Power Plants Near 35611 — Athens, AL

17 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 35611 (Athens, Alabama). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 34.8036, -86.9707 · County: Limestone

Nuclear 46%Natural Gas 36%Hydroelectric 15%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.9 mi	Browns Ferry Decatur, AL	Nuclear	3,854 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
11.7 mi	Cumblerland Land Holdings, Llc Elkmont, AL	Solar	15 MW	Cumberland Land Holdings, Llc
12.4 mi	Decatur Energy Center Decatur, AL	Natural Gas	902 MW	Decatur Energy Center Llc
12.5 mi	Morgan Energy Center Decatur, AL	Natural Gas	900 MW	Morgan Energy Center Llc
14.5 mi	Decatur-Morgan Co Lfg Recovery Project Trinity, AL	Biomass	2 MW	Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl
17.5 mi	Hillsboro Solar 3 Wheeler, AL	Solar	—	Urban Grid Solar
19.4 mi	Tai Huntsville Solar Hybrid Huntsville, AL	Solar	32 MW	Tai Huntsville Solar, Llc
19.6 mi	Lawrence County Solar Wheeler, AL	Solar	—	Tennessee Valley Authority
23.3 mi	Wheeler Dam Town Creek, AL	Hydroelectric	404 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
24.4 mi	Redstone Arsenal Hybrid Huntsville, AL	Solar	11 MW	Mn8 Energy Llc
37.1 mi	Wilson Dam Muscle Shoals, AL	Hydroelectric	667 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
39.9 mi	Elora Solar Elora, TN	Solar	150 MW	Elora Solar
40.3 mi	Spring Valley Solar 2 Littleville, AL	Solar	—	Urban Grid Solar
42.1 mi	Guntersville Guntersville, AL	Hydroelectric	115 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
47.7 mi	Tims Ford Winchester, TN	Hydroelectric	46 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
49.5 mi	River Bend Solar, Llc (Al) Florence, AL	Solar	75 MW	River Bend Solar, Llc
50.0 mi	Colbert Tuscumbia, AL	Natural Gas	1,170 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority

Power generation near this area

There are 17 power plants within 50 miles of Athens, Alabama (ZIP 35611), with a combined 8,342 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 17 nearby plants. The closest plant is Browns Ferry at 10.9 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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