Power Plants Near 38589 — Wilder, TN

13 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 38589 (Wilder, Tennessee). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.2822, -85.0913 · County: Fentress

Nuclear 50%Coal 34%Hydroelectric 15%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
14.2 mi	Sr Monroe, Llc Monroe, TN	Solar	—	Sr Monroe, Llc
17.1 mi	Sr Copeland Crossville, TN	Solar	—	Sr Copeland, Llc
26.7 mi	Dale Hollow Celina, TN	Hydroelectric	54 MW	Usce-Nashville District
40.7 mi	Wolf Creek Jamestown, KY	Hydroelectric	270 MW	Usce-Nashville District
41.5 mi	Kingston Kingston, TN	Coal	1,700 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
43.0 mi	Center Hill Lancaster, TN	Hydroelectric	140 MW	Usce-Nashville District
43.0 mi	Buffalo Mountain Energy Center Oliver Springs, TN	Wind	27 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
43.4 mi	Buffalo Mountain Oliver Springs, TN	Wind	2 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
44.7 mi	Great Falls (Tn) Rock Island, TN	Hydroelectric	34 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
47.5 mi	Cordell Hull Carthage, TN	Hydroelectric	100 MW	Usce-Nashville District
48.9 mi	Watts Bar Hydro Spring City, TN	Hydroelectric	175 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
49.5 mi	Watts Bar Fossil Spring City, TN	Coal	—	Tennessee Valley Authority
49.9 mi	Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Spring City, TN	Nuclear	2,540 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority

Power generation near this area

There are 13 power plants within 50 miles of Wilder, Tennessee (ZIP 38589), with a combined 5,041 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 13 nearby plants. The closest plant is Sr Monroe, Llc at 14.2 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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