Power Plants Near 42101 — Bowling Green, KY

13 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 42101 (Bowling Green, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.0174, -86.4518 · County: Warren

Coal 54%Natural Gas 41%Solar 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
21.6 mi	Sr Franklin, Llc Franklin, KY	Solar	3 MW	Sr Franklin, Llc
21.8 mi	Sr Warren, Llc Franklin, KY	Solar	4 MW	Sr Warren, Llc
24.1 mi	Sr Scottsville, Llc Scottsville, KY	Solar	—	Sr Scottsville, Llc
25.0 mi	Sr Horus Franklin, KY	Solar	—	Sr Horus, Llc
27.4 mi	Glasgow Lfgte Glasgow, KY	Biomass	1 MW	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
31.2 mi	Sr Russellville Olmstead, KY	Solar	173 MW	Sr Russellville, Llc
33.5 mi	Paradise Drakesboro, KY	Natural Gas	1,854 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
33.5 mi	Thoroughbred Solar Bonnieville, KY	Solar	—	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
41.6 mi	Glover Creek Solar, Llc Summer Shade, KY	Solar	55 MW	Glover Creek Solar, Llc
43.9 mi	Green River Central City, KY	Coal	—	Kentucky Utilities Co
45.7 mi	D B Wilson Centertown, KY	Coal	509 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
47.4 mi	Dyers Spring Solar Tbd, KY	Solar	—	Dysp, Llc
48.6 mi	Gallatin (Tn) Gallatin, TN	Coal	1,918 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority

Power generation near this area

There are 13 power plants within 50 miles of Bowling Green, Kentucky (ZIP 42101), with a combined 4,516 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 13 nearby plants. The closest plant is Sr Franklin, Llc at 21.6 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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