Power Plants Near 42051 — Hickory, KY

15 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 42051 (Hickory, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.8478, -88.6788 · County: Graves

Coal 45%Natural Gas 40%Hydroelectric 12%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.9 mi	Mayfield Solar And Storage Mayfield, KY	Solar	—	Brightnight Power
13.3 mi	Pps Power Plant No 1 Paducah, KY	Natural Gas	120 MW	Paducah Power System
18.1 mi	Gage Solar Paducah, KY	Solar	—	Ggso, Llc
20.0 mi	Marshall Energy Facility Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	688 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
21.7 mi	Shawnee West Paducah, KY	Coal	1,575 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
22.7 mi	Calvert City Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	27 MW	Dte Calvert City Llc
25.3 mi	Kentucky Dam Grand Rivers, KY	Hydroelectric	219 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
26.4 mi	Smithland Hydroelectric Plant Smithland, KY	Hydroelectric	76 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
28.0 mi	Barkley Kuttawa, KY	Hydroelectric	130 MW	Usce-Nashville District
32.5 mi	Pulaski Solar Grand Chain, IL	Solar	—	Joppa Bess Llc
33.9 mi	Sr Paris Paris, TN	Solar	7 MW	Sr Paris, Llc
34.6 mi	Sr Puryear Puryear, TN	Solar	—	Sr Puryear, Llc
35.2 mi	Ashwood Solar I Eddyville, KY	Solar	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
36.3 mi	Oetn1 Obion, TN	Solar	100 MW	Oe_tn1
41.8 mi	Gleason Generating Facility Gleason, TN	Natural Gas	568 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority

Power generation near this area

There are 15 power plants within 50 miles of Hickory, Kentucky (ZIP 42051), with a combined 3,509 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 15 nearby plants. The closest plant is Mayfield Solar And Storage at 2.9 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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