Power Plants Near 42047 — Hampton, KY

17 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 42047 (Hampton, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.2831, -88.3714 · County: Livingston

Coal 55%Natural Gas 28%Hydroelectric 13%Solar 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
8.3 mi	Smithland Hydroelectric Plant Smithland, KY	Hydroelectric	76 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
16.2 mi	Calvert City Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	27 MW	Dte Calvert City Llc
17.6 mi	Marshall Energy Facility Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	688 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
19.5 mi	Kentucky Dam Grand Rivers, KY	Hydroelectric	219 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
19.9 mi	Barkley Kuttawa, KY	Hydroelectric	130 MW	Usce-Nashville District
21.9 mi	Pps Power Plant No 1 Paducah, KY	Natural Gas	120 MW	Paducah Power System
24.0 mi	Shawnee West Paducah, KY	Coal	1,575 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
24.1 mi	Ashwood Solar I Eddyville, KY	Solar	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
25.9 mi	Gage Solar Paducah, KY	Solar	—	Ggso, Llc
31.7 mi	Mayfield Solar And Storage Mayfield, KY	Solar	—	Brightnight Power
32.0 mi	Pulaski Solar Grand Chain, IL	Solar	—	Joppa Bess Llc
39.5 mi	Marion Marion, IL	Coal	249 MW	Southern Illinois Power Coop
39.6 mi	Eldorado Solar I Eldorado, IL	Solar	150 MW	Sol Systems
40.3 mi	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Ll Marion, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Llc
45.2 mi	Kymea Energy Center I Madisonville, KY	Natural Gas	—	Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency
49.7 mi	Sabic Innovative Plastics Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon, IN	Natural Gas	108 MW	Sabic Ip Mt. Vernon, Llc
49.9 mi	Sv Csg Corbell Carteville, IL	Solar	—	Sv Csg Corbell, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 17 power plants within 50 miles of Hampton, Kentucky (ZIP 42047), with a combined 3,343 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 17 nearby plants. The closest plant is Smithland Hydroelectric Plant at 8.3 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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