Power Plants Near 37922 — Knoxville, TN

28 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 37922 (Knoxville, Tennessee). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 35.8580, -84.1194 · County: Knox

Coal 38%Nuclear 36%Hydroelectric 25%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
8.3 mi	Fort Loudoun Lenoir City, TN	Hydroelectric	153 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
9.4 mi	Sr Blount, Llc Maryville, TN	Solar	—	Sr Blount, Llc
10.3 mi	Melton Hill Lenoir City, TN	Hydroelectric	72 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
11.5 mi	Bull Run Clinton, TN	Coal	950 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
12.5 mi	University Of Tennessee Steam Plant Knoxville, TN	Natural Gas	5 MW	University Of Tennessee
12.9 mi	Sr Maryville East Maryville, TN	Solar	—	Sr Maryville East, Llc
13.0 mi	Sr Maryville Maryville, TN	Solar	—	Sr Maryville, Llc
14.1 mi	Primient Loudon Plant Loudon, TN	Natural Gas	61 MW	Primient, Llc
18.6 mi	Chestnut Ridge Gas Recovery Heiskell, TN	Natural Gas	5 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
18.9 mi	Vonore Battery Energy Storage System Vonore, TN	Battery Storage	—	Tennessee Valley Authority
21.9 mi	Buffalo Mountain Oliver Springs, TN	Wind	2 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
22.0 mi	Chilhowee Tallassee, TN	Hydroelectric	50 MW	Brookfield Smoky Mountain Hydropower Lp
22.4 mi	Buffalo Mountain Energy Center Oliver Springs, TN	Wind	27 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
22.6 mi	Kingston Kingston, TN	Coal	1,700 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
25.4 mi	Norris Dam Norris, TN	Hydroelectric	131 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
26.4 mi	Calderwood Tallassee, TN	Hydroelectric	157 MW	Brookfield Smoky Mountain Hydropower Lp
30.1 mi	Cheoah Tapoco, NC	Hydroelectric	140 MW	Brookfield Smoky Mountain Hydropower Lp
31.8 mi	Santeetlah Robbinsville, NC	Hydroelectric	45 MW	Brookfield Smoky Mountain Hydropower Lp
33.2 mi	Fontana Dam Fontana Dam, NC	Hydroelectric	255 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
33.3 mi	Douglas Dam Dandridge, TN	Hydroelectric	151 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
40.8 mi	Cherokee Dam Rudledge, TN	Hydroelectric	135 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
40.8 mi	Watts Bar Hydro Spring City, TN	Hydroelectric	175 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
40.9 mi	Watts Bar Fossil Spring City, TN	Coal	—	Tennessee Valley Authority
41.5 mi	Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Spring City, TN	Nuclear	2,540 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
47.6 mi	Nantahala Topton, NC	Hydroelectric	43 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
47.6 mi	Queens Creek Topton, NC	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
48.7 mi	Apalachia Reliance, TN	Hydroelectric	94 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
49.0 mi	Hiwassee Dam Murphy, NC	Hydroelectric	166 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority

Power generation near this area

There are 28 power plants within 50 miles of Knoxville, Tennessee (ZIP 37922), with a combined 7,057 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 15 of the 28 nearby plants. The closest plant is Fort Loudoun at 8.3 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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