Power Plants Near 42029 — Calvert City, KY

13 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 42029 (Calvert City, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.0147, -88.3811 · County: Marshall

Coal 55%Natural Gas 29%Hydroelectric 15%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.3 mi	Marshall Energy Facility Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	688 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
2.8 mi	Calvert City Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	27 MW	Dte Calvert City Llc
6.2 mi	Kentucky Dam Grand Rivers, KY	Hydroelectric	219 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
8.8 mi	Barkley Kuttawa, KY	Hydroelectric	130 MW	Usce-Nashville District
10.9 mi	Smithland Hydroelectric Plant Smithland, KY	Hydroelectric	76 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
13.0 mi	Pps Power Plant No 1 Paducah, KY	Natural Gas	120 MW	Paducah Power System
16.6 mi	Ashwood Solar I Eddyville, KY	Solar	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
17.7 mi	Mayfield Solar And Storage Mayfield, KY	Solar	—	Brightnight Power
22.7 mi	Gage Solar Paducah, KY	Solar	—	Ggso, Llc
23.7 mi	Shawnee West Paducah, KY	Coal	1,575 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
35.9 mi	Pulaski Solar Grand Chain, IL	Solar	—	Joppa Bess Llc
39.3 mi	Sr Puryear Puryear, TN	Solar	—	Sr Puryear, Llc
39.4 mi	Sr Paris Paris, TN	Solar	7 MW	Sr Paris, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 13 power plants within 50 miles of Calvert City, Kentucky (ZIP 42029), with a combined 2,841 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 13 nearby plants. The closest plant is Marshall Energy Facility at 1.3 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.

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