Power Plants Near 36851 — Cottonton, AL

21 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 36851 (Cottonton, Alabama). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 32.1468, -85.0738 · County: Russell

Natural Gas 74%Hydroelectric 12%Solar 10%Biomass 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.4 mi	Mead Coated Board Mahrt, AL	Biomass	121 MW	Mead Coated Board Inc
11.9 mi	Fort Benning Solar Facility Fort Mitchell, AL	Solar	30 MW	Georgia Power Co
21.7 mi	Sr Lumpkin Lumpkin, GA	Solar	100 MW	Sr Lumpkin, Llc
24.3 mi	Richland (Ga) Columbus, GA	Solar	1 MW	Terraform Arcadia
24.8 mi	North Highlands Columbus, GA	Hydroelectric	30 MW	Georgia Power Co
25.8 mi	Oliver Dam Columbus, GA	Hydroelectric	60 MW	Georgia Power Co
27.0 mi	Muscogee Public Works Columbus, GA	Solar	2 MW	Westbound Solar Llc
27.3 mi	Walton Discover Power Facility Smiths, AL	Natural Gas	103 MW	Walton Discover Llc
30.9 mi	Lancaster Solar Ga Arlington, GA	Solar	80 MW	Lancaster Solar Ga, Llc
31.9 mi	H Allen Franklin Combined Cycle Smiths, AL	Natural Gas	1,996 MW	Southern Power Co
32.0 mi	Goat Rock Smiths, AL	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Georgia Power Co
35.7 mi	Bartletts Ferry Salem, AL	Hydroelectric	173 MW	Georgia Power Co
36.1 mi	Walter F George Ft. Gaines, GA	Hydroelectric	168 MW	Usce-Mobile District
37.8 mi	Talbot County Energy Box Springs, GA	Natural Gas	726 MW	Oglethorpe Power Corporation
42.8 mi	Sr Clay, Llc Fort Gaines, GA	Solar	106 MW	Sr Clay, Llc
43.8 mi	Al Solar C Llc Cusseta, AL	Solar	—	Oe_alc
44.4 mi	Terrell Riles Stovall Dawson, GA	Solar	2 MW	Safari Energy, Llc
45.3 mi	Taylor Mauk, GA	Biomass	8 MW	Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl
45.8 mi	Sr Terrell Dawson, GA	Solar	74 MW	Sr Terrell, Llc
46.1 mi	Mccleskey Cotton Dawson, GA	Solar	2 MW	Westbound Solar Llc
46.4 mi	Langdale Valley, AL	Hydroelectric	—	Georgia Power Co

Power generation near this area

There are 21 power plants within 50 miles of Cottonton, Alabama (ZIP 36851), with a combined 3,819 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 21 nearby plants. The closest plant is Mead Coated Board at 3.4 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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