Power Plants Near 42001 — Paducah, KY

15 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 42001 (Paducah, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.0634, -88.6632 · County: Mccracken

Coal 59%Natural Gas 27%Hydroelectric 14%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.3 mi	Pps Power Plant No 1 Paducah, KY	Natural Gas	120 MW	Paducah Power System
6.8 mi	Gage Solar Paducah, KY	Solar	—	Ggso, Llc
8.7 mi	Shawnee West Paducah, KY	Coal	1,575 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
12.2 mi	Mayfield Solar And Storage Mayfield, KY	Solar	—	Brightnight Power
14.9 mi	Marshall Energy Facility Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	688 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
15.3 mi	Smithland Hydroelectric Plant Smithland, KY	Hydroelectric	76 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
17.1 mi	Calvert City Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	27 MW	Dte Calvert City Llc
21.2 mi	Pulaski Solar Grand Chain, IL	Solar	—	Joppa Bess Llc
22.0 mi	Kentucky Dam Grand Rivers, KY	Hydroelectric	219 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
24.6 mi	Barkley Kuttawa, KY	Hydroelectric	130 MW	Usce-Nashville District
32.3 mi	Ashwood Solar I Eddyville, KY	Solar	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
41.6 mi	Marion Marion, IL	Coal	249 MW	Southern Illinois Power Coop
46.5 mi	Sr Paris Paris, TN	Solar	7 MW	Sr Paris, Llc
46.9 mi	Sr Puryear Puryear, TN	Solar	—	Sr Puryear, Llc
47.0 mi	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Ll Marion, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 15 power plants within 50 miles of Paducah, Kentucky (ZIP 42001), with a combined 3,092 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 15 nearby plants. The closest plant is Pps Power Plant No 1 at 3.3 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.

← Search a different location · Printable proximity report →