Power Plants Near 42002 — Paducah, KY

17 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 42002 (Paducah, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.0855, -88.7125 · County: Mccracken

Coal 59%Natural Gas 27%Hydroelectric 14%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.8 mi	Gage Solar Paducah, KY	Solar	—	Ggso, Llc
5.7 mi	Shawnee West Paducah, KY	Coal	1,575 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
6.4 mi	Pps Power Plant No 1 Paducah, KY	Natural Gas	120 MW	Paducah Power System
14.1 mi	Mayfield Solar And Storage Mayfield, KY	Solar	—	Brightnight Power
17.2 mi	Smithland Hydroelectric Plant Smithland, KY	Hydroelectric	76 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
17.9 mi	Marshall Energy Facility Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	688 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
18.1 mi	Pulaski Solar Grand Chain, IL	Solar	—	Joppa Bess Llc
19.9 mi	Calvert City Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	27 MW	Dte Calvert City Llc
25.0 mi	Kentucky Dam Grand Rivers, KY	Hydroelectric	219 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
27.5 mi	Barkley Kuttawa, KY	Hydroelectric	130 MW	Usce-Nashville District
35.1 mi	Ashwood Solar I Eddyville, KY	Solar	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
39.2 mi	Marion Marion, IL	Coal	249 MW	Southern Illinois Power Coop
45.0 mi	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Ll Marion, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Llc
47.6 mi	Cape Girardeau Renewable Energy Center Cape Girardeau, MO	Solar	1 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
48.4 mi	Viaduct Cape Girardeau, MO	Natural Gas	—	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
49.1 mi	Sr Paris Paris, TN	Solar	7 MW	Sr Paris, Llc
49.5 mi	Sr Puryear Puryear, TN	Solar	—	Sr Puryear, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 17 power plants within 50 miles of Paducah, Kentucky (ZIP 42002), with a combined 3,093 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 17 nearby plants. The closest plant is Gage Solar at 3.8 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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