Power Plants Near 40601 — Frankfort, KY

32 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 40601 (Frankfort, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.2281, -84.8697 · County: Franklin

Coal 80%Natural Gas 17%Hydroelectric 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
12.5 mi	Tyrone Versailles, KY	Coal	—	Kentucky Utilities Co
19.2 mi	Green City Recovery, Llc Georgetown, KY	Biomass	2 MW	Green City Recovery, Llc
21.6 mi	Haefling Lexington, KY	Natural Gas	41 MW	Kentucky Utilities Co
26.8 mi	Bluebird Solar Llc Leesburg, KY	Solar	—	Mn8 Energy Llc
28.3 mi	Lge-Ku Solar Share Facility Simpsonville Simpsonville, KY	Solar	2 MW	Kentucky Utilities Co
28.6 mi	Mother Ann Lee Harrodsburg, KY	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Lock 7 Hydro Partners Llc
28.9 mi	Flag Run Solar Tbd, IN	Solar	—	Mahi Bn, Llc
31.5 mi	Bluegrass Generating Station Lagrange, KY	Natural Gas	624 MW	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
31.6 mi	E W Brown Harrodsburg, KY	Coal	1,458 MW	Kentucky Utilities Co
31.8 mi	Dix Dam Harrodsburg, KY	Hydroelectric	28 MW	Kentucky Utilities Co
34.3 mi	Paris (Ky) Paris, KY	Oil	12 MW	City Of Paris - (Ky)
34.6 mi	Blue Moon Cynthiana, KY	Solar	—	Blue Moon Energy Llc
36.2 mi	Cooperative Solar One Winchester, KY	Solar	9 MW	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
37.1 mi	Ghent Ghent, KY	Coal	2,226 MW	Kentucky Utilities Co
38.3 mi	Trimble County Bedford, KY	Coal	2,594 MW	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
38.4 mi	Markland Florence, IN	Hydroelectric	78 MW	Duke Energy Indiana, Llc
38.8 mi	Crittenden Solar Facility Dry Ridge, KY	Solar	3 MW	Duke Energy Kentucky Inc
40.9 mi	Dale Winchester, KY	Coal	—	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
41.8 mi	Aeug Madison Solar, Llc Richmond, KY	Solar	—	Acciona Energy Usa Global, Llc
43.0 mi	Pendleton County Lfgte Butler, KY	Biomass	3 MW	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
45.2 mi	Bavarian Lfgte Walton, KY	Biomass	5 MW	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
45.3 mi	Zorn Louisville, KY	Natural Gas	—	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
45.5 mi	Walton 1 Solar Facility Walton, KY	Solar	2 MW	Duke Energy Kentucky Inc
45.5 mi	Walton 2 Solar Facility Walton, KY	Solar	2 MW	Duke Energy Kentucky Inc
46.1 mi	Clifty Creek Madison, IN	Coal	1,304 MW	Indiana-Kentucky Electric Corp
46.7 mi	East Bend Union, KY	Coal	772 MW	Duke Energy Kentucky Inc
46.9 mi	Sr Turkey Creek, Llc Lancaster, KY	Solar	50 MW	Sr Turkey Creek, Llc
47.7 mi	Frontier Solar Tbd, KY	Solar	—	Fron Bn, Llc
48.0 mi	Waterside Gt Louisville, KY	Natural Gas	—	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
48.1 mi	J K Smith Winchester, KY	Natural Gas	1,055 MW	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
48.5 mi	Nabb Battery Energy Storage System Nabb, IN	Other Fossil	5 MW	Duke Energy Indiana, Llc
49.5 mi	Ohio Falls Shippingport Island, KY	Hydroelectric	110 MW	Louisville Gas & Electric Co

Power generation near this area

There are 32 power plants within 50 miles of Frankfort, Kentucky (ZIP 40601), with a combined 10,385 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 11 of the 32 nearby plants. The closest plant is Tyrone at 12.5 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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