Power Plants Near 35549 — Carbon Hill, AL

10 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 35549 (Carbon Hill, Alabama). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 33.9093, -87.5403 · County: Walker

Coal 72%Natural Gas 21%Hydroelectric 7%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
21.8 mi	Sr Sipsey Fayette, AL	Solar	—	Sr Sipsey, Llc
24.9 mi	Lewis Smith Dam Jasper, AL	Hydroelectric	181 MW	Alabama Power Co
26.9 mi	Gorgas Parrish, AL	Coal	—	Alabama Power Co
27.0 mi	Sr Bear Creek Bear Creek, AL	Solar	—	Sr Bear Creek, Llc
32.9 mi	Bankhead Dam Northport, AL	Hydroelectric	54 MW	Alabama Power Co
33.6 mi	James H Miller Jr Quinton, AL	Coal	2,822 MW	Alabama Power Co
45.5 mi	Holt Dam Tuscaloosa, AL	Hydroelectric	47 MW	Alabama Power Co
45.8 mi	Caledonia Steens, MS	Natural Gas	801 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
48.7 mi	Sloss Industries Corp Birmingham, AL	Natural Gas	25 MW	Bluestone Coke Llc
49.2 mi	Abc Coke Tarrant, AL	Natural Gas	4 MW	Abc Coke - Drummond Co, Inc

Power generation near this area

There are 10 power plants within 50 miles of Carbon Hill, Alabama (ZIP 35549), with a combined 3,934 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 3 of the 10 nearby plants. The closest plant is Sr Sipsey at 21.8 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 Alabama, visit the Alabama state page.

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