Power Plants Near 15739 — Ernest, PA

48 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 15739 (Ernest, Pennsylvania). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.6780, -79.1657 · County: Indiana

Coal 54%Natural Gas 38%Wind 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.4 mi	Indiana University Of Pennsylvania Indiana, PA	Natural Gas	24 MW	Indiana University Of Penn
9.3 mi	Keystone Shelocta, PA	Coal	1,883 MW	Keycon Operating Llc
10.1 mi	Armstrong Shelocta, PA	Natural Gas	688 MW	Armstrong Power Llc
11.5 mi	Homer City Generating Station Homer City, PA	Coal	2,012 MW	Homer City Generation, L.p.
17.9 mi	Mahoning Creek Hydroelectric Project New Bethlehem, PA	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
18.1 mi	Conemaugh Hydro Plant Saltsburg, PA	Hydroelectric	15 MW	Pennsylvania Renewable Resources
20.0 mi	Seward (Pa) New Florence, PA	Coal	585 MW	Seward Generating Llc
21.0 mi	Conemaugh New Florence, PA	Coal	1,963 MW	Keycon Operating Llc
21.2 mi	Colver Green Energy Colver, PA	Coal	118 MW	Inter-Power/Ahlcon Partners, L.p.
21.7 mi	Allegheny No 6 Hydro Station Ford City, PA	Hydroelectric	9 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
22.3 mi	Allegheny Hydro No 8 Adrian, PA	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Allegheny Hydro Lp
24.6 mi	Cpv Fairview Energy Center Johnstown, PA	Natural Gas	1,197 MW	Cpv Fairview, Llc
24.8 mi	Patton Wind Farm Patton, PA	Wind	30 MW	Exus Pennsylvania Wind Holdings
26.2 mi	Allegheny No. 5 Hydro Station Schenley, PA	Hydroelectric	9 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
26.4 mi	Cpv Rogue's Wind, Llc Patton, PA	Wind	—	Cpv Rogue's Wind, Llc
26.4 mi	Seldom Seen Wind Llc Hastings, PA	Wind	—	Pattern Operators Lp
26.8 mi	Ebensburg Power Ebensburg, PA	Coal	58 MW	Ebensburg Power Co
27.8 mi	Allegheny Hydro No 9 Cowansville, PA	Hydroelectric	18 MW	Allegheny Hydro Lp
32.9 mi	Springdale 1 & 2 Springdale, PA	Natural Gas	88 MW	Springdale Energy Llc
32.9 mi	Allegheny Energy Units 3 4 & 5 Springdale, PA	Natural Gas	556 MW	Springdale Energy Llc
33.9 mi	Ppg Monroeville Chemicals Center Monroeville, PA	Oil	1 MW	Ppg Monroeville Chemicals Center
34.9 mi	Stony Creek Solar Windber, PA	Solar	—	Stony Creek Solar, Llc
35.1 mi	Spring Lane Ligonier, PA	Solar	14 MW	Mn8 Energy Llc
35.5 mi	Cpv Maple Hill Solar Portage, PA	Solar	100 MW	Cpv Maple Hill Solar, Llc
35.5 mi	Highland North Wind Farm Sidman, PA	Wind	75 MW	Exus Pennsylvania Wind Holdings
35.9 mi	Cambria Wind Llc Sidman, PA	Wind	63 MW	Exus Pennsylvania Wind Holdings
36.6 mi	North Allegheny Windpower Project Lilly, PA	Wind	75 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
36.9 mi	Allegheny Ridge Wind Farm Portage, PA	Wind	80 MW	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
37.2 mi	Cl-Viaduct Llc Bloom Township, PA	Solar	20 MW	Bcd Project Holdings 1, Llc
37.7 mi	Chestnut Flats Wind Farm Altoona, PA	Wind	38 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
38.2 mi	Piney Clarion, PA	Hydroelectric	30 MW	Bp Piney & Deep Creek Llc
40.7 mi	Hunker Solar River, Llc Ruffs Dale, PA	Solar	3 MW	Solriver Capital Llc
41.3 mi	Mon Valley Works Dravosburg, PA	Other Fossil	53 MW	United States Steel-Mon Valley
41.5 mi	Braddock Lock And Dam Braddock, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Lock+ Hydro Friends Fund Xlii, Llc
41.9 mi	Allegheny L&d2 Hydroelectric Project Pittsburgh, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
42.2 mi	Juniata Locomotive Shop Altoona, PA	Natural Gas	2 MW	Norfork Southern Corp
43.9 mi	Forward Windpower Llc Berlin, PA	Wind	29 MW	Forward Windpower, Llc
44.6 mi	Tenaska Westmoreland Generating Station Smithton, PA	Natural Gas	1,134 MW	Tenaska Pennsylvania Partners, Llc
45.4 mi	Clairton Works Clairton, PA	Coal	31 MW	United States Steel- Clairton
46.1 mi	Sandy Ridge Wind Farm Tyrone, PA	Wind	50 MW	Algonquin Power Co
46.2 mi	Ecp Uptown Campus Pittsburgh, PA	Natural Gas	6 MW	Ecp Uptown Campus Llc
46.8 mi	Glades Pike Generation Plant Somerset, PA	Biomass	3 MW	State Correctnl Inst Laurel Highlands
48.4 mi	Stony Creek Wind Farm Llc Berlin, PA	Wind	53 MW	Big Sky Wind, Llc
48.4 mi	Brunot Island Pittsburg, PA	Natural Gas	365 MW	Brunot Island Power, Llc
49.0 mi	Somerset Windpower Llc Ohiopyle, PA	Wind	9 MW	Sequitur Renewables, Llc
49.6 mi	Sandy Ridge Wind 2, Llc Tyrone, PA	Wind	88 MW	Algonquin Power Co
49.7 mi	Shawville Shawville, PA	Natural Gas	632 MW	Shawville Power, Llc
50.0 mi	Emsworth L&d Hydroelectric Project Pittsburgh, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development

Power generation near this area

There are 48 power plants within 50 miles of Ernest, Pennsylvania (ZIP 15739), with a combined 12,225 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 13 of the 48 nearby plants. The closest plant is Indiana University Of Pennsylvania at 4.4 miles.

Nameplate capacity is the maximum output a plant can produce under ideal conditions — actual generation depends on fuel availability, demand, and maintenance schedules. Capacity factor (shown on individual plant pages) measures how much of that theoretical maximum a plant actually delivers over a year. Nuclear plants typically run above 90%; solar and wind range from 20–45% depending on location and weather.

All data comes from federal EIA and EPA releases. For a printable version of this proximity search, use the report link below. To explore all plants in Pennsylvania, visit the Pennsylvania state page.

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