Power Plants Near 37931 — Knoxville, TN

25 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 37931 (Knoxville, Tennessee). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 35.9924, -84.1201 · County: Knox

Coal 39%Nuclear 38%Hydroelectric 22%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.8 mi	Bull Run Clinton, TN	Coal	950 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
9.9 mi	Chestnut Ridge Gas Recovery Heiskell, TN	Natural Gas	5 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
11.3 mi	University Of Tennessee Steam Plant Knoxville, TN	Natural Gas	5 MW	University Of Tennessee
12.5 mi	Melton Hill Lenoir City, TN	Hydroelectric	72 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
15.1 mi	Buffalo Mountain Oliver Springs, TN	Wind	2 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
15.5 mi	Fort Loudoun Lenoir City, TN	Hydroelectric	153 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
15.6 mi	Buffalo Mountain Energy Center Oliver Springs, TN	Wind	27 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
16.1 mi	Norris Dam Norris, TN	Hydroelectric	131 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
17.3 mi	Sr Blount, Llc Maryville, TN	Solar	—	Sr Blount, Llc
18.9 mi	Sr Maryville East Maryville, TN	Solar	—	Sr Maryville East, Llc
21.0 mi	Primient Loudon Plant Loudon, TN	Natural Gas	61 MW	Primient, Llc
21.8 mi	Sr Maryville Maryville, TN	Solar	—	Sr Maryville, Llc
23.2 mi	Kingston Kingston, TN	Coal	1,700 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
27.5 mi	Vonore Battery Energy Storage System Vonore, TN	Battery Storage	—	Tennessee Valley Authority
31.1 mi	Chilhowee Tallassee, TN	Hydroelectric	50 MW	Brookfield Smoky Mountain Hydropower Lp
32.5 mi	Douglas Dam Dandridge, TN	Hydroelectric	151 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
35.4 mi	Calderwood Tallassee, TN	Hydroelectric	157 MW	Brookfield Smoky Mountain Hydropower Lp
36.8 mi	Cherokee Dam Rudledge, TN	Hydroelectric	135 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
39.0 mi	Cheoah Tapoco, NC	Hydroelectric	140 MW	Brookfield Smoky Mountain Hydropower Lp
40.3 mi	Santeetlah Robbinsville, NC	Hydroelectric	45 MW	Brookfield Smoky Mountain Hydropower Lp
41.4 mi	Fontana Dam Fontana Dam, NC	Hydroelectric	255 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
45.3 mi	Watts Bar Hydro Spring City, TN	Hydroelectric	175 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
45.5 mi	Watts Bar Fossil Spring City, TN	Coal	—	Tennessee Valley Authority
46.2 mi	Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Spring City, TN	Nuclear	2,540 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
47.6 mi	Sr White Pine, Llc White Pine, TN	Solar	2 MW	Sr White Pine, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 25 power plants within 50 miles of Knoxville, Tennessee (ZIP 37931), with a combined 6,755 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 11 of the 25 nearby plants. The closest plant is Bull Run at 2.8 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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