 Combined Cycle Simple Cycle |
2004 (77.4MW) 2003 (45.5MW) |
|
Wahoo | Saunders County | 41°12′42″N 96°36′42″W / 41.2118°N 96.6116°W | 13.2 | Reciprocating Engine (x5) | 1947-1973 |
Petroleum
Plant | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
Generation Type | Year Opened |
Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hebron | Thayer County | 40°11′16″N 97°34′40″W / 40.1879°N 97.5779°W | 41.5 | Simple Cycle | 1973 | |
Jones Street | Douglas County | 41°15′05″N 95°55′22″W / 41.2515°N 95.9227°W | 122.6 | Simple Cycle (x2) | 1973 | |
Kimball | Kimball County | 41°14′18″N 103°40′00″W / 41.2382°N 103.6667°W | 7.6 | Reciprocating Engine (x6) | 1944-1974 | |
McCook | Red Willow County | 40°13′17″N 100°39′03″W / 40.2214°N 100.6508°W | 42.7 | Simple Cycle | 1973 | |
Ord | Valley County | 41°36′15″N 98°55′34″W / 41.6042°N 98.9261°W | 10.8 | Reciprocating Engine (x5) | 1963-1997 | |
Tecumseh | Johnson County | 40°21′59″N 96°11′24″W / 40.3664°N 96.1900°W | 6.6 | Reciprocating Engine (x5) | 1944-1974 | |
Wayne | Wayne County | 42°13′40″N 97°01′06″W / 42.2278°N 97.0183°W | 20.2 | Reciprocating Engine (x8) | 1947-1998 |
Renewable power stations
Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.[5]
Biomass
Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
Fuel Type |
Generation Type |
Year Opened |
Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Elk City Station | Douglas County | 41°23′02″N 96°15′16″W / 41.3839°N 96.2544°W | 6.4 | Landfill gas | Reciprocating Engine (x8) | 2002/2006 | |
Missouri River WWTP | Douglas County | 41°12′12″N 95°55′45″W / 41.2033°N 95.9292°W | 3.0 | Biogas | Reciprocating Engine (x3) | 1985/2001 | |
Papillion Creek WWTP | Sarpy County | 41°04′38″N 95°52′12″W / 41.0772°N 95.8700°W | 1.5 | Biogas | Reciprocating Engine (x3) | 1987 | |
Terry Bundy GS | Lancaster County | 40°54′35″N 96°36′47″W / 40.9097°N 96.6131°W | 4.8 | Landfill gas | Reciprocating Engine (x3) | 2014 |
Geothermal
There were no utility-scale geothermal power facilities in the state of Nebraska in 2019.
Hydroelectric
Plant | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
Number of Turbines |
Year Opened |
Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Columbus | Platte County | 41°27′50″N 97°19′42″W / 41.4639°N 97.3283°W | 45.0 | 3 | 1936 | |
Gavins Point | Cedar County | 42°50′56″N 97°28′53″W / 42.8488°N 97.4815°W | 102.0 | 3 | 1956 | |
Jeffrey | Lincoln County | 40°57′34″N 100°23′52″W / 40.9594°N 100.3979°W | 21.0 | 2 | 1941 | |
Johnson 1 | Gosper County | 40°41′37″N 99°49′04″W / 40.6936°N 99.8178°W | 20.0 | 2 | 1941 | |
Johnson 2 | Gosper County | 40°41′02″N 99°44′41″W / 40.6839°N 99.7447°W | 22.5 | 1 | 1941 | |
Kearney[A] | Buffalo County | 40°42′13″N 99°06′03″W / 40.7035°N 99.1008°W | 1.0 | 1 | 1921 | |
Kingsley | Keith County | 41°12′41″N 101°40′05″W / 41.2114°N 101.6681°W | 41.0 | 1 | 1984 | |
Monroe | Platte County | 41°29′14″N 97°36′28″W / 41.4872°N 97.6078°W | 3.0 | 3 | 1936 | |
North Platte | Lincoln County | 41°05′11″N 100°45′34″W / 41.0864°N 100.7594°W | 24.0 | 2 | 1935 | |
Spalding | Greeley County | 41°40′53″N 98°22′03″W / 41.6814°N 98.3676°W | 0.2 | 2 | 1919/1956 |
A Kearney canal and dam were completed in 1886, water powered a DC current dynamo by 1889, and an elegant brick powerhouse was constructed in 1890 that also housed a steam engine along with an 800 horsepower turbine. The early system delivered lighting to the city of Kearney and powered a trolley system, but suffered from various equipment and water-delivery issues that persisted after the shift to AC alternating current. Major reworking of bulkhead, penstock and powerhouse components were completed in 1921. The historic powerhouse was ultimately demolished in 2007.[18][19]
