Power Plants Near 38463 — Iron City, TN

17 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 38463 (Iron City, Tennessee). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 35.0563, -87.6473 · County: Lawrence

Nuclear 45%Natural Gas 35%Hydroelectric 15%Solar 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
17.9 mi	Wilson Dam Muscle Shoals, AL	Hydroelectric	667 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
19.1 mi	River Bend Solar, Llc (Al) Florence, AL	Solar	75 MW	River Bend Solar, Llc
22.9 mi	Wheeler Dam Town Creek, AL	Hydroelectric	404 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
24.4 mi	Colbert Tuscumbia, AL	Natural Gas	1,170 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
24.6 mi	Muscle Shoals Cherokee, AL	Solar	227 MW	Muscle Shoals Solar, Llc
26.4 mi	Spring Valley Solar 2 Littleville, AL	Solar	—	Urban Grid Solar
28.9 mi	Sr Clifton Clifton, TN	Solar	—	Sr Clifton, Llc
34.1 mi	Pickwick Landing Dam Pickwick Dam, TN	Hydroelectric	240 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
35.0 mi	Packaging Corp Of America Counce, TN	Biomass	73 MW	Packaging Corp Of America
35.6 mi	Hillsboro Solar 3 Wheeler, AL	Solar	—	Urban Grid Solar
36.5 mi	Lawrence County Solar Wheeler, AL	Solar	—	Tennessee Valley Authority
38.6 mi	Browns Ferry Decatur, AL	Nuclear	3,854 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
43.0 mi	Decatur-Morgan Co Lfg Recovery Project Trinity, AL	Biomass	2 MW	Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl
43.1 mi	Sr Adamsville Mcnairy, TN	Solar	—	Sr Adamsville, Llc
43.9 mi	Morgan Energy Center Decatur, AL	Natural Gas	900 MW	Morgan Energy Center Llc
44.7 mi	Cumblerland Land Holdings, Llc Elkmont, AL	Solar	15 MW	Cumberland Land Holdings, Llc
46.2 mi	Decatur Energy Center Decatur, AL	Natural Gas	902 MW	Decatur Energy Center Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 17 power plants within 50 miles of Iron City, Tennessee (ZIP 38463), with a combined 8,528 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 17 nearby plants. The closest plant is Wilson Dam at 17.9 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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