Power Plants Near 40272 — Louisville, KY
25 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 40272 (Louisville, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.
Centroid: 38.0846, -85.8510 · County: Jefferson
| Distance | Plant | Fuel | Capacity | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.9 mi | Mill Creek (Ky) Louisville, KY | Coal | 1,717 MW | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| 7.1 mi | Cane Run Louisville, KY | Natural Gas | 807 MW | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| 9.6 mi | Paddys Run Louisville, KY | Natural Gas | 211 MW | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| 12.4 mi | R Gallagher New Albany, IN | Coal | — | Duke Energy Indiana, Llc |
| 13.1 mi | Waterside Gt Louisville, KY | Natural Gas | — | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| 14.3 mi | Ohio Falls Shippingport Island, KY | Hydroelectric | 110 MW | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| 14.9 mi | Lanesville Solar Res Lanesville, IN | Solar | 1 MW | Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc |
| 15.7 mi | Zorn Louisville, KY | Natural Gas | — | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| 25.3 mi | Green River Solar Guston, KY | Solar | — | Green River Solar, Llc |
| 25.7 mi | Clark-Floyd Landfill Gas Generating Borden, IN | Natural Gas | — | Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc |
| 25.7 mi | Hardin County Lfgte Elizabethtown, KY | Biomass | 2 MW | East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc |
| 26.6 mi | Lge-Ku Solar Share Facility Simpsonville Simpsonville, KY | Solar | 2 MW | Kentucky Utilities Co |
| 30.1 mi | Nabb Battery Energy Storage System Nabb, IN | Other Fossil | 5 MW | Duke Energy Indiana, Llc |
| 31.8 mi | Bluegrass Generating Station Lagrange, KY | Natural Gas | 624 MW | East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc |
| 35.5 mi | Henryville Solar Res Underwood, IN | Solar | 1 MW | Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc |
| 35.6 mi | Dyers Spring Solar Tbd, KY | Solar | — | Dysp, Llc |
| 40.1 mi | Scottsburg Solar Park Scottsburg, IN | Solar | 7 MW | Indiana Municipal Power Agency |
| 41.0 mi | New Frontiers Solar Hardinsburg, KY | Solar | — | Clover Creek Solar Project Llc D/B/A New Frontiers Solar Park |
| 42.0 mi | Trimble County Bedford, KY | Coal | 2,594 MW | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| 46.7 mi | Frontier Solar Tbd, KY | Solar | — | Fron Bn, Llc |
| 47.3 mi | Kentucky Mills Hawesville, KY | Biomass | 88 MW | Domtar Paper Company Llc |
| 48.0 mi | Flag Run Solar Tbd, IN | Solar | — | Mahi Bn, Llc |
| 48.3 mi | Cannelton Hydroelectric Plant Hawesville, KY | Hydroelectric | 88 MW | American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc |
| 48.9 mi | Tell City Solar Park Tell City, IN | Solar | 3 MW | Indiana Municipal Power Agency |
| 49.2 mi | Impa Tell City Solar Park Tell City, IN | Solar | 1 MW | Indiana Municipal Power Agency |
Power generation near this area
There are 25 power plants within 50 miles of Louisville, Kentucky (ZIP 40272), with a combined 6,261 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 3.9 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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