Solar
Project Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MWAC) |
Year Opened |
Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
City of Lexington | Dawson County | 40°45′25″N 99°44′02″W / 40.7570°N 99.7340°W | 3.6 | 2017 | |
Fort Calhoun | Washington County | 41°31′14″N 96°04′39″W / 41.5205°N 96.0775°W | 5.0 | 2019 | |
Hastings | Adams County | 40°36′07″N 98°26′13″W / 40.6020°N 98.4370°W | 1.5 | 2019 | |
Holdrege | Lancaster County | 40°49′29″N 96°49′13″W / 40.8247°N 96.8203°W | 4.0 | 2016 | |
Kearney | Buffalo County | 40°43′18″N 99°02′28″W / 40.7217°N 99.0412°W | 5.8 | 2017 | |
Lon Wright | Dodge County | 41°25′41″N 96°27′44″W / 41.4281°N 96.4623°W | 2.3 | 2018 | |
South Sioux City | Dakota County | 42°27′31″N 96°26′23″W / 42.4585°N 96.4397°W | 2.3 | 2016 |
Wind
Project Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
Number of Turbines |
Year Opened |
Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ainsworth Wind | Brown County | 42°26′56″N 99°53′30″W / 42.4489°N 99.8917°W | 59.4 | 43 | 2005 | |
Broken Bow Wind | Custer County | 41°27′17″N 99°34′05″W / 41.4547°N 99.5681°W | 152.9 | 50 | 2012/2014 | |
Cottonwood Wind | Webster County | 40°14′25″N 98°24′22″W / 40.2402°N 98.4060°W | 89.7 | 40 | 2017 | |
Crofton Bluffs Wind | Knox County | 42°41′54″N 97°34′48″W / 42.6983°N 97.5800°W | 40.0 | 22 | 2012 | |
Elkhorn Ridge Wind | Knox County | 42°41′52″N 97°37′08″W / 42.6978°N 97.6189°W | 81.0 | 27 | 2009 | |
Flat Water Wind | Richardson County | 40°00′04″N 95°55′44″W / 40.0011°N 95.9289°W | 60.0 | 40 | 2010 | |
Grande Prairie Wind Farm | Holt County | 42°36′29″N 98°25′42″W / 42.6081°N 98.4283°W | 400.0 | 200 | 2016 | |
Kimball Wind | Kimball County | 41°16′25″N 103°41′54″W / 41.2736°N 103.6983°W | 30.0 | 12 | 2018 | |
Laredo Ridge Wind | Boone County | 41°52′49″N 98°01′26″W / 41.8803°N 98.0239°W | 79.9 | 54 | 2011 | |
Lon Wright Wind | Dodge County | 41°25′41″N 96°27′44″W / 41.4281°N 96.4623°W | 40.9 | 19 | 2017 | |
Prairie Breeze Wind | Antelope County | 41°57′06″N 98°04′36″W / 41.9517°N 98.0767°W | 215.7 | 179 | 2014/2015/2016 | |
Rattlesnake Creek Wind | Dixon County | 42°22′26″N 96°49′44″W / 42.3740°N 96.8290°W | 318.1 | 101 | 2019 | |
Sholes Wind | Wayne County | 42°18′43″N 97°21′53″W / 42.3119°N 97.3647°W | 160.0 | 71 | 2019 | |
Steele Flats Wind | Jefferson County | 40°02′56″N 96°57′44″W / 40.0489°N 96.9622°W | 74.8 | 44 | 2013 | |
TPW Petersburg Wind | Boone County | 41°51′53″N 97°57′40″W / 41.8646°N 97.9612°W | 40.5 | 27 | 2011 | |
Upstream Wind | Antelope County | 42°11′03″N 97°57′54″W / 42.1843°N 97.9650°W | 202.5 | 81 | 2018 |
Storage power stations
There were no utility-scale storage power stations in the state of Nebraska in 2019.
HVDC converter stations
Project Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
Voltage (kV) |
Year Opened |
Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
David A. Hamil Converter Station | Scotts Bluff County | 41°49′15″N 103°56′32″W / 41.8208°N 103.9422°W | 100 | 50 | 1977 | [21] |
Virginia Smith Converter Station | Cheyenne County | 41°09′51″N 102°59′15″W / 41.1642°N 102.9875°W | 200 | 50 | 1988 | [21][22] |
Utilities
- Central Nebraska Public Power & Irrigation District
- Lincoln Electric System
- Nebraska Public Power District
- North Central Public Power District
- Northwest Rural Public Power District
- Omaha Public Power District
- Southern Power District
- Southwest Public Power District
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