Power Plants Near 35981 — Ider, AL

24 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 35981 (Ider, Alabama). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 34.7351, -85.6416 · County: Dekalb

Hydroelectric 44%Nuclear 35%Natural Gas 17%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
12.1 mi	Widows Creek Stevenson, AL	Coal	—	Tennessee Valley Authority
16.4 mi	Bellefonte Hollywood, AL	Oil	14 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
18.5 mi	Nickajack New Hope, TN	Hydroelectric	104 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
19.7 mi	Chattooga Gore Menlo, GA	Solar	2 MW	Westbound Solar 3, Llc
26.4 mi	Raccoon Mountain Chattanooga, TN	Hydroelectric	1,714 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
29.9 mi	Sand Valley Power Station Collinsville, AL	Biomass	5 MW	Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl
31.7 mi	Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Solar Chattanooga, TN	Solar	3 MW	Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport
32.5 mi	Rocky Mountain Hydroelectric Plant Rome, GA	Hydroelectric	848 MW	Oglethorpe Power Corporation
34.5 mi	Chickamauga Chattanooga, TN	Hydroelectric	160 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
37.3 mi	Hammond Rome, GA	Coal	—	Georgia Power Co
37.8 mi	Inland Paperboard Packaging Rome Rome, GA	Oil	70 MW	Inland Paperboard - Rome Mill
38.4 mi	Volkswagen Solar System Chattanooga, TN	Solar	8 MW	Sr Enterprise South, Llc
39.4 mi	Weiss Dam Leesburg, AL	Hydroelectric	88 MW	Alabama Power Co
40.3 mi	Dalton 2 Dalton, GA	Solar	7 MW	Georgia Power Co
41.2 mi	Thomas A Smith Energy Facility Dalton, GA	Natural Gas	1,192 MW	Oglethorpe Power Corporation
41.9 mi	Albertville Albertville, AL	Oil	4 MW	Albertville Municipal Utilities Board
42.3 mi	Whitfield Cooper Cohutta, GA	Solar	1 MW	Westbound Solar 3, Llc
45.5 mi	Elora Solar Elora, TN	Solar	150 MW	Elora Solar
46.1 mi	Sequoyah Soddy Daisy, TN	Nuclear	2,441 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
46.5 mi	Franklin (Tn) Estill Springs, TN	Natural Gas	—	Tennessee Valley Authority
47.1 mi	Murray Treadwell Farms Chatsworth, GA	Solar	3 MW	Safari Energy, Llc
47.6 mi	Sr Marion, Llc Dunlap, TN	Solar	1 MW	Sr Marion, Llc
48.0 mi	Guntersville Guntersville, AL	Hydroelectric	115 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
48.1 mi	Tims Ford Winchester, TN	Hydroelectric	46 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority

Power generation near this area

There are 24 power plants within 50 miles of Ider, Alabama (ZIP 35981), with a combined 6,974 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 24 nearby plants. The closest plant is Widows Creek 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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