Power Plants Near 39577 — Wiggins, MS

16 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 39577 (Wiggins, Mississippi). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 30.8609, -89.1324 · County: Stone

Natural Gas 92%Solar 5%Biomass 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
19.5 mi	Benndale Benndale, MS	Natural Gas	28 MW	Cooperative Energy
26.9 mi	Leaf River Cellulose Llc New Augusta, MS	Biomass	50 MW	Leaf River Cellulose Llc
29.2 mi	R D Morrow Purvis, MS	Natural Gas	558 MW	Cooperative Energy
29.8 mi	Jack Watson Gulfport, MS	Natural Gas	919 MW	Mississippi Power Co
30.4 mi	Hattiesburg Solar Farm Hattiesburg, MS	Solar	50 MW	Hattiesburg Farm, Llc
33.2 mi	Gulfport Naval Base Csg Pv System Gulfport, MS	Solar	4 MW	Arcadia Solar, Llc
33.4 mi	Eaton Petal, MS	Natural Gas	—	Mississippi Power Co
36.6 mi	Moonshot Picayune, MS	Solar	79 MW	Moonshot Solar, Llc
41.1 mi	Victor J Daniel Jr Escatawpa, MS	Natural Gas	2,229 MW	Mississippi Power Co
42.5 mi	Sumrall Ii Solar Farm Sumrall, MS	Solar	52 MW	Onward Energy
43.3 mi	Sumrall I Solar Farm Sumrall, MS	Solar	52 MW	Ms Solar 2, Llc
43.4 mi	Gaylord Container Bogalusa Bogalusa, LA	Biomass	100 MW	Temple-Inland Corp
45.1 mi	Covington (Ms) Covington, MS	Solar	—	Origis Energy Usa, Inc
46.3 mi	Washington Parish Energy Center Bogalusa, LA	Natural Gas	400 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
47.2 mi	Moselle Moselle, MS	Natural Gas	511 MW	Cooperative Energy
49.7 mi	Sr Lott Mobile, AL	Solar	—	Sr Lott, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 16 power plants within 50 miles of Wiggins, Mississippi (ZIP 39577), with a combined 5,031 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 16 nearby plants. The closest plant is Benndale at 19.5 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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