Power Plants Near 42024 — Barlow, KY

25 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 42024 (Barlow, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.0493, -89.0408 · County: Ballard

Coal 61%Natural Gas 29%Hydroelectric 8%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
14.8 mi	Gage Solar Paducah, KY	Solar	—	Ggso, Llc
15.7 mi	Pulaski Solar Grand Chain, IL	Solar	—	Joppa Bess Llc
16.3 mi	Shawnee West Paducah, KY	Coal	1,575 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
23.5 mi	Pps Power Plant No 1 Paducah, KY	Natural Gas	120 MW	Paducah Power System
23.9 mi	Mayfield Solar And Storage Mayfield, KY	Solar	—	Brightnight Power
32.2 mi	Viaduct Cape Girardeau, MO	Natural Gas	—	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
32.6 mi	Cape Girardeau Renewable Energy Center Cape Girardeau, MO	Solar	1 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
34.1 mi	Sikeston Power Station Sikeston, MO	Coal	261 MW	City Of Sikeston - (Mo)
34.2 mi	Coleman Sikeston, MO	Oil	—	City Of Sikeston - (Mo)
34.3 mi	Morley Solar Morley, MO	Solar	—	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
35.2 mi	Smithland Hydroelectric Plant Smithland, KY	Hydroelectric	76 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
35.6 mi	Marshall Energy Facility Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	688 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
37.9 mi	Calvert City Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	27 MW	Dte Calvert City Llc
39.7 mi	Marion Marion, IL	Coal	249 MW	Southern Illinois Power Coop
41.2 mi	Jackson (Mo) Jackson, MO	Oil	26 MW	City Of Jackson - (Mo)
42.6 mi	Kentucky Dam Grand Rivers, KY	Hydroelectric	219 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
45.3 mi	Barkley Kuttawa, KY	Hydroelectric	130 MW	Usce-Nashville District
45.9 mi	Essex Essex, MO	Natural Gas	121 MW	Associated Electric Coop, Inc
45.9 mi	Oetn1 Obion, TN	Solar	100 MW	Oe_tn1
46.8 mi	Siuc Carbondale, IL	Coal	5 MW	Southern Illinois University Carbondale
46.9 mi	New Madrid New Madrid, MO	Coal	1,300 MW	Associated Electric Coop, Inc
48.0 mi	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Ll Marion, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Llc
48.5 mi	John A Logan College Solar Carterville, IL	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
49.0 mi	Sv Csg Corbell Carteville, IL	Solar	—	Sv Csg Corbell, Llc
49.3 mi	Grand Tower Energy Center Llc Grand Tower, IL	Natural Gas	641 MW	Mainline Generation Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 25 power plants within 50 miles of Barlow, Kentucky (ZIP 42024), with a combined 5,542 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 9 of the 25 nearby plants. The closest plant is Gage Solar at 14.8 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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