Power Plants Near 42254 — La Fayette, KY

16 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 42254 (La Fayette, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.6582, -87.6563 · County: Christian

Coal 49%Natural Gas 40%Hydroelectric 7%Solar 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.2 mi	Bi-County Gas Producers Woodlawn, TN	Biomass	3 MW	Cube District Energy, Llc
18.5 mi	Cumberland (Tn) Cumberland City, TN	Coal	2,600 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
21.0 mi	Sr Clarksville, Llc Clarksville, TN	Solar	2 MW	Sr Clarksville, Llc
21.2 mi	Sr Clarksville Ii, Llc Clarksville, TN	Solar	5 MW	Sr Clarksville Ii, Llc
33.6 mi	Cheatham Ashland City, TN	Hydroelectric	36 MW	Usce-Nashville District
34.5 mi	Ashwood Solar I Eddyville, KY	Solar	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
38.6 mi	Sr Puryear Puryear, TN	Solar	—	Sr Puryear, Llc
40.0 mi	Sr Paris Paris, TN	Solar	7 MW	Sr Paris, Llc
40.1 mi	Barkley Kuttawa, KY	Hydroelectric	130 MW	Usce-Nashville District
40.6 mi	Sr Russellville Olmstead, KY	Solar	173 MW	Sr Russellville, Llc
41.8 mi	Kentucky Dam Grand Rivers, KY	Hydroelectric	219 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
46.1 mi	Kymea Energy Center I Madisonville, KY	Natural Gas	—	Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency
47.1 mi	Calvert City Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	27 MW	Dte Calvert City Llc
47.3 mi	Johnsonville New Johnsonville, TN	Natural Gas	1,426 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
48.2 mi	Marshall Energy Facility Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	688 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
49.5 mi	West Camden Camden, TN	Biomass	5 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 16 power plants within 50 miles of La Fayette, Kentucky (ZIP 42254), with a combined 5,320 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 16 nearby plants. The closest plant is Bi-County Gas Producers at 10.2 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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