Power Plants Near 42285 — Sweeden, KY

17 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 42285 (Sweeden, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.2641, -86.2978 · County: Edmonson

Natural Gas 67%Coal 18%Solar 8%Biomass 3%Hydroelectric 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
21.7 mi	Thoroughbred Solar Bonnieville, KY	Solar	—	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
26.8 mi	Glasgow Lfgte Glasgow, KY	Biomass	1 MW	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
29.4 mi	Dyers Spring Solar Tbd, KY	Solar	—	Dysp, Llc
35.4 mi	Sr Scottsville, Llc Scottsville, KY	Solar	—	Sr Scottsville, Llc
37.4 mi	Paradise Drakesboro, KY	Natural Gas	1,854 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
38.4 mi	New Frontiers Solar Hardinsburg, KY	Solar	—	Clover Creek Solar Project Llc D/B/A New Frontiers Solar Park
40.5 mi	Sr Franklin, Llc Franklin, KY	Solar	3 MW	Sr Franklin, Llc
40.6 mi	Sr Warren, Llc Franklin, KY	Solar	4 MW	Sr Warren, Llc
40.9 mi	Glover Creek Solar, Llc Summer Shade, KY	Solar	55 MW	Glover Creek Solar, Llc
43.7 mi	Sr Horus Franklin, KY	Solar	—	Sr Horus, Llc
44.7 mi	Green River Solar Guston, KY	Solar	—	Green River Solar, Llc
44.7 mi	Hardin County Lfgte Elizabethtown, KY	Biomass	2 MW	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
44.9 mi	D B Wilson Centertown, KY	Coal	509 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
45.8 mi	Green River Central City, KY	Coal	—	Kentucky Utilities Co
48.1 mi	Sr Russellville Olmstead, KY	Solar	173 MW	Sr Russellville, Llc
48.5 mi	Kentucky Mills Hawesville, KY	Biomass	88 MW	Domtar Paper Company Llc
49.3 mi	Cannelton Hydroelectric Plant Hawesville, KY	Hydroelectric	88 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc

Power generation near this area

There are 17 power plants within 50 miles of Sweeden, Kentucky (ZIP 42285), with a combined 2,776 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 17 nearby plants. The closest plant is Thoroughbred Solar at 21.7 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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