Power Plants Near 42078 — Salem, KY

19 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 42078 (Salem, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.2553, -88.2711 · County: Livingston

Coal 55%Natural Gas 28%Hydroelectric 13%Solar 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.1 mi	Smithland Hydroelectric Plant Smithland, KY	Hydroelectric	76 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
15.0 mi	Calvert City Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	27 MW	Dte Calvert City Llc
16.4 mi	Barkley Kuttawa, KY	Hydroelectric	130 MW	Usce-Nashville District
16.7 mi	Kentucky Dam Grand Rivers, KY	Hydroelectric	219 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
17.1 mi	Marshall Energy Facility Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	688 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
19.2 mi	Ashwood Solar I Eddyville, KY	Solar	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
24.4 mi	Pps Power Plant No 1 Paducah, KY	Natural Gas	120 MW	Paducah Power System
28.6 mi	Shawnee West Paducah, KY	Coal	1,575 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
30.0 mi	Gage Solar Paducah, KY	Solar	—	Ggso, Llc
33.3 mi	Mayfield Solar And Storage Mayfield, KY	Solar	—	Brightnight Power
37.5 mi	Pulaski Solar Grand Chain, IL	Solar	—	Joppa Bess Llc
39.8 mi	Kymea Energy Center I Madisonville, KY	Natural Gas	—	Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency
42.4 mi	Eldorado Solar I Eldorado, IL	Solar	150 MW	Sol Systems
45.1 mi	Marion Marion, IL	Coal	249 MW	Southern Illinois Power Coop
45.5 mi	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Ll Marion, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Llc
48.0 mi	Unbridled Solar Robards, KY	Solar	—	National Grid Renewables
49.0 mi	Sabic Innovative Plastics Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon, IN	Natural Gas	108 MW	Sabic Ip Mt. Vernon, Llc
49.8 mi	Sebree Solar, Llc - Hybrid Robards, KY	Solar	—	Sebree Solar, Llc
49.8 mi	Okolona Solar Robards, MS	Solar	—	Okolona Solar, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 19 power plants within 50 miles of Salem, Kentucky (ZIP 42078), with a combined 3,343 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 9 of the 19 nearby plants. The closest plant is Smithland Hydroelectric Plant at 10.1 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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