Power Plants Near 36874 — Salem, AL

30 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 36874 (Salem, Alabama). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 32.6212, -85.1840 · County: Lee

Natural Gas 76%Hydroelectric 15%Solar 5%Biomass 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.1 mi	H Allen Franklin Combined Cycle Smiths, AL	Natural Gas	1,996 MW	Southern Power Co
6.1 mi	Goat Rock Smiths, AL	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Georgia Power Co
6.1 mi	Bartletts Ferry Salem, AL	Hydroelectric	173 MW	Georgia Power Co
10.1 mi	Walton Discover Power Facility Smiths, AL	Natural Gas	103 MW	Walton Discover Llc
11.5 mi	Al Solar C Llc Cusseta, AL	Solar	—	Oe_alc
12.9 mi	Oliver Dam Columbus, GA	Hydroelectric	60 MW	Georgia Power Co
13.3 mi	Langdale Valley, AL	Hydroelectric	—	Georgia Power Co
13.8 mi	North Highlands Columbus, GA	Hydroelectric	30 MW	Georgia Power Co
20.6 mi	West Point (Ga) West Point, GA	Hydroelectric	73 MW	Usce-Mobile District
20.8 mi	Muscogee Public Works Columbus, GA	Solar	2 MW	Westbound Solar Llc
21.2 mi	Lafayette Solar Farm Lafayette, AL	Solar	79 MW	Boralex Us Operations Llc
24.7 mi	Fort Benning Solar Facility Fort Mitchell, AL	Solar	30 MW	Georgia Power Co
25.4 mi	Troup Rc50 Ii Pine Mountain, GA	Solar	2 MW	Safari Energy, Llc
27.2 mi	Troup Rc50 Pine Mountain, GA	Solar	2 MW	Westbound Solar Llc
27.6 mi	Kimberly-Clark Solar Lagrange, GA	Solar	2 MW	Dg Georgia Solar Ii, Llc
28.7 mi	Talbot County Energy Box Springs, GA	Natural Gas	726 MW	Oglethorpe Power Corporation
30.8 mi	Harris Shiloh Shiloh, GA	Solar	2 MW	Westbound Solar Llc
32.1 mi	Mead Coated Board Mahrt, AL	Biomass	121 MW	Mead Coated Board Inc
32.9 mi	Mossy Branch Battery Facility Shiloh, GA	Battery Storage	65 MW	Georgia Power Co
36.0 mi	Meriwether Jackson Machester, GA	Solar	3 MW	Safari Energy, Llc
40.0 mi	Greenville Greenville, GA	Solar	1 MW	Terraform Arcadia
41.2 mi	Yates Dam Tallassee, AL	Hydroelectric	51 MW	Alabama Power Co
41.4 mi	Thurlow Dam Tallassee, AL	Hydroelectric	91 MW	Alabama Power Co
42.5 mi	Martin Dam Dadeville, AL	Hydroelectric	211 MW	Alabama Power Co
44.1 mi	Camp Solar Plant Woodbury, GA	Solar	2 MW	Axium Us Solar Holdings Llc
47.7 mi	Richland (Ga) Columbus, GA	Solar	1 MW	Terraform Arcadia
47.9 mi	Taylor Mauk, GA	Biomass	8 MW	Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl
48.9 mi	Sr Lumpkin Lumpkin, GA	Solar	100 MW	Sr Lumpkin, Llc
49.3 mi	Hillabee Energy Center Alexander City, AL	Natural Gas	823 MW	Cer Generation Llc
49.5 mi	Sandhill Solar 2 Butler, GA	Solar	—	Leeward Asset Management, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 30 power plants within 50 miles of Salem, Alabama (ZIP 36874), with a combined 4,794 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 14 of the 30 nearby plants. The closest plant is H Allen Franklin Combined Cycle at 5.1 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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