Power Plants Near 35651 — Mount Hope, AL

15 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 35651 (Mount Hope, Alabama). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 34.4793, -87.4769 · County: Lawrence

Nuclear 46%Natural Gas 35%Hydroelectric 15%Solar 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
17.0 mi	Lawrence County Solar Wheeler, AL	Solar	—	Tennessee Valley Authority
17.2 mi	Spring Valley Solar 2 Littleville, AL	Solar	—	Urban Grid Solar
19.1 mi	Hillsboro Solar 3 Wheeler, AL	Solar	—	Urban Grid Solar
19.2 mi	Sr Bear Creek Bear Creek, AL	Solar	—	Sr Bear Creek, Llc
23.3 mi	Wheeler Dam Town Creek, AL	Hydroelectric	404 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
23.6 mi	Wilson Dam Muscle Shoals, AL	Hydroelectric	667 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
23.6 mi	Decatur-Morgan Co Lfg Recovery Project Trinity, AL	Biomass	2 MW	Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl
25.6 mi	Browns Ferry Decatur, AL	Nuclear	3,854 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
26.0 mi	Morgan Energy Center Decatur, AL	Natural Gas	900 MW	Morgan Energy Center Llc
27.9 mi	Decatur Energy Center Decatur, AL	Natural Gas	902 MW	Decatur Energy Center Llc
27.9 mi	Colbert Tuscumbia, AL	Natural Gas	1,170 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
31.5 mi	Muscle Shoals Cherokee, AL	Solar	227 MW	Muscle Shoals Solar, Llc
32.0 mi	River Bend Solar, Llc (Al) Florence, AL	Solar	75 MW	River Bend Solar, Llc
42.8 mi	Lewis Smith Dam Jasper, AL	Hydroelectric	181 MW	Alabama Power Co
47.5 mi	Cumblerland Land Holdings, Llc Elkmont, AL	Solar	15 MW	Cumberland Land Holdings, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 15 power plants within 50 miles of Mount Hope, Alabama (ZIP 35651), with a combined 8,396 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 15 nearby plants. The closest plant is Lawrence County Solar at 17.0 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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