Power Plants Near 40356 — Nicholasville, KY

20 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 40356 (Nicholasville, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.8808, -84.5646 · County: Jessamine

Coal 55%Natural Gas 41%Solar 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
9.4 mi	Mother Ann Lee Harrodsburg, KY	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Lock 7 Hydro Partners Llc
10.0 mi	Dix Dam Harrodsburg, KY	Hydroelectric	28 MW	Kentucky Utilities Co
10.3 mi	E W Brown Harrodsburg, KY	Coal	1,458 MW	Kentucky Utilities Co
13.9 mi	Haefling Lexington, KY	Natural Gas	41 MW	Kentucky Utilities Co
15.0 mi	Aeug Madison Solar, Llc Richmond, KY	Solar	—	Acciona Energy Usa Global, Llc
16.5 mi	Dale Winchester, KY	Coal	—	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
19.3 mi	Tyrone Versailles, KY	Coal	—	Kentucky Utilities Co
19.7 mi	Cooperative Solar One Winchester, KY	Solar	9 MW	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
19.9 mi	Sr Turkey Creek, Llc Lancaster, KY	Solar	50 MW	Sr Turkey Creek, Llc
25.2 mi	J K Smith Winchester, KY	Natural Gas	1,055 MW	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
26.0 mi	Ky No. 11 L&d Hydroelectric Project Irvine, KY	Hydroelectric	—	Lock 11 Hydro Partners, Llc
28.6 mi	Paris (Ky) Paris, KY	Oil	12 MW	City Of Paris - (Ky)
30.6 mi	Bluebird Solar Llc Leesburg, KY	Solar	—	Mn8 Energy Llc
32.1 mi	Green City Recovery, Llc Georgetown, KY	Biomass	2 MW	Green City Recovery, Llc
32.9 mi	Blue Ridge Generating Irvine, KY	Biomass	2 MW	North American Biofuels, Llc
36.5 mi	Matilda Hamilton Fee Hydroelectric Stati Ravenna, KY	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Lock 12 Hydro Partners, Llc
37.8 mi	Blue Moon Cynthiana, KY	Solar	—	Blue Moon Energy Llc
41.9 mi	Frontier Solar Tbd, KY	Solar	—	Fron Bn, Llc
44.4 mi	Evelyn Hydroelectric Project Evelyn, KY	Hydroelectric	—	Lock 13 Hydro Partners
49.0 mi	Heidelberg Hydroelectric Project Heidelberg, KY	Hydroelectric	—	Lock 14 Hydro Partners, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 20 power plants within 50 miles of Nicholasville, Kentucky (ZIP 40356), with a combined 2,660 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 20 nearby plants. The closest plant is Mother Ann Lee at 9.4 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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