Power Plants Near 42241 — Hopkinsville, KY

14 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 42241 (Hopkinsville, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.8656, -87.4912 · County: Christian

Coal 56%Natural Gas 34%Hydroelectric 7%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
22.7 mi	Bi-County Gas Producers Woodlawn, TN	Biomass	3 MW	Cube District Energy, Llc
25.6 mi	Sr Clarksville, Llc Clarksville, TN	Solar	2 MW	Sr Clarksville, Llc
25.7 mi	Sr Clarksville Ii, Llc Clarksville, TN	Solar	5 MW	Sr Clarksville Ii, Llc
30.7 mi	Sr Russellville Olmstead, KY	Solar	173 MW	Sr Russellville, Llc
31.6 mi	Kymea Energy Center I Madisonville, KY	Natural Gas	—	Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency
34.1 mi	Cumberland (Tn) Cumberland City, TN	Coal	2,600 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
34.3 mi	Ashwood Solar I Eddyville, KY	Solar	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
39.3 mi	Paradise Drakesboro, KY	Natural Gas	1,854 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
40.0 mi	Green River Central City, KY	Coal	—	Kentucky Utilities Co
40.5 mi	Cheatham Ashland City, TN	Hydroelectric	36 MW	Usce-Nashville District
41.7 mi	Barkley Kuttawa, KY	Hydroelectric	130 MW	Usce-Nashville District
44.2 mi	Kentucky Dam Grand Rivers, KY	Hydroelectric	219 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
46.3 mi	D B Wilson Centertown, KY	Coal	509 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
49.3 mi	Calvert City Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	27 MW	Dte Calvert City Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 14 power plants within 50 miles of Hopkinsville, Kentucky (ZIP 42241), with a combined 5,557 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 4 of the 14 nearby plants. The closest plant is Bi-County Gas Producers at 22.7 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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