Nameplate capacity
1.6 MW
Rank in Nebraska
#117
of 138 plants
In service since
1947
January 1947
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine
- Operator
- City of Emerson - (NE)
- County
- Dixon County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Nebraska
- #29 of 30
- EIA plant code
- 2235
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 1.1 MW | 1.1 MW | 1968 | Operating |
| 4 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 0.4 MW | 0.4 MW | 1960 | Operating |
| 3 | Petroleum Liquids | 0.1 MW | 0.1 MW | 1947 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Nebraska
| Seward Wind Farm | Wind | 1.7 MW |
| Crete Solar | Solar | 1.6 MW |
| Osmond 1 | Other | 1.6 MW |
| Ansley | Natural gas | 1.5 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 1.6 MW solar plant and a 1.6 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Nebraska power plants · What Nebraska actually generates