Power Plants Near 40177 — West Point, KY

25 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 40177 (West Point, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.9954, -85.9545 · County: Hardin

Coal 46%Natural Gas 44%Hydroelectric 5%Biomass 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.6 mi	Mill Creek (Ky) Louisville, KY	Coal	1,717 MW	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
13.4 mi	Cane Run Louisville, KY	Natural Gas	807 MW	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
16.9 mi	Paddys Run Louisville, KY	Natural Gas	211 MW	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
17.7 mi	Green River Solar Guston, KY	Solar	—	Green River Solar, Llc
19.2 mi	Lanesville Solar Res Lanesville, IN	Solar	1 MW	Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc
19.6 mi	R Gallagher New Albany, IN	Coal	—	Duke Energy Indiana, Llc
21.2 mi	Waterside Gt Louisville, KY	Natural Gas	—	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
22.0 mi	Ohio Falls Shippingport Island, KY	Hydroelectric	110 MW	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
22.4 mi	Hardin County Lfgte Elizabethtown, KY	Biomass	2 MW	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
24.0 mi	Zorn Louisville, KY	Natural Gas	—	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
27.3 mi	Dyers Spring Solar Tbd, KY	Solar	—	Dysp, Llc
32.5 mi	Clark-Floyd Landfill Gas Generating Borden, IN	Natural Gas	—	Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc
33.1 mi	New Frontiers Solar Hardinsburg, KY	Solar	—	Clover Creek Solar Project Llc D/B/A New Frontiers Solar Park
34.2 mi	Lge-Ku Solar Share Facility Simpsonville Simpsonville, KY	Solar	2 MW	Kentucky Utilities Co
37.7 mi	Nabb Battery Energy Storage System Nabb, IN	Other Fossil	5 MW	Duke Energy Indiana, Llc
40.1 mi	Bluegrass Generating Station Lagrange, KY	Natural Gas	624 MW	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
40.4 mi	Kentucky Mills Hawesville, KY	Biomass	88 MW	Domtar Paper Company Llc
41.5 mi	Cannelton Hydroelectric Plant Hawesville, KY	Hydroelectric	88 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
42.6 mi	Henryville Solar Res Underwood, IN	Solar	1 MW	Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc
42.7 mi	Tell City Solar Park Tell City, IN	Solar	3 MW	Indiana Municipal Power Agency
42.8 mi	Impa Tell City Solar Park Tell City, IN	Solar	1 MW	Indiana Municipal Power Agency
45.6 mi	Troy Solar Troy, IN	Solar	50 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
45.6 mi	Kenneth C Coleman Hawesville, KY	Coal	—	Big Rivers Electric Corp
47.0 mi	Scottsburg Solar Park Scottsburg, IN	Solar	7 MW	Indiana Municipal Power Agency
47.1 mi	Frontier Solar Tbd, KY	Solar	—	Fron Bn, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 25 power plants within 50 miles of West Point, Kentucky (ZIP 40177), with a combined 3,718 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 11 of the 25 nearby plants. The closest plant is Mill Creek (Ky) at 4.6 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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