Power Plants Near 42086 — West Paducah, KY

21 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 42086 (West Paducah, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.0922, -88.7611 · County: Mccracken

Coal 62%Natural Gas 25%Hydroelectric 13%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.0 mi	Gage Solar Paducah, KY	Solar	—	Ggso, Llc
4.2 mi	Shawnee West Paducah, KY	Coal	1,575 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
9.0 mi	Pps Power Plant No 1 Paducah, KY	Natural Gas	120 MW	Paducah Power System
15.3 mi	Mayfield Solar And Storage Mayfield, KY	Solar	—	Brightnight Power
15.9 mi	Pulaski Solar Grand Chain, IL	Solar	—	Joppa Bess Llc
19.6 mi	Smithland Hydroelectric Plant Smithland, KY	Hydroelectric	76 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
20.6 mi	Marshall Energy Facility Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	688 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
22.7 mi	Calvert City Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	27 MW	Dte Calvert City Llc
27.7 mi	Kentucky Dam Grand Rivers, KY	Hydroelectric	219 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
30.2 mi	Barkley Kuttawa, KY	Hydroelectric	130 MW	Usce-Nashville District
37.8 mi	Ashwood Solar I Eddyville, KY	Solar	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
37.9 mi	Marion Marion, IL	Coal	249 MW	Southern Illinois Power Coop
44.1 mi	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Ll Marion, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Llc
44.9 mi	Cape Girardeau Renewable Energy Center Cape Girardeau, MO	Solar	1 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
45.7 mi	Viaduct Cape Girardeau, MO	Natural Gas	—	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
48.8 mi	Sv Csg Corbell Carteville, IL	Solar	—	Sv Csg Corbell, Llc
48.8 mi	John A Logan College Solar Carterville, IL	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
49.5 mi	Siuc Carbondale, IL	Coal	5 MW	Southern Illinois University Carbondale
49.7 mi	Sikeston Power Station Sikeston, MO	Coal	261 MW	City Of Sikeston - (Mo)
49.7 mi	Coleman Sikeston, MO	Oil	—	City Of Sikeston - (Mo)
49.8 mi	Morley Solar Morley, MO	Solar	—	Leeward Asset Management, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 21 power plants within 50 miles of West Paducah, Kentucky (ZIP 42086), with a combined 3,354 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 9 of the 21 nearby plants. The closest plant is Gage Solar at 1.0 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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