Power Plants Near 35543 — Bear Creek, AL

14 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 35543 (Bear Creek, Alabama). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 34.1649, -87.7396 · County: Marion

Natural Gas 56%Hydroelectric 36%Solar 9%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.9 mi	Sr Bear Creek Bear Creek, AL	Solar	—	Sr Bear Creek, Llc
32.8 mi	Sr Sipsey Fayette, AL	Solar	—	Sr Sipsey, Llc
35.5 mi	Spring Valley Solar 2 Littleville, AL	Solar	—	Urban Grid Solar
39.4 mi	Lewis Smith Dam Jasper, AL	Hydroelectric	181 MW	Alabama Power Co
40.5 mi	Colbert Tuscumbia, AL	Natural Gas	1,170 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
42.8 mi	Muscle Shoals Cherokee, AL	Solar	227 MW	Muscle Shoals Solar, Llc
43.0 mi	Lawrence County Solar Wheeler, AL	Solar	—	Tennessee Valley Authority
44.2 mi	Wilson Dam Muscle Shoals, AL	Hydroelectric	667 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
45.3 mi	Hillsboro Solar 3 Wheeler, AL	Solar	—	Urban Grid Solar
46.4 mi	River Bend Solar, Llc (Al) Florence, AL	Solar	75 MW	River Bend Solar, Llc
47.1 mi	Caledonia Steens, MS	Natural Gas	801 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
47.6 mi	Gorgas Parrish, AL	Coal	—	Alabama Power Co
48.3 mi	Decatur-Morgan Co Lfg Recovery Project Trinity, AL	Biomass	2 MW	Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl
48.8 mi	Wheeler Dam Town Creek, AL	Hydroelectric	404 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority

Power generation near this area

There are 14 power plants within 50 miles of Bear Creek, Alabama (ZIP 35543), with a combined 3,526 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 14 nearby plants. The closest plant is Sr Bear Creek at 7.9 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 Alabama, visit the Alabama state page.

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