Power Plants Near 42055 — Kuttawa, KY

15 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 42055 (Kuttawa, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.0619, -88.1498 · County: Lyon

Coal 55%Natural Gas 29%Hydroelectric 15%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.7 mi	Ashwood Solar I Eddyville, KY	Solar	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
4.8 mi	Barkley Kuttawa, KY	Hydroelectric	130 MW	Usce-Nashville District
7.4 mi	Kentucky Dam Grand Rivers, KY	Hydroelectric	219 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
11.3 mi	Calvert City Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	27 MW	Dte Calvert City Llc
13.8 mi	Marshall Energy Facility Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	688 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
16.6 mi	Smithland Hydroelectric Plant Smithland, KY	Hydroelectric	76 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
25.8 mi	Pps Power Plant No 1 Paducah, KY	Natural Gas	120 MW	Paducah Power System
30.6 mi	Mayfield Solar And Storage Mayfield, KY	Solar	—	Brightnight Power
34.8 mi	Gage Solar Paducah, KY	Solar	—	Ggso, Llc
35.0 mi	Shawnee West Paducah, KY	Coal	1,575 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
37.5 mi	Kymea Energy Center I Madisonville, KY	Natural Gas	—	Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency
43.1 mi	Sr Puryear Puryear, TN	Solar	—	Sr Puryear, Llc
43.7 mi	Sr Paris Paris, TN	Solar	7 MW	Sr Paris, Llc
46.4 mi	Pulaski Solar Grand Chain, IL	Solar	—	Joppa Bess Llc
49.2 mi	Bi-County Gas Producers Woodlawn, TN	Biomass	3 MW	Cube District Energy, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 15 power plants within 50 miles of Kuttawa, Kentucky (ZIP 42055), with a combined 2,844 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 15 nearby plants. The closest plant is Ashwood Solar I at 4.7 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.

← Search a different location · Printable proximity report →