Power Plants Near 31901 — Columbus, GA

34 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 31901 (Columbus, Georgia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 32.4730, -84.9795 · County: Muscogee

Natural Gas 73%Solar 15%Hydroelectric 8%Biomass 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.1 mi	North Highlands Columbus, GA	Hydroelectric	30 MW	Georgia Power Co
3.2 mi	Oliver Dam Columbus, GA	Hydroelectric	60 MW	Georgia Power Co
5.8 mi	Walton Discover Power Facility Smiths, AL	Natural Gas	103 MW	Walton Discover Llc
7.0 mi	Muscogee Public Works Columbus, GA	Solar	2 MW	Westbound Solar Llc
11.1 mi	Goat Rock Smiths, AL	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Georgia Power Co
11.6 mi	H Allen Franklin Combined Cycle Smiths, AL	Natural Gas	1,996 MW	Southern Power Co
11.7 mi	Fort Benning Solar Facility Fort Mitchell, AL	Solar	30 MW	Georgia Power Co
14.6 mi	Bartletts Ferry Salem, AL	Hydroelectric	173 MW	Georgia Power Co
18.6 mi	Talbot County Energy Box Springs, GA	Natural Gas	726 MW	Oglethorpe Power Corporation
20.7 mi	Mead Coated Board Mahrt, AL	Biomass	121 MW	Mead Coated Board Inc
26.0 mi	Langdale Valley, AL	Hydroelectric	—	Georgia Power Co
27.1 mi	Al Solar C Llc Cusseta, AL	Solar	—	Oe_alc
27.8 mi	Harris Shiloh Shiloh, GA	Solar	2 MW	Westbound Solar Llc
29.4 mi	Mossy Branch Battery Facility Shiloh, GA	Battery Storage	65 MW	Georgia Power Co
29.8 mi	Troup Rc50 Ii Pine Mountain, GA	Solar	2 MW	Safari Energy, Llc
30.2 mi	Troup Rc50 Pine Mountain, GA	Solar	2 MW	Westbound Solar Llc
32.3 mi	Richland (Ga) Columbus, GA	Solar	1 MW	Terraform Arcadia
33.1 mi	West Point (Ga) West Point, GA	Hydroelectric	73 MW	Usce-Mobile District
34.1 mi	Meriwether Jackson Machester, GA	Solar	3 MW	Safari Energy, Llc
34.2 mi	Sr Lumpkin Lumpkin, GA	Solar	100 MW	Sr Lumpkin, Llc
34.6 mi	Taylor Mauk, GA	Biomass	8 MW	Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl
36.6 mi	Kimberly-Clark Solar Lagrange, GA	Solar	2 MW	Dg Georgia Solar Ii, Llc
36.6 mi	Lafayette Solar Farm Lafayette, AL	Solar	79 MW	Boralex Us Operations Llc
38.3 mi	Sandhill Solar 2 Butler, GA	Solar	—	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
39.3 mi	Butler Solar Farm 20 Butler, GA	Solar	22 MW	Southern Power Co
40.5 mi	Taylor County Solar Butler, GA	Solar	148 MW	Southern Power Co
41.5 mi	Butler Solar Project 103 Butler, GA	Solar	104 MW	Southern Power Co
42.2 mi	White Pine Solar, Llc Butler, GA	Solar	101 MW	White Pine Solar, Llc
42.4 mi	Camp Solar Plant Woodbury, GA	Solar	2 MW	Axium Us Solar Holdings Llc
42.5 mi	Greenville Greenville, GA	Solar	1 MW	Terraform Arcadia
42.7 mi	Pawpaw Solar Plant Butler, GA	Solar	31 MW	Southern Power Co
48.2 mi	Upson Rocky Creek Solar Plant Thomaston, GA	Solar	1 MW	Axium Us Solar Holdings Llc
49.5 mi	Edward L. Addison Generating Plant Thomaston, GA	Natural Gas	701 MW	Southern Power Co
50.0 mi	Lancaster Solar Ga Arlington, GA	Solar	80 MW	Lancaster Solar Ga, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 34 power plants within 50 miles of Columbus, Georgia (ZIP 31901), with a combined 4,807 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 21 of the 34 nearby plants. The closest plant is North Highlands at 2.1 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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