Power Plants Near 40020 — Fairfield, KY
23 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 40020 (Fairfield, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.
Centroid: 37.9340, -85.3862 · County: Nelson
| Distance | Plant | Fuel | Capacity | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19.5 mi | Lge-Ku Solar Share Facility Simpsonville Simpsonville, KY | Solar | 2 MW | Kentucky Utilities Co |
| 23.5 mi | Hardin County Lfgte Elizabethtown, KY | Biomass | 2 MW | East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc |
| 23.9 mi | Frontier Solar Tbd, KY | Solar | — | Fron Bn, Llc |
| 29.5 mi | Zorn Louisville, KY | Natural Gas | — | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| 29.7 mi | Mill Creek (Ky) Louisville, KY | Coal | 1,717 MW | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| 30.0 mi | Waterside Gt Louisville, KY | Natural Gas | — | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| 30.3 mi | Tyrone Versailles, KY | Coal | — | Kentucky Utilities Co |
| 31.6 mi | Bluegrass Generating Station Lagrange, KY | Natural Gas | 624 MW | East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc |
| 31.8 mi | Paddys Run Louisville, KY | Natural Gas | 211 MW | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| 32.2 mi | Ohio Falls Shippingport Island, KY | Hydroelectric | 110 MW | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| 32.3 mi | Cane Run Louisville, KY | Natural Gas | 807 MW | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| 33.5 mi | R Gallagher New Albany, IN | Coal | — | Duke Energy Indiana, Llc |
| 36.8 mi | Mother Ann Lee Harrodsburg, KY | Hydroelectric | 2 MW | Lock 7 Hydro Partners Llc |
| 38.1 mi | E W Brown Harrodsburg, KY | Coal | 1,458 MW | Kentucky Utilities Co |
| 38.6 mi | Dix Dam Harrodsburg, KY | Hydroelectric | 28 MW | Kentucky Utilities Co |
| 40.1 mi | Lanesville Solar Res Lanesville, IN | Solar | 1 MW | Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc |
| 42.4 mi | Cox Waste To Energy Campbellsville, KY | Biomass | 5 MW | Cox Companies, Llc |
| 42.7 mi | Nabb Battery Energy Storage System Nabb, IN | Other Fossil | 5 MW | Duke Energy Indiana, Llc |
| 43.6 mi | Clark-Floyd Landfill Gas Generating Borden, IN | Natural Gas | — | Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc |
| 44.1 mi | Flag Run Solar Tbd, IN | Solar | — | Mahi Bn, Llc |
| 45.0 mi | Trimble County Bedford, KY | Coal | 2,594 MW | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| 47.7 mi | Green River Solar Guston, KY | Solar | — | Green River Solar, Llc |
| 48.2 mi | Haefling Lexington, KY | Natural Gas | 41 MW | Kentucky Utilities Co |
Power generation near this area
There are 23 power plants within 50 miles of Fairfield, Kentucky (ZIP 40020), with a combined 7,607 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 23 nearby plants. The closest plant is Lge-Ku Solar Share Facility Simpsonville 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 Kentucky, visit the Kentucky state page.
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