Power Plants Near 35631 — Florence, AL

18 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 35631 (Florence, Alabama). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 34.8700, -87.7069 · County: Lauderdale

Nuclear 45%Natural Gas 35%Hydroelectric 15%Solar 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.8 mi	Wilson Dam Muscle Shoals, AL	Hydroelectric	667 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
8.1 mi	River Bend Solar, Llc (Al) Florence, AL	Solar	75 MW	River Bend Solar, Llc
11.9 mi	Colbert Tuscumbia, AL	Natural Gas	1,170 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
13.2 mi	Muscle Shoals Cherokee, AL	Solar	227 MW	Muscle Shoals Solar, Llc
13.7 mi	Spring Valley Solar 2 Littleville, AL	Solar	—	Urban Grid Solar
18.9 mi	Wheeler Dam Town Creek, AL	Hydroelectric	404 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
30.2 mi	Hillsboro Solar 3 Wheeler, AL	Solar	—	Urban Grid Solar
30.4 mi	Lawrence County Solar Wheeler, AL	Solar	—	Tennessee Valley Authority
33.6 mi	Pickwick Landing Dam Pickwick Dam, TN	Hydroelectric	240 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
33.9 mi	Packaging Corp Of America Counce, TN	Biomass	73 MW	Packaging Corp Of America
35.3 mi	Browns Ferry Decatur, AL	Nuclear	3,854 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
38.4 mi	Decatur-Morgan Co Lfg Recovery Project Trinity, AL	Biomass	2 MW	Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl
38.4 mi	Sr Clifton Clifton, TN	Solar	—	Sr Clifton, Llc
39.8 mi	Morgan Energy Center Decatur, AL	Natural Gas	900 MW	Morgan Energy Center Llc
41.1 mi	Sr Bear Creek Bear Creek, AL	Solar	—	Sr Bear Creek, Llc
42.3 mi	Decatur Energy Center Decatur, AL	Natural Gas	902 MW	Decatur Energy Center Llc
46.0 mi	Sr Adamsville Mcnairy, TN	Solar	—	Sr Adamsville, Llc
47.8 mi	Cumblerland Land Holdings, Llc Elkmont, AL	Solar	15 MW	Cumberland Land Holdings, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 18 power plants within 50 miles of Florence, Alabama (ZIP 35631), with a combined 8,528 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 9 of the 18 nearby plants. The closest plant is Wilson Dam at 6.8 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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