Power Plants Near 40241 — Louisville, KY

23 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 40241 (Louisville, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.3045, -85.5815 · County: Jefferson

Coal 81%Natural Gas 17%
DistancePlantFuelCapacityOperator
6.8 miZorn
Louisville, KY
Natural GasLouisville Gas & Electric Co
9.9 miWaterside Gt
Louisville, KY
Natural GasLouisville Gas & Electric Co
10.8 miOhio Falls
Shippingport Island, KY
Hydroelectric110 MWLouisville Gas & Electric Co
10.9 miBluegrass Generating Station
Lagrange, KY
Natural Gas624 MWEast Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
12.0 miLge-Ku Solar Share Facility Simpsonville
Simpsonville, KY
Solar2 MWKentucky Utilities Co
14.2 miR Gallagher
New Albany, IN
CoalDuke Energy Indiana, Llc
15.0 miNabb Battery Energy Storage System
Nabb, IN
Other Fossil5 MWDuke Energy Indiana, Llc
15.2 miPaddys Run
Louisville, KY
Natural Gas211 MWLouisville Gas & Electric Co
17.4 miClark-Floyd Landfill Gas Generating
Borden, IN
Natural GasHoosier Energy R E C, Inc
18.7 miCane Run
Louisville, KY
Natural Gas807 MWLouisville Gas & Electric Co
21.4 miTrimble County
Bedford, KY
Coal2,594 MWLouisville Gas & Electric Co
22.1 miLanesville Solar Res
Lanesville, IN
Solar1 MWHoosier Energy R E C, Inc
22.7 miHenryville Solar Res
Underwood, IN
Solar1 MWHoosier Energy R E C, Inc
24.9 miMill Creek (Ky)
Louisville, KY
Coal1,717 MWLouisville Gas & Electric Co
26.9 miFlag Run Solar
Tbd, IN
SolarMahi Bn, Llc
27.1 miScottsburg Solar Park
Scottsburg, IN
Solar7 MWIndiana Municipal Power Agency
31.2 miClifty Creek
Madison, IN
Coal1,304 MWIndiana-Kentucky Electric Corp
40.7 miHardin County Lfgte
Elizabethtown, KY
Biomass2 MWEast Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
42.6 miGhent
Ghent, KY
Coal2,226 MWKentucky Utilities Co
43.6 miTyrone
Versailles, KY
CoalKentucky Utilities Co
45.9 miGreen River Solar
Guston, KY
SolarGreen River Solar, Llc
46.7 miJackson Co. Solar Res
Columbus, IN
Solar1 MWHoosier Energy R E C, Inc
46.8 miMarkland
Florence, IN
Hydroelectric78 MWDuke Energy Indiana, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 23 power plants within 50 miles of Louisville, Kentucky (ZIP 40241), with a combined 9,690 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 23 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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