Power Plants Near 42056 — La Center, KY

26 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 42056 (La Center, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.0830, -88.9730 · County: Ballard

Coal 51%Natural Gas 36%Hydroelectric 10%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.7 mi	Gage Solar Paducah, KY	Solar	—	Ggso, Llc
11.9 mi	Shawnee West Paducah, KY	Coal	1,575 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
12.6 mi	Pulaski Solar Grand Chain, IL	Solar	—	Joppa Bess Llc
20.0 mi	Pps Power Plant No 1 Paducah, KY	Natural Gas	120 MW	Paducah Power System
22.0 mi	Mayfield Solar And Storage Mayfield, KY	Solar	—	Brightnight Power
31.1 mi	Smithland Hydroelectric Plant Smithland, KY	Hydroelectric	76 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
32.0 mi	Marshall Energy Facility Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	688 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
34.2 mi	Calvert City Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	27 MW	Dte Calvert City Llc
34.5 mi	Cape Girardeau Renewable Energy Center Cape Girardeau, MO	Solar	1 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
34.7 mi	Viaduct Cape Girardeau, MO	Natural Gas	—	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
37.1 mi	Marion Marion, IL	Coal	249 MW	Southern Illinois Power Coop
38.1 mi	Morley Solar Morley, MO	Solar	—	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
38.4 mi	Sikeston Power Station Sikeston, MO	Coal	261 MW	City Of Sikeston - (Mo)
38.5 mi	Coleman Sikeston, MO	Oil	—	City Of Sikeston - (Mo)
39.1 mi	Kentucky Dam Grand Rivers, KY	Hydroelectric	219 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
41.7 mi	Barkley Kuttawa, KY	Hydroelectric	130 MW	Usce-Nashville District
43.2 mi	Jackson (Mo) Jackson, MO	Oil	26 MW	City Of Jackson - (Mo)
45.0 mi	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Ll Marion, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Llc
45.4 mi	Siuc Carbondale, IL	Coal	5 MW	Southern Illinois University Carbondale
46.5 mi	John A Logan College Solar Carterville, IL	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
46.9 mi	Sv Csg Corbell Carteville, IL	Solar	—	Sv Csg Corbell, Llc
48.1 mi	Oetn1 Obion, TN	Solar	100 MW	Oe_tn1
49.0 mi	Hurricane Creek Csg Carterville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Spg Il Hurricane Creek Solar Llc
49.3 mi	Sv Csg Bishop 1 Llc Herrin, IL	Solar	—	Sunvest Solar Llc
49.4 mi	Ashwood Solar I Eddyville, KY	Solar	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
49.5 mi	Grand Tower Energy Center Llc Grand Tower, IL	Natural Gas	641 MW	Mainline Generation Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 26 power plants within 50 miles of La Center, Kentucky (ZIP 42056), with a combined 4,123 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 12 of the 26 nearby plants. The closest plant is Gage Solar at 10.7 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.

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