Power Plants Near 40873 — Wallins Creek, KY

11 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 40873 (Wallins Creek, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.8165, -83.4190 · County: Harlan

Natural Gas 81%Hydroelectric 17%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
19.0 mi	Pineville Four Mile, KY	Coal	—	Kentucky Utilities Co
27.2 mi	Powell Valley Kyles Ford, TN	Oil	22 MW	Powell Valley Electric Coop
33.6 mi	Bright Mountain Solar Hazard, KY	Solar	—	Avangrid Power Llc
39.5 mi	John Sevier Rogersville, TN	Natural Gas	997 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
40.2 mi	Laurel Ridge Lfgte Lily, KY	Biomass	4 MW	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
41.8 mi	Greater Wise Solar Project Norton, VA	Solar	—	Bq Energy Development
44.3 mi	Starfire Mountain Solar Talcum, KY	Solar	—	Brightnight Power
45.0 mi	Cherokee Dam Rudledge, TN	Hydroelectric	135 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
48.1 mi	Laurel Dam London, KY	Hydroelectric	70 MW	Usce-Nashville District
48.5 mi	Sr White Pine, Llc White Pine, TN	Solar	2 MW	Sr White Pine, Llc
48.6 mi	Sr Albany, Llc Greenville, TN	Solar	—	Sr Albany, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 11 power plants within 50 miles of Wallins Creek, Kentucky (ZIP 40873), with a combined 1,230 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 11 nearby plants. The closest plant is Pineville at 19.0 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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