Power Plants Near 35979 — Higdon, AL

24 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 35979 (Higdon, Alabama). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 34.8391, -85.6196 · County: Jackson

Hydroelectric 43%Nuclear 36%Natural Gas 17%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
8.3 mi	Widows Creek Stevenson, AL	Coal	—	Tennessee Valley Authority
11.2 mi	Nickajack New Hope, TN	Hydroelectric	104 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
19.7 mi	Bellefonte Hollywood, AL	Oil	14 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
19.9 mi	Raccoon Mountain Chattanooga, TN	Hydroelectric	1,714 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
25.5 mi	Chattooga Gore Menlo, GA	Solar	2 MW	Westbound Solar 3, Llc
26.6 mi	Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Solar Chattanooga, TN	Solar	3 MW	Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport
28.6 mi	Chickamauga Chattanooga, TN	Hydroelectric	160 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
33.1 mi	Volkswagen Solar System Chattanooga, TN	Solar	8 MW	Sr Enterprise South, Llc
37.0 mi	Sand Valley Power Station Collinsville, AL	Biomass	5 MW	Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl
37.9 mi	Rocky Mountain Hydroelectric Plant Rome, GA	Hydroelectric	848 MW	Oglethorpe Power Corporation
39.1 mi	Whitfield Cooper Cohutta, GA	Solar	1 MW	Westbound Solar 3, Llc
39.9 mi	Dalton 2 Dalton, GA	Solar	7 MW	Georgia Power Co
40.1 mi	Sequoyah Soddy Daisy, TN	Nuclear	2,441 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
40.4 mi	Sr Marion, Llc Dunlap, TN	Solar	1 MW	Sr Marion, Llc
40.8 mi	Thomas A Smith Energy Facility Dalton, GA	Natural Gas	1,192 MW	Oglethorpe Power Corporation
41.9 mi	Franklin (Tn) Estill Springs, TN	Natural Gas	—	Tennessee Valley Authority
42.9 mi	Sr Sequatchie Dunlap, TN	Solar	—	Sr Sequatchie, Llc
43.4 mi	Hammond Rome, GA	Coal	—	Georgia Power Co
43.6 mi	Elora Solar Elora, TN	Solar	150 MW	Elora Solar
43.8 mi	Inland Paperboard Packaging Rome Rome, GA	Oil	70 MW	Inland Paperboard - Rome Mill
44.7 mi	Tims Ford Winchester, TN	Hydroelectric	46 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
46.0 mi	Murray Treadwell Farms Chatsworth, GA	Solar	3 MW	Safari Energy, Llc
46.7 mi	Weiss Dam Leesburg, AL	Hydroelectric	88 MW	Alabama Power Co
47.6 mi	Albertville Albertville, AL	Oil	4 MW	Albertville Municipal Utilities Board

Power generation near this area

There are 24 power plants within 50 miles of Higdon, Alabama (ZIP 35979), with a combined 6,859 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 9 of the 24 nearby plants. The closest plant is Widows Creek at 8.3 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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