Power Plants Near 40290 — Louisville, KY

22 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 40290 (Louisville, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.1890, -85.6768 · County: Jefferson

Coal 76%Natural Gas 22%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.4 mi	Waterside Gt Louisville, KY	Natural Gas	—	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
6.5 mi	Zorn Louisville, KY	Natural Gas	—	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
8.6 mi	Ohio Falls Shippingport Island, KY	Hydroelectric	110 MW	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
9.3 mi	Paddys Run Louisville, KY	Natural Gas	211 MW	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
10.2 mi	R Gallagher New Albany, IN	Coal	—	Duke Energy Indiana, Llc
11.5 mi	Cane Run Louisville, KY	Natural Gas	807 MW	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
15.6 mi	Lge-Ku Solar Share Facility Simpsonville Simpsonville, KY	Solar	2 MW	Kentucky Utilities Co
15.8 mi	Mill Creek (Ky) Louisville, KY	Coal	1,717 MW	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
17.7 mi	Lanesville Solar Res Lanesville, IN	Solar	1 MW	Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc
19.9 mi	Bluegrass Generating Station Lagrange, KY	Natural Gas	624 MW	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
20.4 mi	Clark-Floyd Landfill Gas Generating Borden, IN	Natural Gas	—	Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc
21.6 mi	Nabb Battery Energy Storage System Nabb, IN	Other Fossil	5 MW	Duke Energy Indiana, Llc
28.6 mi	Henryville Solar Res Underwood, IN	Solar	1 MW	Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc
30.9 mi	Trimble County Bedford, KY	Coal	2,594 MW	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
32.1 mi	Hardin County Lfgte Elizabethtown, KY	Biomass	2 MW	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
33.2 mi	Scottsburg Solar Park Scottsburg, IN	Solar	7 MW	Indiana Municipal Power Agency
36.2 mi	Flag Run Solar Tbd, IN	Solar	—	Mahi Bn, Llc
37.1 mi	Green River Solar Guston, KY	Solar	—	Green River Solar, Llc
40.4 mi	Clifty Creek Madison, IN	Coal	1,304 MW	Indiana-Kentucky Electric Corp
46.1 mi	Tyrone Versailles, KY	Coal	—	Kentucky Utilities Co
46.6 mi	Frontier Solar Tbd, KY	Solar	—	Fron Bn, Llc
47.3 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 40290), 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 Waterside Gt at 6.4 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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