Power Plants Near 35968 — Fort Payne, AL

21 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 35968 (Fort Payne, Alabama). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 34.4898, -85.7657 · County: Dekalb

Hydroelectric 78%Natural Gas 19%Oil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.6 mi	Sand Valley Power Station Collinsville, AL	Biomass	5 MW	Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl
17.7 mi	Bellefonte Hollywood, AL	Oil	14 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
18.0 mi	Chattooga Gore Menlo, GA	Solar	2 MW	Westbound Solar 3, Llc
22.0 mi	Weiss Dam Leesburg, AL	Hydroelectric	88 MW	Alabama Power Co
27.2 mi	Widows Creek Stevenson, AL	Coal	—	Tennessee Valley Authority
27.5 mi	Albertville Albertville, AL	Oil	4 MW	Albertville Municipal Utilities Board
27.9 mi	Rocky Mountain Hydroelectric Plant Rome, GA	Hydroelectric	848 MW	Oglethorpe Power Corporation
29.0 mi	Hammond Rome, GA	Coal	—	Georgia Power Co
29.9 mi	Inland Paperboard Packaging Rome Rome, GA	Oil	70 MW	Inland Paperboard - Rome Mill
35.0 mi	Gadsden Gadsden, AL	Natural Gas	138 MW	Alabama Power Co
36.1 mi	Guntersville Guntersville, AL	Hydroelectric	115 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
36.3 mi	Nickajack New Hope, TN	Hydroelectric	104 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
42.7 mi	Polk Cedartown Cedartown, GA	Solar	2 MW	Westbound Solar Llc
43.8 mi	Cedartown Battery Energy Storage Project Cedartown, GA	Battery Storage	—	Georgia Power Co
44.0 mi	Polk Cedartown 2 Cedartown, GA	Solar	2 MW	Westbound Solar 3, Llc
44.2 mi	Polk County Ga S1, Llc Cedartown, GA	Solar	3 MW	Safari Energy, Llc
44.6 mi	Raccoon Mountain Chattanooga, TN	Hydroelectric	1,714 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
46.7 mi	Sewell Creek Energy Cedartown, GA	Natural Gas	570 MW	Oglethorpe Power Corporation
48.6 mi	Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Solar Chattanooga, TN	Solar	3 MW	Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport
48.9 mi	Redstone Arsenal Hybrid Huntsville, AL	Solar	11 MW	Mn8 Energy Llc
50.0 mi	Dalton 2 Dalton, GA	Solar	7 MW	Georgia Power Co

Power generation near this area

There are 21 power plants within 50 miles of Fort Payne, Alabama (ZIP 35968), with a combined 3,699 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 21 nearby plants. The closest plant is Sand Valley Power Station at 11.6 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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