Power Plants Near 42087 — Wickliffe, KY

20 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 42087 (Wickliffe, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.9680, -89.0177 · County: Ballard

Coal 69%Natural Gas 20%Hydroelectric 9%Solar 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
15.9 mi	Gage Solar Paducah, KY	Solar	—	Ggso, Llc
18.4 mi	Shawnee West Paducah, KY	Coal	1,575 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
20.6 mi	Mayfield Solar And Storage Mayfield, KY	Solar	—	Brightnight Power
20.8 mi	Pulaski Solar Grand Chain, IL	Solar	—	Joppa Bess Llc
22.6 mi	Pps Power Plant No 1 Paducah, KY	Natural Gas	120 MW	Paducah Power System
33.9 mi	Sikeston Power Station Sikeston, MO	Coal	261 MW	City Of Sikeston - (Mo)
33.9 mi	Coleman Sikeston, MO	Oil	—	City Of Sikeston - (Mo)
34.6 mi	Marshall Energy Facility Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	688 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
35.8 mi	Smithland Hydroelectric Plant Smithland, KY	Hydroelectric	76 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
36.0 mi	Morley Solar Morley, MO	Solar	—	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
36.1 mi	Viaduct Cape Girardeau, MO	Natural Gas	—	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
37.0 mi	Calvert City Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	27 MW	Dte Calvert City Llc
37.1 mi	Cape Girardeau Renewable Energy Center Cape Girardeau, MO	Solar	1 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
40.2 mi	Oetn1 Obion, TN	Solar	100 MW	Oe_tn1
41.4 mi	Kentucky Dam Grand Rivers, KY	Hydroelectric	219 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
43.5 mi	New Madrid New Madrid, MO	Coal	1,300 MW	Associated Electric Coop, Inc
44.1 mi	Barkley Kuttawa, KY	Hydroelectric	130 MW	Usce-Nashville District
45.2 mi	Marion Marion, IL	Coal	249 MW	Southern Illinois Power Coop
45.6 mi	Jackson (Mo) Jackson, MO	Oil	26 MW	City Of Jackson - (Mo)
46.0 mi	Essex Essex, MO	Natural Gas	121 MW	Associated Electric Coop, Inc

Power generation near this area

There are 20 power plants within 50 miles of Wickliffe, Kentucky (ZIP 42087), with a combined 4,893 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 20 nearby plants. The closest plant is Gage Solar at 15.9 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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