Power Plants Near 42301 — Owensboro, KY

38 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 42301 (Owensboro, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.7513, -87.1554 · County: Daviess

Coal 63%Natural Gas 32%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
13.7 mi	Rockport Rockport, IN	Coal	2,600 MW	Indiana Michigan Power Co
14.5 mi	F B Culley Newburgh, IN	Coal	369 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
14.9 mi	Warrick Newburgh, IN	Coal	823 MW	Agc Division Of Apgi Inc
17.1 mi	Rustic Hills Solar I Boonville, IN	Solar	—	Clenera Devco Llc
17.9 mi	Rustic Hills Solar Ii Llc Boonville, IN	Solar	—	Clenera Devco Llc
20.2 mi	R D Green Robards, KY	Natural Gas	586 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
20.3 mi	Robert A Reid Robards, KY	Other Fossil	99 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
20.3 mi	Hmp&l Station Two Henderson Robards, KY	Coal	—	Big Rivers Electric Corp
21.2 mi	D B Wilson Centertown, KY	Coal	509 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
21.9 mi	Sebree Solar, Llc - Hybrid Robards, KY	Solar	—	Sebree Solar, Llc
21.9 mi	Okolona Solar Robards, MS	Solar	—	Okolona Solar, Llc
22.7 mi	Unbridled Solar Robards, KY	Solar	—	National Grid Renewables
24.7 mi	Kenneth C Coleman Hawesville, KY	Coal	—	Big Rivers Electric Corp
26.3 mi	Oak Hill Solar Array Evansville, IN	Solar	2 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
26.5 mi	Impa Tell City Solar Park Tell City, IN	Solar	1 MW	Indiana Municipal Power Agency
26.6 mi	Cannelton Hydroelectric Plant Hawesville, KY	Hydroelectric	88 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
26.9 mi	Green River Central City, KY	Coal	—	Kentucky Utilities Co
27.0 mi	Troy Solar Troy, IN	Solar	50 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
27.1 mi	Northeast (In) Evansville, IN	Natural Gas	—	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
27.2 mi	Tell City Solar Park Tell City, IN	Solar	3 MW	Indiana Municipal Power Agency
27.5 mi	Kentucky Mills Hawesville, KY	Biomass	88 MW	Domtar Paper Company Llc
28.8 mi	Broadway (In) Evansville, IN	Natural Gas	—	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
31.9 mi	New Haven Solar Res Dale, IN	Solar	1 MW	Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc
32.3 mi	A B Brown Mount Vernon, IN	Coal	707 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
33.6 mi	Posey Solar Mount Vernon, IN	Solar	—	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
34.8 mi	Volkman Road Solar Array Hybrid Evansville, IN	Solar	3 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
35.3 mi	Paradise Drakesboro, KY	Natural Gas	1,854 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
35.6 mi	New Frontiers Solar Hardinsburg, KY	Solar	—	Clover Creek Solar Project Llc D/B/A New Frontiers Solar Park
36.4 mi	Crossvine Solar Holland, IN	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
36.9 mi	Kymea Energy Center I Madisonville, KY	Natural Gas	—	Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency
39.9 mi	Veolia Es Blackfoot Landfill Facility Winslow, IN	Biomass	3 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
40.6 mi	Impa Huntingburg Solar Park Huntingburg, IN	Solar	2 MW	Indiana Municipal Power Agency
41.8 mi	Elliot Solar Llc Francisco, IN	Solar	—	Elliot Solar Llc
43.2 mi	Patoka Solar Poseyville, IN	Solar	—	Strata Clean Energy
43.5 mi	Sabic Innovative Plastics Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon, IN	Natural Gas	108 MW	Sabic Ip Mt. Vernon, Llc
44.2 mi	Gibson Solar Princeton, IN	Solar	—	Gibson Solar, Llc
47.9 mi	Crosstrack Solar Petersburgh, IN	Solar	—	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
48.6 mi	Dyers Spring Solar Tbd, KY	Solar	—	Dysp, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 38 power plants within 50 miles of Owensboro, Kentucky (ZIP 42301), with a combined 7,896 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 20 of the 38 nearby plants. The closest plant is Rockport at 13.7 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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