Power Plants Near 42102 — Bowling Green, KY

11 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 42102 (Bowling Green, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.9223, -86.3870 · County: Warren

Coal 47%Natural Gas 45%Solar 6%Hydroelectric 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
16.9 mi	Sr Franklin, Llc Franklin, KY	Solar	3 MW	Sr Franklin, Llc
17.0 mi	Sr Scottsville, Llc Scottsville, KY	Solar	—	Sr Scottsville, Llc
17.1 mi	Sr Warren, Llc Franklin, KY	Solar	4 MW	Sr Warren, Llc
19.8 mi	Sr Horus Franklin, KY	Solar	—	Sr Horus, Llc
24.1 mi	Glasgow Lfgte Glasgow, KY	Biomass	1 MW	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
32.0 mi	Sr Russellville Olmstead, KY	Solar	173 MW	Sr Russellville, Llc
34.1 mi	Thoroughbred Solar Bonnieville, KY	Solar	—	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
37.3 mi	Glover Creek Solar, Llc Summer Shade, KY	Solar	55 MW	Glover Creek Solar, Llc
40.1 mi	Paradise Drakesboro, KY	Natural Gas	1,854 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
41.9 mi	Gallatin (Tn) Gallatin, TN	Coal	1,918 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
45.7 mi	Old Hickory Hendersonville, TN	Hydroelectric	104 MW	Usce-Nashville District

Power generation near this area

There are 11 power plants within 50 miles of Bowling Green, Kentucky (ZIP 42102), with a combined 4,111 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 11 nearby plants. The closest plant is Sr Franklin, Llc at 16.9 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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