Power Plants Near 35661 — Muscle Shoals, AL

17 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 35661 (Muscle Shoals, Alabama). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 34.7561, -87.6304 · County: Colbert

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

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.9 mi	Wilson Dam Muscle Shoals, AL	Hydroelectric	667 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
5.9 mi	Spring Valley Solar 2 Littleville, AL	Solar	—	Urban Grid Solar
12.4 mi	Colbert Tuscumbia, AL	Natural Gas	1,170 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
13.1 mi	River Bend Solar, Llc (Al) Florence, AL	Solar	75 MW	River Bend Solar, Llc
14.5 mi	Wheeler Dam Town Creek, AL	Hydroelectric	404 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
15.6 mi	Muscle Shoals Cherokee, AL	Solar	227 MW	Muscle Shoals Solar, Llc
23.0 mi	Lawrence County Solar Wheeler, AL	Solar	—	Tennessee Valley Authority
23.3 mi	Hillsboro Solar 3 Wheeler, AL	Solar	—	Urban Grid Solar
29.3 mi	Browns Ferry Decatur, AL	Nuclear	3,854 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
31.4 mi	Decatur-Morgan Co Lfg Recovery Project Trinity, AL	Biomass	2 MW	Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl
33.2 mi	Morgan Energy Center Decatur, AL	Natural Gas	900 MW	Morgan Energy Center Llc
33.5 mi	Sr Bear Creek Bear Creek, AL	Solar	—	Sr Bear Creek, Llc
35.7 mi	Decatur Energy Center Decatur, AL	Natural Gas	902 MW	Decatur Energy Center Llc
41.2 mi	Pickwick Landing Dam Pickwick Dam, TN	Hydroelectric	240 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
41.3 mi	Packaging Corp Of America Counce, TN	Biomass	73 MW	Packaging Corp Of America
45.2 mi	Cumblerland Land Holdings, Llc Elkmont, AL	Solar	15 MW	Cumberland Land Holdings, Llc
47.3 mi	Sr Clifton Clifton, TN	Solar	—	Sr Clifton, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 17 power plants within 50 miles of Muscle Shoals, Alabama (ZIP 35661), with a combined 8,528 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 Wilson Dam at 2.9 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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