Power Plants Near 40220 — Louisville, KY

22 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 40220 (Louisville, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.2149, -85.6245 · County: Jefferson

Coal 82%Natural Gas 17%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.2 mi	Zorn Louisville, KY	Natural Gas	—	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
7.7 mi	Waterside Gt Louisville, KY	Natural Gas	—	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
9.6 mi	Ohio Falls Shippingport Island, KY	Hydroelectric	110 MW	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
11.8 mi	Paddys Run Louisville, KY	Natural Gas	211 MW	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
12.1 mi	R Gallagher New Albany, IN	Coal	—	Duke Energy Indiana, Llc
12.7 mi	Lge-Ku Solar Share Facility Simpsonville Simpsonville, KY	Solar	2 MW	Kentucky Utilities Co
14.5 mi	Cane Run Louisville, KY	Natural Gas	807 MW	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
16.7 mi	Bluegrass Generating Station Lagrange, KY	Natural Gas	624 MW	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
19.2 mi	Mill Creek (Ky) Louisville, KY	Coal	1,717 MW	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
20.0 mi	Lanesville Solar Res Lanesville, IN	Solar	1 MW	Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc
20.2 mi	Nabb Battery Energy Storage System Nabb, IN	Other Fossil	5 MW	Duke Energy Indiana, Llc
20.3 mi	Clark-Floyd Landfill Gas Generating Borden, IN	Natural Gas	—	Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc
27.6 mi	Henryville Solar Res Underwood, IN	Solar	1 MW	Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc
28.0 mi	Trimble County Bedford, KY	Coal	2,594 MW	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
32.1 mi	Scottsburg Solar Park Scottsburg, IN	Solar	7 MW	Indiana Municipal Power Agency
32.9 mi	Flag Run Solar Tbd, IN	Solar	—	Mahi Bn, Llc
34.2 mi	Hardin County Lfgte Elizabethtown, KY	Biomass	2 MW	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
37.8 mi	Clifty Creek Madison, IN	Coal	1,304 MW	Indiana-Kentucky Electric Corp
40.5 mi	Green River Solar Guston, KY	Solar	—	Green River Solar, Llc
43.7 mi	Tyrone Versailles, KY	Coal	—	Kentucky Utilities Co
46.9 mi	Frontier Solar Tbd, KY	Solar	—	Fron Bn, Llc
48.8 mi	Ghent Ghent, KY	Coal	2,226 MW	Kentucky Utilities Co

Power generation near this area

There are 22 power plants within 50 miles of Louisville, Kentucky (ZIP 40220), with a combined 9,611 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 22 nearby plants. The closest plant is Zorn at 6.2 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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