Power Plants Near 39470 — Poplarville, MS

17 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 39470 (Poplarville, Mississippi). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 30.8524, -89.5648 · County: Pearl River

Natural Gas 83%Solar 12%Biomass 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
18.1 mi	Gaylord Container Bogalusa Bogalusa, LA	Biomass	100 MW	Temple-Inland Corp
20.9 mi	Washington Parish Energy Center Bogalusa, LA	Natural Gas	400 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
27.2 mi	R D Morrow Purvis, MS	Natural Gas	558 MW	Cooperative Energy
28.9 mi	Moonshot Picayune, MS	Solar	79 MW	Moonshot Solar, Llc
33.2 mi	Hattiesburg Solar Farm Hattiesburg, MS	Solar	50 MW	Hattiesburg Farm, Llc
37.3 mi	Eaton Petal, MS	Natural Gas	—	Mississippi Power Co
37.7 mi	Iris Solar Llc Franklinton, LA	Solar	50 MW	Iris Solar Llc
37.9 mi	Sumrall Ii Solar Farm Sumrall, MS	Solar	52 MW	Onward Energy
38.3 mi	Sumrall I Solar Farm Sumrall, MS	Solar	52 MW	Ms Solar 2, Llc
39.0 mi	Sunlight Road Solar Franklinton, LA	Solar	50 MW	Sunlight Road Solar, Llc
40.8 mi	Covington (Ms) Covington, MS	Solar	—	Origis Energy Usa, Inc
40.9 mi	Leaf River Cellulose Llc New Augusta, MS	Biomass	50 MW	Leaf River Cellulose Llc
42.0 mi	Gulfport Naval Base Csg Pv System Gulfport, MS	Solar	4 MW	Arcadia Solar, Llc
42.8 mi	Jack Watson Gulfport, MS	Natural Gas	919 MW	Mississippi Power Co
45.1 mi	Benndale Benndale, MS	Natural Gas	28 MW	Cooperative Energy
46.4 mi	District 70 Transco Gas Pipe Line Tylertown, MS	Other Fossil	2 MW	Transcontinental Gas Pl Corp
49.2 mi	Moselle Moselle, MS	Natural Gas	511 MW	Cooperative Energy

Power generation near this area

There are 17 power plants within 50 miles of Poplarville, Mississippi (ZIP 39470), with a combined 2,903 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 Gaylord Container Bogalusa at 18.1 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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