Based on the sun index level, Nebraska is ranked thirteenth among the states with the greatest energy potential from solar power, according to a sun index developed for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) using data provided by NREL's Renewable Resource Data Center.

Nebraska has the twelfth–largest installed capacity of wind in the country, based on the latest figures. In the third quarter of 2023, Nebraska has the installed capacity of 3,519.0 megawatts of wind energy, which is 2.6 percent of the nation's installed capacity of 132,938.0 megawatts. Texas has the largest installed capacity (36,008.9 megawatts which is 27.1 percent of the nation's total), and Delaware has the smallest installed capacity (2.0 megawatts). Forty–one states and one territory have utility–scale wind facilities.

In 2023, Nebraska ranked twelfth (12th) in installed wind capacity, based on the latest figures. A map is available showing the Wind Development in Nebraska with total megawatt capacity.

In 2021, Nebraska consumed 934.12 trillion British thermal units (Btu) of primary energy and 217.40 trillion Btu of energy from renewable energy resources as shown in Figure 1 below.

Renewable resources met 23 percent of Nebraska's energy consumption as shown in the data table below. Nebraska consumed energy from these renewable resources in 2021:

Numbers for 2022 show that 99.9 percent of the coal transported to Nebraska for electricity generation and industrial plants (excluding coke) came from Wyoming. The rest of the coal (0.1 percent) transported to Nebraska came from Colorado. Nearly the entire coal supply for the state was imported domestically by railroad (99.5 percent) while 0.5 percent was imported by truck.

Winter demand for diesel fuel normally boosts diesel fuel prices. Although diesel is consumed in both the transportation and the agricultural sectors, the prices below reflect transportation sector prices. Diesel fuel is used for internal combustion in diesel engines.