Power Plants Near 16553 — Erie, PA

27 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 16553 (Erie, Pennsylvania). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 42.1292, -80.0851 · County: Erie

Wind 53%Natural Gas 32%Solar 10%Biomass 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.8 mi	Lakeview Gas Recovery Erie, PA	Biomass	6 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
13.9 mi	Erie Solar, Llc Girard, PA	Solar	—	Erie Solar, Llc
14.9 mi	Girard (Pa) Rto Btm Girard, PA	Oil	3 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
17.4 mi	South Ripley Solar Ripley, NY	Solar	—	Repsol Renewables Na
19.2 mi	Snowdrop Solar Washington Township, PA	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
21.6 mi	Sycamore Trail Solar Venango Township, PA	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
24.3 mi	Ripley Westfield Wind Llc Ripley, NY	Wind	—	Pattern Operators Lp
24.8 mi	Ny Sherman 176 W Main St - Sl 1 Sherman, NY	Solar	5 MW	Sl Sherman, Llc
24.8 mi	Ny Sherman 191 W Main St - Sl 2 Sherman, NY	Solar	5 MW	Sl Sherman Ii, Llc
25.7 mi	Empire Solar (Ny) Westfield, NY	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
37.3 mi	Cummins, Inc Lakewood, NY	Solar	2 MW	Terraform Arcadia
38.2 mi	Portland Sp Brocton, NY	Solar	3 MW	Solar Planet Power
38.4 mi	Ashtabula Ashtabula, OH	Natural Gas	26 MW	Dte Ashtabula, Llc
39.5 mi	Chautauqua Lfgte Facility Jamestown, NY	Biomass	10 MW	Chautauqua Green Energy, Llc
41.5 mi	Sl Jamestown Array 2 Jamestown, NY	Solar	—	Sl Jamestown Ii, Llc
41.5 mi	Sl Jamestown Array 1 Jamestown, NY	Solar	—	Sl Jamestown, Llc
43.0 mi	S A Carlson Jamestown, NY	Natural Gas	96 MW	Jamestown Board Of Public Util
44.1 mi	Fredonia Solar Llc Fredonia, NY	Solar	1 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
44.9 mi	York Run Solar Jamestown, NY	Solar	—	Lydian Energy
45.1 mi	Ny Fredonia 9824 Route 60 Solar Fredonia, NY	Solar	5 MW	Sl Fredonia, Llc
45.5 mi	Rak 2 Fredonia, NY	Solar	4 MW	Rak 2 Solar Llc
45.9 mi	Rak 1 Fredonia, NY	Solar	5 MW	Rak 1 Solar Llc
47.4 mi	Arkwright Summit Wind Farm Llc Fredonia, NY	Wind	78 MW	Arkwright Summit Wind Farm Llc
47.7 mi	Cassadaga Wind Farm Cherry Creek, NY	Wind	124 MW	Big Sky Wind, Llc
48.3 mi	Geneva Geneva, OH	Biomass	4 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
48.5 mi	Rivard 2 Sheridan, NY	Solar	5 MW	Generate Capital
48.5 mi	Rivard 1 Sheridan, NY	Solar	5 MW	Generate Capital

Power generation near this area

There are 27 power plants within 50 miles of Erie, Pennsylvania (ZIP 16553), with a combined 385 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 18 of the 27 nearby plants. The closest plant is Lakeview Gas Recovery at 5.8 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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