Power Plants Near 42217 — Crofton, KY

19 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 42217 (Crofton, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.0344, -87.4891 · County: Christian

Coal 50%Natural Gas 40%Hydroelectric 6%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
20.0 mi	Kymea Energy Center I Madisonville, KY	Natural Gas	—	Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency
30.4 mi	Green River Central City, KY	Coal	—	Kentucky Utilities Co
32.2 mi	Paradise Drakesboro, KY	Natural Gas	1,854 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
32.6 mi	Ashwood Solar I Eddyville, KY	Solar	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
34.3 mi	Bi-County Gas Producers Woodlawn, TN	Biomass	3 MW	Cube District Energy, Llc
34.4 mi	Sr Russellville Olmstead, KY	Solar	173 MW	Sr Russellville, Llc
36.4 mi	D B Wilson Centertown, KY	Coal	509 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
36.6 mi	Sr Clarksville, Llc Clarksville, TN	Solar	2 MW	Sr Clarksville, Llc
36.7 mi	Sr Clarksville Ii, Llc Clarksville, TN	Solar	5 MW	Sr Clarksville Ii, Llc
40.4 mi	Barkley Kuttawa, KY	Hydroelectric	130 MW	Usce-Nashville District
42.3 mi	R D Green Robards, KY	Natural Gas	586 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
42.3 mi	Robert A Reid Robards, KY	Other Fossil	99 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
42.3 mi	Hmp&l Station Two Henderson Robards, KY	Coal	—	Big Rivers Electric Corp
42.8 mi	Unbridled Solar Robards, KY	Solar	—	National Grid Renewables
43.1 mi	Kentucky Dam Grand Rivers, KY	Hydroelectric	219 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
45.4 mi	Cumberland (Tn) Cumberland City, TN	Coal	2,600 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
45.6 mi	Sebree Solar, Llc - Hybrid Robards, KY	Solar	—	Sebree Solar, Llc
45.6 mi	Okolona Solar Robards, MS	Solar	—	Okolona Solar, Llc
47.7 mi	Calvert City Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	27 MW	Dte Calvert City Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 19 power plants within 50 miles of Crofton, Kentucky (ZIP 42217), with a combined 6,206 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 19 nearby plants. The closest plant is Kymea Energy Center I at 20.0 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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