Power Plants Near 42023 — Bardwell, KY

22 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 42023 (Bardwell, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.8634, -89.0209 · County: Carlisle

Coal 60%Natural Gas 29%Hydroelectric 8%Solar 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
20.1 mi	Mayfield Solar And Storage Mayfield, KY	Solar	—	Brightnight Power
20.9 mi	Gage Solar Paducah, KY	Solar	—	Ggso, Llc
24.1 mi	Shawnee West Paducah, KY	Coal	1,575 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
25.3 mi	Pps Power Plant No 1 Paducah, KY	Natural Gas	120 MW	Paducah Power System
28.0 mi	Pulaski Solar Grand Chain, IL	Solar	—	Joppa Bess Llc
33.0 mi	Oetn1 Obion, TN	Solar	100 MW	Oe_tn1
33.2 mi	Sikeston Power Station Sikeston, MO	Coal	261 MW	City Of Sikeston - (Mo)
33.2 mi	Coleman Sikeston, MO	Oil	—	City Of Sikeston - (Mo)
36.4 mi	Marshall Energy Facility Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	688 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
37.7 mi	Morley Solar Morley, MO	Solar	—	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
38.4 mi	New Madrid New Madrid, MO	Coal	1,300 MW	Associated Electric Coop, Inc
39.0 mi	Calvert City Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	27 MW	Dte Calvert City Llc
39.4 mi	Smithland Hydroelectric Plant Smithland, KY	Hydroelectric	76 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
40.5 mi	Viaduct Cape Girardeau, MO	Natural Gas	—	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
42.1 mi	Cape Girardeau Renewable Energy Center Cape Girardeau, MO	Solar	1 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
42.8 mi	Kentucky Dam Grand Rivers, KY	Hydroelectric	219 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
45.3 mi	Essex Essex, MO	Natural Gas	121 MW	Associated Electric Coop, Inc
45.5 mi	Barkley Kuttawa, KY	Hydroelectric	130 MW	Usce-Nashville District
45.6 mi	Ridgely Energy Farm Ridgely, TN	Solar	—	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
48.0 mi	Sr Paris Paris, TN	Solar	7 MW	Sr Paris, Llc
48.4 mi	Gleason Generating Facility Gleason, TN	Natural Gas	568 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
49.1 mi	Sr Puryear Puryear, TN	Solar	—	Sr Puryear, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 22 power plants within 50 miles of Bardwell, Kentucky (ZIP 42023), with a combined 5,192 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 9 of the 22 nearby plants. The closest plant is Mayfield Solar And Storage at 20.1 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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