Power Plants Near 37872 — Sunbright, TN

17 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 37872 (Sunbright, Tennessee). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.2622, -84.6984 · County: Morgan

Coal 43%Nuclear 41%Hydroelectric 14%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
21.8 mi	Buffalo Mountain Energy Center Oliver Springs, TN	Wind	27 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
22.3 mi	Buffalo Mountain Oliver Springs, TN	Wind	2 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
27.0 mi	Kingston Kingston, TN	Coal	1,700 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
27.8 mi	Sr Copeland Crossville, TN	Solar	—	Sr Copeland, Llc
33.3 mi	Sr Monroe, Llc Monroe, TN	Solar	—	Sr Monroe, Llc
33.9 mi	Norris Dam Norris, TN	Hydroelectric	131 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
34.2 mi	Melton Hill Lenoir City, TN	Hydroelectric	72 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
34.5 mi	Bull Run Clinton, TN	Coal	950 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
38.5 mi	Chestnut Ridge Gas Recovery Heiskell, TN	Natural Gas	5 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
41.3 mi	Fort Loudoun Lenoir City, TN	Hydroelectric	153 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
42.1 mi	Primient Loudon Plant Loudon, TN	Natural Gas	61 MW	Primient, Llc
44.7 mi	Watts Bar Hydro Spring City, TN	Hydroelectric	175 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
45.2 mi	Watts Bar Fossil Spring City, TN	Coal	—	Tennessee Valley Authority
45.9 mi	Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Spring City, TN	Nuclear	2,540 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
46.0 mi	Dale Hollow Celina, TN	Hydroelectric	54 MW	Usce-Nashville District
48.2 mi	University Of Tennessee Steam Plant Knoxville, TN	Natural Gas	5 MW	University Of Tennessee
48.8 mi	Wolf Creek Jamestown, KY	Hydroelectric	270 MW	Usce-Nashville District

Power generation near this area

There are 17 power plants within 50 miles of Sunbright, Tennessee (ZIP 37872), with a combined 6,145 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 17 nearby plants. The closest plant is Buffalo Mountain Energy Center at 21.8 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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