Power Plants Near 37866 — Sharps Chapel, TN

19 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 37866 (Sharps Chapel, Tennessee). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.3685, -83.8127 · County: Union

Natural Gas 37%Coal 35%Hydroelectric 26%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
18.4 mi	Norris Dam Norris, TN	Hydroelectric	131 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
21.2 mi	Chestnut Ridge Gas Recovery Heiskell, TN	Natural Gas	5 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
22.4 mi	Cherokee Dam Rudledge, TN	Hydroelectric	135 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
29.7 mi	University Of Tennessee Steam Plant Knoxville, TN	Natural Gas	5 MW	University Of Tennessee
29.7 mi	Pineville Four Mile, KY	Coal	—	Kentucky Utilities Co
30.7 mi	Bull Run Clinton, TN	Coal	950 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
31.9 mi	Douglas Dam Dandridge, TN	Hydroelectric	151 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
33.9 mi	Buffalo Mountain Oliver Springs, TN	Wind	2 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
34.0 mi	Buffalo Mountain Energy Center Oliver Springs, TN	Wind	27 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
34.0 mi	Sr White Pine, Llc White Pine, TN	Solar	2 MW	Sr White Pine, Llc
41.4 mi	Sr Maryville East Maryville, TN	Solar	—	Sr Maryville East, Llc
43.1 mi	Melton Hill Lenoir City, TN	Hydroelectric	72 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
43.4 mi	Sr Blount, Llc Maryville, TN	Solar	—	Sr Blount, Llc
45.7 mi	Powell Valley Kyles Ford, TN	Oil	22 MW	Powell Valley Electric Coop
46.5 mi	Fort Loudoun Lenoir City, TN	Hydroelectric	153 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
47.2 mi	John Sevier Rogersville, TN	Natural Gas	997 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
48.2 mi	Laurel Dam London, KY	Hydroelectric	70 MW	Usce-Nashville District
48.4 mi	Sr Maryville Maryville, TN	Solar	—	Sr Maryville, Llc
48.6 mi	Laurel Ridge Lfgte Lily, KY	Biomass	4 MW	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc

Power generation near this area

There are 19 power plants within 50 miles of Sharps Chapel, Tennessee (ZIP 37866), with a combined 2,726 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 19 nearby plants. The closest plant is Norris Dam at 18.4 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 Tennessee, visit the Tennessee state page.

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