Power Plants Near 37397 — Whitwell, TN

26 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 37397 (Whitwell, Tennessee). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 35.1972, -85.5011 · County: Marion

Nuclear 57%Hydroelectric 26%Natural Gas 14%Solar 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.7 mi	Raccoon Mountain Chattanooga, TN	Hydroelectric	1,714 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
14.9 mi	Sr Marion, Llc Dunlap, TN	Solar	1 MW	Sr Marion, Llc
15.1 mi	Nickajack New Hope, TN	Hydroelectric	104 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
16.7 mi	Chickamauga Chattanooga, TN	Hydroelectric	160 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
17.8 mi	Sr Sequatchie Dunlap, TN	Solar	—	Sr Sequatchie, Llc
20.4 mi	Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Solar Chattanooga, TN	Solar	3 MW	Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport
22.2 mi	Volkswagen Solar System Chattanooga, TN	Solar	8 MW	Sr Enterprise South, Llc
23.2 mi	Sequoyah Soddy Daisy, TN	Nuclear	2,441 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
26.0 mi	Widows Creek Stevenson, AL	Coal	—	Tennessee Valley Authority
35.7 mi	Whitfield Cooper Cohutta, GA	Solar	1 MW	Westbound Solar 3, Llc
36.4 mi	Franklin (Tn) Estill Springs, TN	Natural Gas	—	Tennessee Valley Authority
37.7 mi	Mcminnville Mcminnville, TN	Oil	24 MW	Mcminnville Electric System
41.5 mi	Bellefonte Hollywood, AL	Oil	14 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
42.5 mi	Bowater Newsprint Calhoun Operation Calhoun, TN	Biomass	63 MW	Resolute Forest Products
42.8 mi	Great Falls (Tn) Rock Island, TN	Hydroelectric	34 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
43.9 mi	Tims Ford Winchester, TN	Hydroelectric	46 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
45.1 mi	Sr Tullahoma Tullahoma, TN	Solar	—	Sr Tullahoma, Llc
46.2 mi	Dalton 2 Dalton, GA	Solar	7 MW	Georgia Power Co
47.2 mi	Thomas A Smith Energy Facility Dalton, GA	Natural Gas	1,192 MW	Oglethorpe Power Corporation
48.3 mi	Elora Solar Elora, TN	Solar	150 MW	Elora Solar
48.4 mi	Chattooga Gore Menlo, GA	Solar	2 MW	Westbound Solar 3, Llc
48.7 mi	Ocoee 1 Benton, TN	Hydroelectric	19 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
48.9 mi	Murray Treadwell Farms Chatsworth, GA	Solar	3 MW	Safari Energy, Llc
48.9 mi	Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Spring City, TN	Nuclear	2,540 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
49.6 mi	Watts Bar Fossil Spring City, TN	Coal	—	Tennessee Valley Authority
49.8 mi	Watts Bar Hydro Spring City, TN	Hydroelectric	175 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority

Power generation near this area

There are 26 power plants within 50 miles of Whitwell, Tennessee (ZIP 37397), with a combined 8,699 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 26 nearby plants. The closest plant is Raccoon Mountain at 11.7 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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