Power Plants Near 42032 — Columbus, KY

21 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 42032 (Columbus, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.7598, -89.1034 · County: Hickman

Coal 62%Natural Gas 30%Hydroelectric 6%Solar 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
26.1 mi	Mayfield Solar And Storage Mayfield, KY	Solar	—	Brightnight Power
26.5 mi	Oetn1 Obion, TN	Solar	100 MW	Oe_tn1
29.4 mi	Gage Solar Paducah, KY	Solar	—	Ggso, Llc
29.8 mi	Sikeston Power Station Sikeston, MO	Coal	261 MW	City Of Sikeston - (Mo)
29.8 mi	Coleman Sikeston, MO	Oil	—	City Of Sikeston - (Mo)
30.5 mi	New Madrid New Madrid, MO	Coal	1,300 MW	Associated Electric Coop, Inc
32.6 mi	Shawnee West Paducah, KY	Coal	1,575 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
32.9 mi	Pps Power Plant No 1 Paducah, KY	Natural Gas	120 MW	Paducah Power System
35.9 mi	Pulaski Solar Grand Chain, IL	Solar	—	Joppa Bess Llc
36.9 mi	Morley Solar Morley, MO	Solar	—	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
37.1 mi	Ridgely Energy Farm Ridgely, TN	Solar	—	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
41.4 mi	Essex Essex, MO	Natural Gas	121 MW	Associated Electric Coop, Inc
42.7 mi	Viaduct Cape Girardeau, MO	Natural Gas	—	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
43.3 mi	Marshall Energy Facility Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	688 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
44.8 mi	Gleason Generating Facility Gleason, TN	Natural Gas	568 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
45.2 mi	Cape Girardeau Renewable Energy Center Cape Girardeau, MO	Solar	1 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
46.0 mi	Calvert City Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	27 MW	Dte Calvert City Llc
47.2 mi	Smithland Hydroelectric Plant Smithland, KY	Hydroelectric	76 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
48.2 mi	Sr Paris Paris, TN	Solar	7 MW	Sr Paris, Llc
49.3 mi	Kentucky Dam Grand Rivers, KY	Hydroelectric	219 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
49.4 mi	Sr Puryear Puryear, TN	Solar	—	Sr Puryear, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 21 power plants within 50 miles of Columbus, Kentucky (ZIP 42032), with a combined 5,062 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 9 of the 21 nearby plants. The closest plant is Mayfield Solar And Storage at 26.1 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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