Power Plants Near 16218 — Cowansville, PA

46 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 16218 (Cowansville, Pennsylvania). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.9230, -79.5946 · County: Armstrong

Coal 53%Natural Gas 30%Nuclear 15%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.2 mi	Allegheny Hydro No 9 Cowansville, PA	Hydroelectric	18 MW	Allegheny Hydro Lp
6.3 mi	Allegheny Hydro No 8 Adrian, PA	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Allegheny Hydro Lp
14.3 mi	Allegheny No 6 Hydro Station Ford City, PA	Hydroelectric	9 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
16.3 mi	Mahoning Creek Hydroelectric Project New Bethlehem, PA	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
16.8 mi	Allegheny L&d2 Hydroelectric Project Pittsburgh, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
17.0 mi	Allegheny No. 5 Hydro Station Schenley, PA	Hydroelectric	9 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
20.4 mi	Piney Clarion, PA	Hydroelectric	30 MW	Bp Piney & Deep Creek Llc
22.5 mi	Keystone Shelocta, PA	Coal	1,883 MW	Keycon Operating Llc
23.4 mi	Armstrong Shelocta, PA	Natural Gas	688 MW	Armstrong Power Llc
26.5 mi	Scrubgrass Reclamation Co. Lp. Kennerdell, PA	Coal	95 MW	Scrubgrass Reclamation Co. Lp.
27.5 mi	Springdale 1 & 2 Springdale, PA	Natural Gas	88 MW	Springdale Energy Llc
27.6 mi	Allegheny Energy Units 3 4 & 5 Springdale, PA	Natural Gas	556 MW	Springdale Energy Llc
27.7 mi	Handsome Lake Energy Llc Kennerdell, PA	Natural Gas	295 MW	Handsome Lake Energy Llc
29.6 mi	Cardinal Solar, Llc Franklin, PA	Solar	—	Cardinal Solar, Llc
31.2 mi	Indiana University Of Pennsylvania Indiana, PA	Natural Gas	24 MW	Indiana University Of Penn
31.6 mi	Wabtec U.s Rail, Grove City Engine Plant Grove City, PA	Oil	4 MW	General Electric Co
33.9 mi	Conemaugh Hydro Plant Saltsburg, PA	Hydroelectric	15 MW	Pennsylvania Renewable Resources
34.0 mi	Ppg Monroeville Chemicals Center Monroeville, PA	Oil	1 MW	Ppg Monroeville Chemicals Center
34.5 mi	Cobalt Solar, Llc Washington Township, PA	Solar	—	Cypress Creek Renewables
35.2 mi	Homer City Generating Station Homer City, PA	Coal	2,012 MW	Homer City Generation, L.p.
38.9 mi	Emsworth L&d Hydroelectric Project Pittsburgh, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
39.1 mi	Mon Valley Works Dravosburg, PA	Other Fossil	53 MW	United States Steel-Mon Valley
39.4 mi	Ecp Uptown Campus Pittsburgh, PA	Natural Gas	6 MW	Ecp Uptown Campus Llc
39.4 mi	Braddock Lock And Dam Braddock, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Lock+ Hydro Friends Fund Xlii, Llc
39.4 mi	Brunot Island Pittsburg, PA	Natural Gas	365 MW	Brunot Island Power, Llc
39.5 mi	Emsworth Bc Hydroelectric Project Pittsburgh, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
39.8 mi	Beaver Valley Patterson Dam Beaver Falls, PA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
39.9 mi	Townsend Hydro New Brighton, PA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Beaver Falls Municipal Auth
40.4 mi	New Castle Plant West Pittsburg, PA	Natural Gas	354 MW	New Castle Power, Llc
41.4 mi	Beaver Solar Llc Beaver, PA	Solar	1 MW	Laurel Capital Partners
42.5 mi	Shell Chemical Appalachia Llc Monaca, PA	Natural Gas	310 MW	Shell Chemical Appalachia Llc
43.7 mi	Firefly Solar Pa New Castle, PA	Solar	—	Vesper Energy Development Llc
43.9 mi	Hickory Run Energy Station New Castle, PA	Natural Gas	1,034 MW	Hickory Run Energy, Llc
44.6 mi	Pittsburgh Airport Gas Plant Coraopolis, PA	Natural Gas	22 MW	Img Energy Solutions
45.0 mi	Clairton Works Clairton, PA	Coal	31 MW	United States Steel- Clairton
45.5 mi	Montgomery L&d Hydroelectric Project Monaca, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
46.0 mi	Pg Solar 1 Findlay Township, PA	Solar	3 MW	Img Energy Solutions
46.3 mi	Seward (Pa) New Florence, PA	Coal	585 MW	Seward Generating Llc
46.6 mi	Conemaugh New Florence, PA	Coal	1,963 MW	Keycon Operating Llc
47.2 mi	Gaucho Solar Clinton, PA	Solar	20 MW	Gaucho Solar
48.6 mi	Beaver Valley Shippingport, PA	Nuclear	1,847 MW	Energy Harbor Nuclear Generation Llc
48.6 mi	Carbon Limestone Lowellville, OH	Natural Gas	—	Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl
48.9 mi	Hunker Solar River, Llc Ruffs Dale, PA	Solar	3 MW	Solriver Capital Llc
49.0 mi	Colver Green Energy Colver, PA	Coal	118 MW	Inter-Power/Ahlcon Partners, L.p.
49.9 mi	Pine 1 Solar Hookstown, PA	Solar	17 MW	Be-Pine1 Llc
49.9 mi	Cl-Viaduct Llc Bloom Township, PA	Solar	20 MW	Bcd Project Holdings 1, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 46 power plants within 50 miles of Cowansville, Pennsylvania (ZIP 16218), with a combined 12,505 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 14 of the 46 nearby plants. The closest plant is Allegheny Hydro No 9 at 3.2 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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