Power Plants Near 35771 — Section, AL

17 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 35771 (Section, Alabama). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 34.5433, -85.9940 · County: Jackson

Hydroelectric 87%Solar 6%Natural Gas 4%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
12.1 mi	Bellefonte Hollywood, AL	Oil	14 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
15.6 mi	Sand Valley Power Station Collinsville, AL	Biomass	5 MW	Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl
18.1 mi	Albertville Albertville, AL	Oil	4 MW	Albertville Municipal Utilities Board
24.3 mi	Guntersville Guntersville, AL	Hydroelectric	115 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
27.1 mi	Widows Creek Stevenson, AL	Coal	—	Tennessee Valley Authority
29.1 mi	Weiss Dam Leesburg, AL	Hydroelectric	88 MW	Alabama Power Co
31.1 mi	Chattooga Gore Menlo, GA	Solar	2 MW	Westbound Solar 3, Llc
35.4 mi	Redstone Arsenal Hybrid Huntsville, AL	Solar	11 MW	Mn8 Energy Llc
36.7 mi	Gadsden Gadsden, AL	Natural Gas	138 MW	Alabama Power Co
38.1 mi	Nickajack New Hope, TN	Hydroelectric	104 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
40.7 mi	Elora Solar Elora, TN	Solar	150 MW	Elora Solar
41.2 mi	Tai Huntsville Solar Hybrid Huntsville, AL	Solar	32 MW	Tai Huntsville Solar, Llc
41.4 mi	Rocky Mountain Hydroelectric Plant Rome, GA	Hydroelectric	848 MW	Oglethorpe Power Corporation
42.1 mi	Hammond Rome, GA	Coal	—	Georgia Power Co
43.0 mi	Inland Paperboard Packaging Rome Rome, GA	Oil	70 MW	Inland Paperboard - Rome Mill
47.9 mi	Tims Ford Winchester, TN	Hydroelectric	46 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
49.4 mi	Raccoon Mountain Chattanooga, TN	Hydroelectric	1,714 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority

Power generation near this area

There are 17 power plants within 50 miles of Section, Alabama (ZIP 35771), with a combined 3,341 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 17 nearby plants. The closest plant is Bellefonte at 12.1 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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