Power Plants Near 42265 — Olmstead, KY

20 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 42265 (Olmstead, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.7595, -86.9804 · County: Logan

Coal 69%Natural Gas 26%Solar 3%Hydroelectric 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.2 mi	Sr Russellville Olmstead, KY	Solar	173 MW	Sr Russellville, Llc
24.1 mi	Sr Warren, Llc Franklin, KY	Solar	4 MW	Sr Warren, Llc
24.2 mi	Sr Franklin, Llc Franklin, KY	Solar	3 MW	Sr Franklin, Llc
24.8 mi	Sr Clarksville, Llc Clarksville, TN	Solar	2 MW	Sr Clarksville, Llc
24.8 mi	Sr Clarksville Ii, Llc Clarksville, TN	Solar	5 MW	Sr Clarksville Ii, Llc
25.6 mi	Sr Horus Franklin, KY	Solar	—	Sr Horus, Llc
33.1 mi	Cheatham Ashland City, TN	Hydroelectric	36 MW	Usce-Nashville District
34.6 mi	Paradise Drakesboro, KY	Natural Gas	1,854 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
34.7 mi	Bi-County Gas Producers Woodlawn, TN	Biomass	3 MW	Cube District Energy, Llc
36.7 mi	Old Hickory Hendersonville, TN	Hydroelectric	104 MW	Usce-Nashville District
37.6 mi	Music City Community Solar Madison, TN	Solar	2 MW	Nashville Electric Service
41.1 mi	Opryland Usa Nashville, TN	Natural Gas	5 MW	Gaylord Entertainment Co
42.5 mi	Green River Central City, KY	Coal	—	Kentucky Utilities Co
43.5 mi	Vanderbilt University Power Plant Nashville, TN	Natural Gas	19 MW	Vanderbilt University
44.5 mi	Gallatin (Tn) Gallatin, TN	Coal	1,918 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
45.2 mi	Cumberland (Tn) Cumberland City, TN	Coal	2,600 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
45.9 mi	Sr Scottsville, Llc Scottsville, KY	Solar	—	Sr Scottsville, Llc
46.3 mi	J P Priest Nashville, TN	Hydroelectric	28 MW	Usce-Nashville District
48.0 mi	D B Wilson Centertown, KY	Coal	509 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
49.9 mi	Kymea Energy Center I Madisonville, KY	Natural Gas	—	Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency

Power generation near this area

There are 20 power plants within 50 miles of Olmstead, Kentucky (ZIP 42265), with a combined 7,263 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 20 nearby plants. The closest plant is Sr Russellville at 3.2 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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