Power Plants Near 40218 — Louisville, KY
22 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 40218 (Louisville, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.
Centroid: 38.1890, -85.6540 · County: Jefferson
| Distance | Plant | Fuel | Capacity | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.8 mi | Zorn Louisville, KY | Natural Gas | — | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| 7.2 mi | Waterside Gt Louisville, KY | Natural Gas | — | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| 9.4 mi | Ohio Falls Shippingport Island, KY | Hydroelectric | 110 MW | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| 10.5 mi | Paddys Run Louisville, KY | Natural Gas | 211 MW | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| 11.2 mi | R Gallagher New Albany, IN | Coal | — | Duke Energy Indiana, Llc |
| 12.8 mi | Cane Run Louisville, KY | Natural Gas | 807 MW | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| 14.4 mi | Lge-Ku Solar Share Facility Simpsonville Simpsonville, KY | Solar | 2 MW | Kentucky Utilities Co |
| 16.8 mi | Mill Creek (Ky) Louisville, KY | Coal | 1,717 MW | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| 18.9 mi | Lanesville Solar Res Lanesville, IN | Solar | 1 MW | Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc |
| 19.1 mi | Bluegrass Generating Station Lagrange, KY | Natural Gas | 624 MW | East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc |
| 21.0 mi | Clark-Floyd Landfill Gas Generating Borden, IN | Natural Gas | — | Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc |
| 21.7 mi | Nabb Battery Energy Storage System Nabb, IN | Other Fossil | 5 MW | Duke Energy Indiana, Llc |
| 28.9 mi | Henryville Solar Res Underwood, IN | Solar | 1 MW | Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc |
| 30.3 mi | Trimble County Bedford, KY | Coal | 2,594 MW | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| 32.2 mi | Hardin County Lfgte Elizabethtown, KY | Biomass | 2 MW | East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc |
| 33.4 mi | Scottsburg Solar Park Scottsburg, IN | Solar | 7 MW | Indiana Municipal Power Agency |
| 35.3 mi | Flag Run Solar Tbd, IN | Solar | — | Mahi Bn, Llc |
| 38.2 mi | Green River Solar Guston, KY | Solar | — | Green River Solar, Llc |
| 40.0 mi | Clifty Creek Madison, IN | Coal | 1,304 MW | Indiana-Kentucky Electric Corp |
| 44.9 mi | Tyrone Versailles, KY | Coal | — | Kentucky Utilities Co |
| 46.0 mi | Frontier Solar Tbd, KY | Solar | — | Fron Bn, Llc |
| 48.2 mi | Dyers Spring Solar Tbd, KY | Solar | — | Dysp, Llc |
Power generation near this area
There are 22 power plants within 50 miles of Louisville, Kentucky (ZIP 40218), with a combined 7,385 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 22 nearby plants. The closest plant is Zorn at 6.8 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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