Power Plants Near 40171 — Union Star, KY

29 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 40171 (Union Star, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.9616, -86.4615 · County: Breckinridge

Coal 81%Natural Gas 14%Hydroelectric 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.5 mi	Green River Solar Guston, KY	Solar	—	Green River Solar, Llc
11.8 mi	New Frontiers Solar Hardinsburg, KY	Solar	—	Clover Creek Solar Project Llc D/B/A New Frontiers Solar Park
13.0 mi	Kentucky Mills Hawesville, KY	Biomass	88 MW	Domtar Paper Company Llc
14.0 mi	Cannelton Hydroelectric Plant Hawesville, KY	Hydroelectric	88 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
15.0 mi	Tell City Solar Park Tell City, IN	Solar	3 MW	Indiana Municipal Power Agency
15.1 mi	Impa Tell City Solar Park Tell City, IN	Solar	1 MW	Indiana Municipal Power Agency
18.0 mi	Kenneth C Coleman Hawesville, KY	Coal	—	Big Rivers Electric Corp
18.4 mi	Troy Solar Troy, IN	Solar	50 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
21.6 mi	Dyers Spring Solar Tbd, KY	Solar	—	Dysp, Llc
30.7 mi	Mill Creek (Ky) Louisville, KY	Coal	1,717 MW	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
31.5 mi	Rockport Rockport, IN	Coal	2,600 MW	Indiana Michigan Power Co
32.9 mi	New Haven Solar Res Dale, IN	Solar	1 MW	Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc
33.6 mi	Lanesville Solar Res Lanesville, IN	Solar	1 MW	Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc
34.7 mi	Cane Run Louisville, KY	Natural Gas	807 MW	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
36.1 mi	Crossvine Solar Holland, IN	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
37.0 mi	Impa Huntingburg Solar Park Huntingburg, IN	Solar	2 MW	Indiana Municipal Power Agency
38.3 mi	Paddys Run Louisville, KY	Natural Gas	211 MW	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
39.8 mi	R Gallagher New Albany, IN	Coal	—	Duke Energy Indiana, Llc
43.2 mi	Ohio Falls Shippingport Island, KY	Hydroelectric	110 MW	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
43.3 mi	Hardin County Lfgte Elizabethtown, KY	Biomass	2 MW	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
43.6 mi	Waterside Gt Louisville, KY	Natural Gas	—	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
46.1 mi	Rustic Hills Solar I Boonville, IN	Solar	—	Clenera Devco Llc
46.8 mi	Zorn Louisville, KY	Natural Gas	—	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
46.9 mi	Rustic Hills Solar Ii Llc Boonville, IN	Solar	—	Clenera Devco Llc
47.3 mi	F B Culley Newburgh, IN	Coal	369 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
47.4 mi	Veolia Es Blackfoot Landfill Facility Winslow, IN	Biomass	3 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
47.6 mi	Warrick Newburgh, IN	Coal	823 MW	Agc Division Of Apgi Inc
48.1 mi	Clark-Floyd Landfill Gas Generating Borden, IN	Natural Gas	—	Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc
49.0 mi	D B Wilson Centertown, KY	Coal	509 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp

Power generation near this area

There are 29 power plants within 50 miles of Union Star, Kentucky (ZIP 40171), with a combined 7,386 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 12 of the 29 nearby plants. The closest plant is Green River Solar at 11.5 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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