Power Plants Near 40004 — Bardstown, KY

22 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 40004 (Bardstown, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.8083, -85.4613 · County: Nelson

Coal 64%Natural Gas 33%Hydroelectric 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
15.5 mi	Hardin County Lfgte Elizabethtown, KY	Biomass	2 MW	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
18.2 mi	Frontier Solar Tbd, KY	Solar	—	Fron Bn, Llc
28.5 mi	Lge-Ku Solar Share Facility Simpsonville Simpsonville, KY	Solar	2 MW	Kentucky Utilities Co
29.7 mi	Mill Creek (Ky) Louisville, KY	Coal	1,717 MW	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
34.1 mi	Cox Waste To Energy Campbellsville, KY	Biomass	5 MW	Cox Companies, Llc
34.8 mi	Cane Run Louisville, KY	Natural Gas	807 MW	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
34.9 mi	Waterside Gt Louisville, KY	Natural Gas	—	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
35.1 mi	Zorn Louisville, KY	Natural Gas	—	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
35.4 mi	Paddys Run Louisville, KY	Natural Gas	211 MW	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
37.1 mi	Ohio Falls Shippingport Island, KY	Hydroelectric	110 MW	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
37.3 mi	Tyrone Versailles, KY	Coal	—	Kentucky Utilities Co
37.6 mi	R Gallagher New Albany, IN	Coal	—	Duke Energy Indiana, Llc
40.2 mi	Mother Ann Lee Harrodsburg, KY	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Lock 7 Hydro Partners Llc
40.3 mi	Bluegrass Generating Station Lagrange, KY	Natural Gas	624 MW	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
40.9 mi	E W Brown Harrodsburg, KY	Coal	1,458 MW	Kentucky Utilities Co
41.4 mi	Dix Dam Harrodsburg, KY	Hydroelectric	28 MW	Kentucky Utilities Co
42.9 mi	Lanesville Solar Res Lanesville, IN	Solar	1 MW	Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc
44.1 mi	Green River Solar Guston, KY	Solar	—	Green River Solar, Llc
44.9 mi	Dyers Spring Solar Tbd, KY	Solar	—	Dysp, Llc
46.7 mi	Thoroughbred Solar Bonnieville, KY	Solar	—	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
49.2 mi	Clark-Floyd Landfill Gas Generating Borden, IN	Natural Gas	—	Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc
49.6 mi	Nabb Battery Energy Storage System Nabb, IN	Other Fossil	5 MW	Duke Energy Indiana, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 22 power plants within 50 miles of Bardstown, Kentucky (ZIP 40004), with a combined 4,972 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 22 nearby plants. The closest plant is Hardin County Lfgte at 15.5 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 Kentucky, visit the Kentucky state page.

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