Syracuse # 2
Natural gas power plant · Otoe County, Nebraska
Nameplate capacity
4.0 MW
Rank in Nebraska
#91
of 138 plants
In service since
1969
April 1969
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine
- Operator
- City of Nebraska City
- County
- Otoe County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.03%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Nebraska
- #24 of 30
- EIA plant code
- 2256
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 2.0 MW | 1.6 MW | 1969 | Operating |
| 7 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 2.0 MW | 1.6 MW | 1970 | 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
| Holdrege Solar Center | Solar | 4.0 MW |
| Scribner Diesel Generation Facility | Other | 4.0 MW |
| Burwell | Other | 3.9 MW |
| Franklin (NE) | Natural gas | 3.9 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 4.0 MW solar plant and a 4.0 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