Power Plants Near 42085 — Water Valley, KY

21 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 42085 (Water Valley, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.5694, -88.8084 · County: Graves

Coal 62%Natural Gas 28%Hydroelectric 8%Solar 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
16.2 mi	Oetn1 Obion, TN	Solar	100 MW	Oe_tn1
23.4 mi	Mayfield Solar And Storage Mayfield, KY	Solar	—	Brightnight Power
24.9 mi	Gleason Generating Facility Gleason, TN	Natural Gas	568 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
28.0 mi	Sr Paris Paris, TN	Solar	7 MW	Sr Paris, Llc
29.4 mi	Sr Puryear Puryear, TN	Solar	—	Sr Puryear, Llc
33.8 mi	Pps Power Plant No 1 Paducah, KY	Natural Gas	120 MW	Paducah Power System
36.5 mi	Gage Solar Paducah, KY	Solar	—	Ggso, Llc
39.1 mi	Marshall Energy Facility Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	688 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
40.3 mi	Shawnee West Paducah, KY	Coal	1,575 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
40.6 mi	Ridgely Energy Farm Ridgely, TN	Solar	—	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
40.6 mi	Sr Trezevant Trezevant, TN	Solar	—	Sr Trezevant, Llc
41.6 mi	Calvert City Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	27 MW	Dte Calvert City Llc
42.0 mi	New Madrid New Madrid, MO	Coal	1,300 MW	Associated Electric Coop, Inc
42.8 mi	Kentucky Dam Grand Rivers, KY	Hydroelectric	219 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
43.2 mi	Sr Milan Milan, TN	Solar	—	Sr Milan, Llc
44.1 mi	Sr Trenton Trenton, TN	Solar	—	Sr Trenton, Llc
45.1 mi	Barkley Kuttawa, KY	Hydroelectric	130 MW	Usce-Nashville District
46.7 mi	Smithland Hydroelectric Plant Smithland, KY	Hydroelectric	76 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
48.7 mi	Pulaski Solar Grand Chain, IL	Solar	—	Joppa Bess Llc
49.8 mi	Sikeston Power Station Sikeston, MO	Coal	261 MW	City Of Sikeston - (Mo)
49.8 mi	Coleman Sikeston, MO	Oil	—	City Of Sikeston - (Mo)

Power generation near this area

There are 21 power plants within 50 miles of Water Valley, Kentucky (ZIP 42085), with a combined 5,070 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 21 nearby plants. The closest plant is Oetn1 at 16.2 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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