Power Plants Near 36477 — Samson, AL

16 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 36477 (Samson, Alabama). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 31.1049, -86.0674 · County: Geneva

Natural Gas 60%Solar 38%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
15.4 mi	Pecan Tree Defuniak Springs, FL	Solar	75 MW	Florida Power & Light Co
15.8 mi	Swallowtail Defuniak Springs, FL	Solar	—	Florida Power & Light Co
17.9 mi	Chautauqua Solar Energy Center Defuniak Springs, FL	Solar	75 MW	Florida Power & Light Co
17.9 mi	Wild Quail Defuniak Springs, FL	Solar	75 MW	Florida Power & Light Co
25.3 mi	Fort Rucker Solar Array Fort Rucker, AL	Solar	11 MW	Alabama Power Co
31.6 mi	Mcwilliams Gantt, AL	Natural Gas	654 MW	Powersouth Energy Cooperative
31.8 mi	Wing Wing, AL	Solar	80 MW	Origis Energy Usa, Inc
31.9 mi	Gantt Andalusia, AL	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Powersouth Energy Cooperative
32.0 mi	Point A Andalusia, AL	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Powersouth Energy Cooperative
34.1 mi	Pinckard Solar Pinckard, AL	Solar	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
37.8 mi	Portland (Fl) Eglin Afb, FL	Oil	—	Powersouth Energy Cooperative
39.9 mi	Springhill Gas Recovery Plant Campbellton, FL	Biomass	5 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
40.8 mi	Crestwood Dothan Dothan, AL	Oil	9 MW	Crestwood Corp
42.5 mi	Gulf Power Blue Indigo Energy Cottondale, FL	Solar	75 MW	Florida Power & Light Co
48.5 mi	Caverns Solar Tbd, FL	Solar	—	Cvso, Llc
48.7 mi	Gulf Coast Solar Center I Valparaiso, FL	Solar	30 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.

Power generation near this area

There are 16 power plants within 50 miles of Samson, Alabama (ZIP 36477), with a combined 1,094 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 16 nearby plants. The closest plant is Pecan Tree at 15.4 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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