Power Plants Near 42048 — Hardin, KY

16 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 42048 (Hardin, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.7762, -88.2622 · County: Marshall

Coal 68%Natural Gas 23%Hydroelectric 7%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
16.4 mi	Kentucky Dam Grand Rivers, KY	Hydroelectric	219 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
17.1 mi	Barkley Kuttawa, KY	Hydroelectric	130 MW	Usce-Nashville District
18.9 mi	Marshall Energy Facility Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	688 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
19.5 mi	Calvert City Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	27 MW	Dte Calvert City Llc
19.8 mi	Ashwood Solar I Eddyville, KY	Solar	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
22.7 mi	Sr Puryear Puryear, TN	Solar	—	Sr Puryear, Llc
23.1 mi	Sr Paris Paris, TN	Solar	7 MW	Sr Paris, Llc
23.2 mi	Mayfield Solar And Storage Mayfield, KY	Solar	—	Brightnight Power
26.4 mi	Pps Power Plant No 1 Paducah, KY	Natural Gas	120 MW	Paducah Power System
28.5 mi	Smithland Hydroelectric Plant Smithland, KY	Hydroelectric	76 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
36.1 mi	Gage Solar Paducah, KY	Solar	—	Ggso, Llc
38.4 mi	Shawnee West Paducah, KY	Coal	1,575 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
41.5 mi	Gleason Generating Facility Gleason, TN	Natural Gas	568 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
43.0 mi	Bi-County Gas Producers Woodlawn, TN	Biomass	3 MW	Cube District Energy, Llc
43.0 mi	Cumberland (Tn) Cumberland City, TN	Coal	2,600 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
48.6 mi	Oetn1 Obion, TN	Solar	100 MW	Oe_tn1

Power generation near this area

There are 16 power plants within 50 miles of Hardin, Kentucky (ZIP 42048), with a combined 6,112 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 16 nearby plants. The closest plant is Kentucky Dam at 16.4 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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