Power Plants Near 42081 — Smithland, KY

15 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 42081 (Smithland, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.2387, -88.3757 · County: Livingston

Coal 56%Natural Gas 26%Hydroelectric 13%Solar 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.3 mi	Smithland Hydroelectric Plant Smithland, KY	Hydroelectric	76 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
13.2 mi	Calvert City Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	27 MW	Dte Calvert City Llc
14.6 mi	Marshall Energy Facility Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	688 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
16.7 mi	Kentucky Dam Grand Rivers, KY	Hydroelectric	219 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
17.2 mi	Barkley Kuttawa, KY	Hydroelectric	130 MW	Usce-Nashville District
19.4 mi	Pps Power Plant No 1 Paducah, KY	Natural Gas	120 MW	Paducah Power System
22.0 mi	Ashwood Solar I Eddyville, KY	Solar	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
22.8 mi	Shawnee West Paducah, KY	Coal	1,575 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
24.3 mi	Gage Solar Paducah, KY	Solar	—	Ggso, Llc
28.9 mi	Mayfield Solar And Storage Mayfield, KY	Solar	—	Brightnight Power
31.8 mi	Pulaski Solar Grand Chain, IL	Solar	—	Joppa Bess Llc
41.2 mi	Marion Marion, IL	Coal	249 MW	Southern Illinois Power Coop
42.6 mi	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Ll Marion, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Llc
42.6 mi	Eldorado Solar I Eldorado, IL	Solar	150 MW	Sol Systems
45.7 mi	Kymea Energy Center I Madisonville, KY	Natural Gas	—	Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency

Power generation near this area

There are 15 power plants within 50 miles of Smithland, Kentucky (ZIP 42081), with a combined 3,235 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 Smithland Hydroelectric Plant at 5.3 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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