Power Plants Near 16511 — Erie, PA

29 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 16511 (Erie, Pennsylvania). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.1553, -80.0177 · County: Erie

Wind 57%Natural Gas 32%Solar 8%Biomass 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.6 mi	Lakeview Gas Recovery Erie, PA	Biomass	6 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
13.6 mi	South Ripley Solar Ripley, NY	Solar	—	Repsol Renewables Na
17.8 mi	Erie Solar, Llc Girard, PA	Solar	—	Erie Solar, Llc
18.7 mi	Girard (Pa) Rto Btm Girard, PA	Oil	3 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
20.5 mi	Ripley Westfield Wind Llc Ripley, NY	Wind	—	Pattern Operators Lp
21.3 mi	Ny Sherman 176 W Main St - Sl 1 Sherman, NY	Solar	5 MW	Sl Sherman, Llc
21.3 mi	Ny Sherman 191 W Main St - Sl 2 Sherman, NY	Solar	5 MW	Sl Sherman Ii, Llc
21.5 mi	Snowdrop Solar Washington Township, PA	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
21.9 mi	Empire Solar (Ny) Westfield, NY	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
23.7 mi	Sycamore Trail Solar Venango Township, PA	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
34.0 mi	Cummins, Inc Lakewood, NY	Solar	2 MW	Terraform Arcadia
34.3 mi	Portland Sp Brocton, NY	Solar	3 MW	Solar Planet Power
35.9 mi	Chautauqua Lfgte Facility Jamestown, NY	Biomass	10 MW	Chautauqua Green Energy, Llc
38.3 mi	Sl Jamestown Array 2 Jamestown, NY	Solar	—	Sl Jamestown Ii, Llc
38.4 mi	Sl Jamestown Array 1 Jamestown, NY	Solar	—	Sl Jamestown, Llc
39.7 mi	S A Carlson Jamestown, NY	Natural Gas	96 MW	Jamestown Board Of Public Util
40.2 mi	Fredonia Solar Llc Fredonia, NY	Solar	1 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
41.2 mi	Ny Fredonia 9824 Route 60 Solar Fredonia, NY	Solar	5 MW	Sl Fredonia, Llc
41.6 mi	Rak 2 Fredonia, NY	Solar	4 MW	Rak 2 Solar Llc
41.9 mi	York Run Solar Jamestown, NY	Solar	—	Lydian Energy
42.0 mi	Rak 1 Fredonia, NY	Solar	5 MW	Rak 1 Solar Llc
42.3 mi	Ashtabula Ashtabula, OH	Natural Gas	26 MW	Dte Ashtabula, Llc
43.5 mi	Arkwright Summit Wind Farm Llc Fredonia, NY	Wind	78 MW	Arkwright Summit Wind Farm Llc
43.9 mi	Cassadaga Wind Farm Cherry Creek, NY	Wind	124 MW	Big Sky Wind, Llc
44.6 mi	Rivard 2 Sheridan, NY	Solar	5 MW	Generate Capital
44.6 mi	Rivard 1 Sheridan, NY	Solar	5 MW	Generate Capital
47.7 mi	Source Power Company - Silver Creek Silver Creek, NY	Solar	5 MW	Distributed Solar Development, Llc
47.9 mi	Warren Warren, PA	Natural Gas	53 MW	Warren Generation, Llc
49.0 mi	Ball Hill Wind Energy, Llc Forestville, NY	Wind	108 MW	Ball Hill Wind Energy, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 29 power plants within 50 miles of Erie, Pennsylvania (ZIP 16511), with a combined 546 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 19 of the 29 nearby plants. The closest plant is Lakeview Gas Recovery at 6.6 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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