Power Plants Near 38880 — Wheeler, MS

12 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 38880 (Wheeler, Mississippi). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 34.6126, -88.5822 · County: Prentiss

Natural Gas 76%Solar 13%Hydroelectric 8%Biomass 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
35.0 mi	Packaging Corp Of America Counce, TN	Biomass	73 MW	Packaging Corp Of America
35.9 mi	Mulberry Farm Llc Selmer, TN	Solar	16 MW	Onward Energy
36.5 mi	Selmer I Selmer, TN	Solar	16 MW	Selmer North Solar I, Llc
36.7 mi	Pickwick Landing Dam Pickwick Dam, TN	Hydroelectric	240 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
37.1 mi	Selmer Farm Llc Selmer, TN	Solar	16 MW	Onward Energy
38.4 mi	Selmer Ii Selmer, TN	Solar	8 MW	Selmer North Solar Ii, Llc
38.4 mi	Magnolia Power Plant Ashland, MS	Natural Gas	1,004 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
40.0 mi	Muscle Shoals Cherokee, AL	Solar	227 MW	Muscle Shoals Solar, Llc
42.5 mi	Sr Middleton Middleton, TN	Solar	—	Sr Middleton, Llc
42.7 mi	Colbert Tuscumbia, AL	Natural Gas	1,170 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
44.7 mi	River Bend Solar, Llc (Al) Florence, AL	Solar	75 MW	River Bend Solar, Llc
46.1 mi	Sr Adamsville Mcnairy, TN	Solar	—	Sr Adamsville, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 12 power plants within 50 miles of Wheeler, Mississippi (ZIP 38880), with a combined 2,843 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 12 nearby plants. The closest plant is Packaging Corp Of America at 35.0 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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