Power Plants Near 36561 — Orange Beach, AL

21 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 36561 (Orange Beach, Alabama). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 30.2810, -87.5815 · County: Baldwin

Natural Gas 84%Solar 14%Biomass 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.0 mi	Foley Solar, Llc Foley, AL	Solar	—	Foley Solar, Llc
19.7 mi	Gulf Coast Solar Center Iii Bellview, FL	Solar	50 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
23.0 mi	Perdido Pensacola, FL	Biomass	3 MW	Florida Power & Light Co
24.5 mi	Standby Generation Plant Pensacola, FL	Natural Gas	14 MW	Pensacola Christian College
26.6 mi	International Paper Pensacola Cantonment, FL	Biomass	83 MW	International Paper Co-Pensacola
29.0 mi	Gulf Clean Energy Center Pensacola, FL	Natural Gas	2,108 MW	Florida Power & Light Co
29.3 mi	Pensacola Florida Plant Cantonment, FL	Natural Gas	102 MW	Ascend Performance Materials Llc
33.7 mi	Yellowhammer Gas Plant Coden, AL	Natural Gas	—	W&t Offshore Inc
34.1 mi	Santa Rosa Energy Center Pace, FL	Natural Gas	275 MW	Santa Rosa Energy Center Llc
34.2 mi	Pea Ridge Pace, FL	Natural Gas	14 MW	Florida Power & Light Co
34.5 mi	Sparkleberry Molino, FL	Solar	75 MW	Florida Power & Light Co
36.7 mi	Theodore Cogen Facility Theodore, AL	Natural Gas	317 MW	Alabama Power Co
37.3 mi	W&t Onshore Treating Facility (Otf) Theodore, AL	Natural Gas	12 MW	W&t Offshore Inc
41.2 mi	Cotton Creek Solar Energy Center Mcdavid, FL	Solar	75 MW	Florida Power & Light Co
42.1 mi	Kimberly Clark Mobile - Chp Plant Mobile, AL	Natural Gas	50 MW	Kimberly Clark - Mobile Alabama
42.2 mi	Gulf Coast Solar Center Ii Navarre, FL	Solar	40 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
42.9 mi	Hog Bayou Energy Center Mobile, AL	Natural Gas	280 MW	Mobile Energy Llc
45.9 mi	Blackwater River Solar Energy Center Milton, FL	Solar	75 MW	Florida Power & Light Co
46.2 mi	Big Juniper Solar Tbd, FL	Solar	75 MW	Florida Power & Light Co
46.4 mi	First City Solar Energy Center Mcdavid, FL	Solar	75 MW	Florida Power & Light Co
48.6 mi	Mitchell Creek Tbd, FL	Solar	75 MW	Florida Power & Light Co

Power generation near this area

There are 21 power plants within 50 miles of Orange Beach, Alabama (ZIP 36561), with a combined 3,794 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 21 nearby plants. The closest plant is Foley Solar, Llc at 11.0 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.

← Search a different location · Printable proximity report →