Power Plants Near 35585 — Spruce Pine, AL

13 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 35585 (Spruce Pine, Alabama). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 34.4246, -87.8145 · County: Franklin

Nuclear 47%Natural Gas 36%Hydroelectric 13%Solar 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
12.0 mi	Sr Bear Creek Bear Creek, AL	Solar	—	Sr Bear Creek, Llc
19.3 mi	Spring Valley Solar 2 Littleville, AL	Solar	—	Urban Grid Solar
22.1 mi	Colbert Tuscumbia, AL	Natural Gas	1,170 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
24.4 mi	Muscle Shoals Cherokee, AL	Solar	227 MW	Muscle Shoals Solar, Llc
27.9 mi	Wilson Dam Muscle Shoals, AL	Hydroelectric	667 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
28.2 mi	River Bend Solar, Llc (Al) Florence, AL	Solar	75 MW	River Bend Solar, Llc
35.3 mi	Lawrence County Solar Wheeler, AL	Solar	—	Tennessee Valley Authority
36.1 mi	Wheeler Dam Town Creek, AL	Hydroelectric	404 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
37.2 mi	Hillsboro Solar 3 Wheeler, AL	Solar	—	Urban Grid Solar
42.9 mi	Decatur-Morgan Co Lfg Recovery Project Trinity, AL	Biomass	2 MW	Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl
44.0 mi	Browns Ferry Decatur, AL	Nuclear	3,854 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
45.2 mi	Morgan Energy Center Decatur, AL	Natural Gas	900 MW	Morgan Energy Center Llc
47.3 mi	Decatur Energy Center Decatur, AL	Natural Gas	902 MW	Decatur Energy Center Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 13 power plants within 50 miles of Spruce Pine, Alabama (ZIP 35585), with a combined 8,200 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 13 nearby plants. The closest plant is Sr Bear Creek at 12.0 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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