Power Plants Near 37353 — Mc Donald, TN

29 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 37353 (Mc Donald, Tennessee). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 35.0869, -84.9892 · County: Bradley

Nuclear 54%Hydroelectric 32%Natural Gas 13%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.8 mi	Volkswagen Solar System Chattanooga, TN	Solar	8 MW	Sr Enterprise South, Llc
9.6 mi	Whitfield Cooper Cohutta, GA	Solar	1 MW	Westbound Solar 3, Llc
11.3 mi	Sequoyah Soddy Daisy, TN	Nuclear	2,441 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
13.1 mi	Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Solar Chattanooga, TN	Solar	3 MW	Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport
13.6 mi	Chickamauga Chattanooga, TN	Hydroelectric	160 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
19.3 mi	Ocoee 1 Benton, TN	Hydroelectric	19 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
19.5 mi	Bowater Newsprint Calhoun Operation Calhoun, TN	Biomass	63 MW	Resolute Forest Products
22.7 mi	Raccoon Mountain Chattanooga, TN	Hydroelectric	1,714 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
24.1 mi	Murray Treadwell Farms Chatsworth, GA	Solar	3 MW	Safari Energy, Llc
25.7 mi	Dalton 2 Dalton, GA	Solar	7 MW	Georgia Power Co
26.4 mi	Thomas A Smith Energy Facility Dalton, GA	Natural Gas	1,192 MW	Oglethorpe Power Corporation
28.2 mi	Ocoee 2 Benton, TN	Hydroelectric	23 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
28.6 mi	Ocoee 3 Benton, TN	Hydroelectric	29 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
29.5 mi	Sr Sequatchie Dunlap, TN	Solar	—	Sr Sequatchie, Llc
30.6 mi	Sr Marion, Llc Dunlap, TN	Solar	1 MW	Sr Marion, Llc
36.3 mi	Nickajack New Hope, TN	Hydroelectric	104 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
37.3 mi	Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Spring City, TN	Nuclear	2,540 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
37.4 mi	Carters Chatsworth, GA	Hydroelectric	500 MW	Usce-Mobile District
38.1 mi	Watts Bar Fossil Spring City, TN	Coal	—	Tennessee Valley Authority
38.6 mi	Watts Bar Hydro Spring City, TN	Hydroelectric	175 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
39.6 mi	Apalachia Reliance, TN	Hydroelectric	94 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
42.4 mi	Blue Ridge Blue Ridge, GA	Hydroelectric	24 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
45.6 mi	Widows Creek Stevenson, AL	Coal	—	Tennessee Valley Authority
46.1 mi	Hiwassee Dam Murphy, NC	Hydroelectric	166 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
47.0 mi	Cs Murphy Point, Llc Murphy, NC	Solar	1 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
47.4 mi	Gordon Thompson Fairmount, GA	Solar	3 MW	Westbound Solar 3, Llc
47.5 mi	Murphy Farm Power, Llc Culberson, NC	Solar	1 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
47.5 mi	Gordon Pine Hall Fairmount, GA	Solar	2 MW	Westbound Solar 3, Llc
48.4 mi	Chattooga Gore Menlo, GA	Solar	2 MW	Westbound Solar 3, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 29 power plants within 50 miles of Mc Donald, Tennessee (ZIP 37353), with a combined 9,273 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 12 of the 29 nearby plants. The closest plant is Volkswagen Solar System at 7.8 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 Tennessee, visit the Tennessee state page.

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