Power Plants Near 30756 — Varnell, GA

31 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 30756 (Varnell, Georgia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 34.9012, -84.9738 · County: Whitfield

Nuclear 50%Hydroelectric 37%Natural Gas 12%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.9 mi	Whitfield Cooper Cohutta, GA	Solar	1 MW	Westbound Solar 3, Llc
12.9 mi	Murray Treadwell Farms Chatsworth, GA	Solar	3 MW	Safari Energy, Llc
12.9 mi	Dalton 2 Dalton, GA	Solar	7 MW	Georgia Power Co
13.6 mi	Thomas A Smith Energy Facility Dalton, GA	Natural Gas	1,192 MW	Oglethorpe Power Corporation
15.8 mi	Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Solar Chattanooga, TN	Solar	3 MW	Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport
16.1 mi	Volkswagen Solar System Chattanooga, TN	Solar	8 MW	Sr Enterprise South, Llc
20.0 mi	Chickamauga Chattanooga, TN	Hydroelectric	160 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
22.8 mi	Ocoee 1 Benton, TN	Hydroelectric	19 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
23.5 mi	Sequoyah Soddy Daisy, TN	Nuclear	2,441 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
25.8 mi	Raccoon Mountain Chattanooga, TN	Hydroelectric	1,714 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
26.3 mi	Carters Chatsworth, GA	Hydroelectric	500 MW	Usce-Mobile District
29.9 mi	Bowater Newsprint Calhoun Operation Calhoun, TN	Biomass	63 MW	Resolute Forest Products
30.0 mi	Ocoee 2 Benton, TN	Hydroelectric	23 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
30.3 mi	Ocoee 3 Benton, TN	Hydroelectric	29 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
35.2 mi	Gordon Thompson Fairmount, GA	Solar	3 MW	Westbound Solar 3, Llc
35.3 mi	Gordon Pine Hall Fairmount, GA	Solar	2 MW	Westbound Solar 3, Llc
37.3 mi	Nickajack New Hope, TN	Hydroelectric	104 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
38.9 mi	Chattooga Gore Menlo, GA	Solar	2 MW	Westbound Solar 3, Llc
39.2 mi	Blue Ridge Blue Ridge, GA	Hydroelectric	24 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
40.6 mi	Sr Sequatchie Dunlap, TN	Solar	—	Sr Sequatchie, Llc
41.0 mi	Sr Marion, Llc Dunlap, TN	Solar	1 MW	Sr Marion, Llc
42.1 mi	Rocky Mountain Hydroelectric Plant Rome, GA	Hydroelectric	848 MW	Oglethorpe Power Corporation
42.6 mi	Apalachia Reliance, TN	Hydroelectric	94 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
44.3 mi	Widows Creek Stevenson, AL	Coal	—	Tennessee Valley Authority
45.2 mi	Bartow Davidson Cartersville, GA	Solar	3 MW	Madison Energy Holdings Llc
46.1 mi	Cs Murphy Point, Llc Murphy, NC	Solar	1 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
46.7 mi	Murphy Farm Power, Llc Culberson, NC	Solar	1 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
48.2 mi	Hiwassee Dam Murphy, NC	Hydroelectric	166 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
49.1 mi	Inland Paperboard Packaging Rome Rome, GA	Oil	70 MW	Inland Paperboard - Rome Mill
49.5 mi	Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Spring City, TN	Nuclear	2,540 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
49.5 mi	Hammond Rome, GA	Coal	—	Georgia Power Co

Power generation near this area

There are 31 power plants within 50 miles of Varnell, Georgia (ZIP 30756), with a combined 10,019 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 13 of the 31 nearby plants. The closest plant is Whitfield Cooper at 3.9 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 Georgia, visit the Georgia state page.

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