Power Plants Near 35986 — Rainsville, AL

20 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 35986 (Rainsville, Alabama). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 34.4989, -85.8446 · County: Dekalb

Hydroelectric 75%Natural Gas 18%Solar 4%Oil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.8 mi	Sand Valley Power Station Collinsville, AL	Biomass	5 MW	Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl
15.3 mi	Bellefonte Hollywood, AL	Oil	14 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
22.4 mi	Chattooga Gore Menlo, GA	Solar	2 MW	Westbound Solar 3, Llc
23.2 mi	Weiss Dam Leesburg, AL	Hydroelectric	88 MW	Alabama Power Co
23.6 mi	Albertville Albertville, AL	Oil	4 MW	Albertville Municipal Utilities Board
27.0 mi	Widows Creek Stevenson, AL	Coal	—	Tennessee Valley Authority
31.8 mi	Guntersville Guntersville, AL	Hydroelectric	115 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
32.4 mi	Rocky Mountain Hydroelectric Plant Rome, GA	Hydroelectric	848 MW	Oglethorpe Power Corporation
33.1 mi	Hammond Rome, GA	Coal	—	Georgia Power Co
34.0 mi	Inland Paperboard Packaging Rome Rome, GA	Oil	70 MW	Inland Paperboard - Rome Mill
34.4 mi	Gadsden Gadsden, AL	Natural Gas	138 MW	Alabama Power Co
37.0 mi	Nickajack New Hope, TN	Hydroelectric	104 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
44.3 mi	Redstone Arsenal Hybrid Huntsville, AL	Solar	11 MW	Mn8 Energy Llc
46.2 mi	Polk Cedartown Cedartown, GA	Solar	2 MW	Westbound Solar Llc
46.4 mi	Raccoon Mountain Chattanooga, TN	Hydroelectric	1,714 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
47.5 mi	Cedartown Battery Energy Storage Project Cedartown, GA	Battery Storage	—	Georgia Power Co
47.8 mi	Polk Cedartown 2 Cedartown, GA	Solar	2 MW	Westbound Solar 3, Llc
47.9 mi	Elora Solar Elora, TN	Solar	150 MW	Elora Solar
47.9 mi	Polk County Ga S1, Llc Cedartown, GA	Solar	3 MW	Safari Energy, Llc
50.0 mi	Sewell Creek Energy Cedartown, GA	Natural Gas	570 MW	Oglethorpe Power Corporation

Power generation near this area

There are 20 power plants within 50 miles of Rainsville, Alabama (ZIP 35986), with a combined 3,840 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 20 nearby plants. The closest plant is Sand Valley Power Station at 10.8 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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