Power Plants Near 40215 — Louisville, KY
23 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 40215 (Louisville, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.
Centroid: 38.1913, -85.7847 · County: Jefferson
| Distance | Plant | Fuel | Capacity | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.8 mi | Paddys Run Louisville, KY | Natural Gas | 211 MW | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| 4.9 mi | Waterside Gt Louisville, KY | Natural Gas | — | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| 5.7 mi | Cane Run Louisville, KY | Natural Gas | 807 MW | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| 5.8 mi | R Gallagher New Albany, IN | Coal | — | Duke Energy Indiana, Llc |
| 6.4 mi | Ohio Falls Shippingport Island, KY | Hydroelectric | 110 MW | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| 7.6 mi | Zorn Louisville, KY | Natural Gas | — | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| 11.8 mi | Mill Creek (Ky) Louisville, KY | Coal | 1,717 MW | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| 12.3 mi | Lanesville Solar Res Lanesville, IN | Solar | 1 MW | Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc |
| 18.5 mi | Clark-Floyd Landfill Gas Generating Borden, IN | Natural Gas | — | Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc |
| 21.4 mi | Lge-Ku Solar Share Facility Simpsonville Simpsonville, KY | Solar | 2 MW | Kentucky Utilities Co |
| 22.0 mi | Nabb Battery Energy Storage System Nabb, IN | Other Fossil | 5 MW | Duke Energy Indiana, Llc |
| 24.4 mi | Bluegrass Generating Station Lagrange, KY | Natural Gas | 624 MW | East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc |
| 27.9 mi | Henryville Solar Res Underwood, IN | Solar | 1 MW | Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc |
| 32.3 mi | Hardin County Lfgte Elizabethtown, KY | Biomass | 2 MW | East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc |
| 32.4 mi | Green River Solar Guston, KY | Solar | — | Green River Solar, Llc |
| 32.5 mi | Scottsburg Solar Park Scottsburg, IN | Solar | 7 MW | Indiana Municipal Power Agency |
| 33.9 mi | Trimble County Bedford, KY | Coal | 2,594 MW | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| 40.4 mi | Flag Run Solar Tbd, IN | Solar | — | Mahi Bn, Llc |
| 42.6 mi | Clifty Creek Madison, IN | Coal | 1,304 MW | Indiana-Kentucky Electric Corp |
| 43.6 mi | Dyers Spring Solar Tbd, KY | Solar | — | Dysp, Llc |
| 47.9 mi | New Frontiers Solar Hardinsburg, KY | Solar | — | Clover Creek Solar Project Llc D/B/A New Frontiers Solar Park |
| 49.6 mi | Jackson Co. Solar Res Columbus, IN | Solar | 1 MW | Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc |
| 50.0 mi | Frontier Solar Tbd, KY | Solar | — | Fron Bn, Llc |
Power generation near this area
There are 23 power plants within 50 miles of Louisville, Kentucky (ZIP 40215), with a combined 7,386 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 23 nearby plants. The closest plant is Paddys Run at 3.8 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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