Power Plants Near 40157 — Payneville, KY

27 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 40157 (Payneville, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.0301, -86.4082 · County: Meade

Coal 76%Natural Gas 18%Hydroelectric 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.6 mi	Green River Solar Guston, KY	Solar	—	Green River Solar, Llc
17.1 mi	New Frontiers Solar Hardinsburg, KY	Solar	—	Clover Creek Solar Project Llc D/B/A New Frontiers Solar Park
17.8 mi	Kentucky Mills Hawesville, KY	Biomass	88 MW	Domtar Paper Company Llc
18.5 mi	Tell City Solar Park Tell City, IN	Solar	3 MW	Indiana Municipal Power Agency
18.5 mi	Cannelton Hydroelectric Plant Hawesville, KY	Hydroelectric	88 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
18.8 mi	Impa Tell City Solar Park Tell City, IN	Solar	1 MW	Indiana Municipal Power Agency
20.9 mi	Troy Solar Troy, IN	Solar	50 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
21.4 mi	Kenneth C Coleman Hawesville, KY	Coal	—	Big Rivers Electric Corp
24.8 mi	Dyers Spring Solar Tbd, KY	Solar	—	Dysp, Llc
27.1 mi	Mill Creek (Ky) Louisville, KY	Coal	1,717 MW	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
28.4 mi	Lanesville Solar Res Lanesville, IN	Solar	1 MW	Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc
30.1 mi	Cane Run Louisville, KY	Natural Gas	807 MW	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
33.5 mi	New Haven Solar Res Dale, IN	Solar	1 MW	Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc
33.6 mi	Paddys Run Louisville, KY	Natural Gas	211 MW	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
34.9 mi	R Gallagher New Albany, IN	Coal	—	Duke Energy Indiana, Llc
35.0 mi	Rockport Rockport, IN	Coal	2,600 MW	Indiana Michigan Power Co
36.1 mi	Crossvine Solar Holland, IN	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
36.4 mi	Impa Huntingburg Solar Park Huntingburg, IN	Solar	2 MW	Indiana Municipal Power Agency
38.4 mi	Ohio Falls Shippingport Island, KY	Hydroelectric	110 MW	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
38.9 mi	Waterside Gt Louisville, KY	Natural Gas	—	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
42.1 mi	Zorn Louisville, KY	Natural Gas	—	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
42.7 mi	Clark-Floyd Landfill Gas Generating Borden, IN	Natural Gas	—	Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc
42.7 mi	Hardin County Lfgte Elizabethtown, KY	Biomass	2 MW	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
47.1 mi	Spring Mill Solar Res Mitchell, IN	Solar	1 MW	Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc
47.7 mi	Veolia Es Blackfoot Landfill Facility Winslow, IN	Biomass	3 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
49.2 mi	Rustic Hills Solar I Boonville, IN	Solar	—	Clenera Devco Llc
49.9 mi	Rustic Hills Solar Ii Llc Boonville, IN	Solar	—	Clenera Devco Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 27 power plants within 50 miles of Payneville, Kentucky (ZIP 40157), with a combined 5,686 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 13 of the 27 nearby plants. The closest plant is Green River Solar at 11.6 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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