Power Plants Near 38859 — New Site, MS

13 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 38859 (New Site, Mississippi). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 34.5315, -88.3875 · County: Prentiss

Natural Gas 47%Hydroelectric 36%Solar 14%Biomass 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
32.0 mi	Muscle Shoals Cherokee, AL	Solar	227 MW	Muscle Shoals Solar, Llc
34.0 mi	Colbert Tuscumbia, AL	Natural Gas	1,170 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
36.3 mi	Packaging Corp Of America Counce, TN	Biomass	73 MW	Packaging Corp Of America
37.3 mi	River Bend Solar, Llc (Al) Florence, AL	Solar	75 MW	River Bend Solar, Llc
37.9 mi	Pickwick Landing Dam Pickwick Dam, TN	Hydroelectric	240 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
42.3 mi	Spring Valley Solar 2 Littleville, AL	Solar	—	Urban Grid Solar
42.7 mi	Sr Bear Creek Bear Creek, AL	Solar	—	Sr Bear Creek, Llc
43.0 mi	Mulberry Farm Llc Selmer, TN	Solar	16 MW	Onward Energy
43.1 mi	Selmer I Selmer, TN	Solar	16 MW	Selmer North Solar I, Llc
43.8 mi	Selmer Farm Llc Selmer, TN	Solar	16 MW	Onward Energy
46.2 mi	Selmer Ii Selmer, TN	Solar	8 MW	Selmer North Solar Ii, Llc
47.1 mi	Wilson Dam Muscle Shoals, AL	Hydroelectric	667 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
49.4 mi	Sr Magnolia Monroe, MS	Solar	—	Sr Magnolia, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 13 power plants within 50 miles of New Site, Mississippi (ZIP 38859), with a combined 2,506 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 9 of the 13 nearby plants. The closest plant is Muscle Shoals at 32.0 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 Mississippi, visit the Mississippi state page.

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