Power Plants Near 41563 — Shelby Gap, KY

13 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 41563 (Shelby Gap, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.2311, -82.5286 · County: Pike

Natural Gas 48%Coal 36%Other Fossil 10%Solar 6%
DistancePlantFuelCapacityOperator
9.9 miFlannagan Hydroelectric Project
Haysi, VA
HydroelectricJordan Hydroelectric Ltd Ptp
16.2 miMineral Gap
Wise, VA
Solar3 MWMadison Energy Investments Llc
22.2 miGreater Wise Solar Project
Norton, VA
SolarBq Energy Development
24.1 miVirginia City Hybrid Energy Center
St. Paul, VA
Coal668 MWVirginia Electric & Power Co
27.4 miClinch River
Cleveland, VA
Natural Gas475 MWAppalachian Power Co
31.5 miBuchanan Generation Llc
Keen Mountain, VA
Natural Gas88 MWBuchanan Generation, Llc
34.8 miStarfire Mountain Solar
Talcum, KY
SolarBrightnight Power
37.0 miMartin County Solar Project, Llc
Pilgrim, KY
Solar111 MWMartin County Solar Project, Llc
41.7 miBright Mountain Solar
Hazard, KY
SolarAvangrid Power Llc
45.6 miWolf Hills Energy
Bristol, VA
Natural Gas285 MWMiddle River Power Ii, Llc
47.2 miDomtar Kingsport Mill
Kingsport, TN
Natural Gas50 MWDomtar Paper Co Llc Kingsport Mill
48.4 miBristol Plant
Bristol, VA
Biomass4 MWIngenco Renewable Development, Llc
49.0 miTennessee Eastman Operations
Kingsport, TN
Other Fossil194 MWEastman Chemical Co-Tn Ops

Power generation near this area

There are 13 power plants within 50 miles of Shelby Gap, Kentucky (ZIP 41563), with a combined 1,878 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 13 nearby plants. The closest plant is Flannagan Hydroelectric Project at 9.9 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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