Power Plants Near 42069 — Melber, KY

18 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 42069 (Melber, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.9197, -88.7520 · County: Graves

Coal 52%Natural Gas 35%Hydroelectric 11%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.6 mi	Mayfield Solar And Storage Mayfield, KY	Solar	—	Brightnight Power
10.9 mi	Pps Power Plant No 1 Paducah, KY	Natural Gas	120 MW	Paducah Power System
12.3 mi	Gage Solar Paducah, KY	Solar	—	Ggso, Llc
16.1 mi	Shawnee West Paducah, KY	Coal	1,575 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
21.1 mi	Marshall Energy Facility Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	688 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
23.7 mi	Calvert City Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	27 MW	Dte Calvert City Llc
25.2 mi	Smithland Hydroelectric Plant Smithland, KY	Hydroelectric	76 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
26.3 mi	Pulaski Solar Grand Chain, IL	Solar	—	Joppa Bess Llc
27.4 mi	Kentucky Dam Grand Rivers, KY	Hydroelectric	219 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
30.1 mi	Barkley Kuttawa, KY	Hydroelectric	130 MW	Usce-Nashville District
37.8 mi	Ashwood Solar I Eddyville, KY	Solar	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
39.2 mi	Oetn1 Obion, TN	Solar	100 MW	Oe_tn1
40.3 mi	Sr Paris Paris, TN	Solar	7 MW	Sr Paris, Llc
41.0 mi	Sr Puryear Puryear, TN	Solar	—	Sr Puryear, Llc
47.2 mi	Gleason Generating Facility Gleason, TN	Natural Gas	568 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
48.1 mi	Sikeston Power Station Sikeston, MO	Coal	261 MW	City Of Sikeston - (Mo)
48.1 mi	Coleman Sikeston, MO	Oil	—	City Of Sikeston - (Mo)
49.6 mi	Marion Marion, IL	Coal	249 MW	Southern Illinois Power Coop

Power generation near this area

There are 18 power plants within 50 miles of Melber, Kentucky (ZIP 42069), with a combined 4,019 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 18 nearby plants. The closest plant is Mayfield Solar And Storage at 5.6 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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