Power Plants Near 42302 — Owensboro, KY
39 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 42302 (Owensboro, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.
Centroid: 37.7455, -87.1128 · County: Daviess
| Distance | Plant | Fuel | Capacity | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13.1 mi | Rockport Rockport, IN | Coal | 2,600 MW | Indiana Michigan Power Co |
| 16.4 mi | F B Culley Newburgh, IN | Coal | 369 MW | Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co |
| 16.8 mi | Warrick Newburgh, IN | Coal | 823 MW | Agc Division Of Apgi Inc |
| 18.6 mi | Rustic Hills Solar I Boonville, IN | Solar | — | Clenera Devco Llc |
| 19.5 mi | Rustic Hills Solar Ii Llc Boonville, IN | Solar | — | Clenera Devco Llc |
| 20.5 mi | D B Wilson Centertown, KY | Coal | 509 MW | Big Rivers Electric Corp |
| 22.3 mi | R D Green Robards, KY | Natural Gas | 586 MW | Big Rivers Electric Corp |
| 22.4 mi | Robert A Reid Robards, KY | Other Fossil | 99 MW | Big Rivers Electric Corp |
| 22.4 mi | Hmp&l Station Two Henderson Robards, KY | Coal | — | Big Rivers Electric Corp |
| 23.1 mi | Kenneth C Coleman Hawesville, KY | Coal | — | Big Rivers Electric Corp |
| 24.1 mi | Sebree Solar, Llc - Hybrid Robards, KY | Solar | — | Sebree Solar, Llc |
| 24.1 mi | Okolona Solar Robards, MS | Solar | — | Okolona Solar, Llc |
| 24.6 mi | Cannelton Hydroelectric Plant Hawesville, KY | Hydroelectric | 88 MW | American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc |
| 24.7 mi | Impa Tell City Solar Park Tell City, IN | Solar | 1 MW | Indiana Municipal Power Agency |
| 24.9 mi | Unbridled Solar Robards, KY | Solar | — | National Grid Renewables |
| 25.5 mi | Kentucky Mills Hawesville, KY | Biomass | 88 MW | Domtar Paper Company Llc |
| 25.5 mi | Tell City Solar Park Tell City, IN | Solar | 3 MW | Indiana Municipal Power Agency |
| 25.6 mi | Troy Solar Troy, IN | Solar | 50 MW | Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co |
| 26.4 mi | Green River Central City, KY | Coal | — | Kentucky Utilities Co |
| 28.3 mi | Oak Hill Solar Array Evansville, IN | Solar | 2 MW | Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co |
| 29.1 mi | Northeast (In) Evansville, IN | Natural Gas | — | Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co |
| 31.0 mi | Broadway (In) Evansville, IN | Natural Gas | — | Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co |
| 31.7 mi | New Haven Solar Res Dale, IN | Solar | 1 MW | Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc |
| 33.3 mi | New Frontiers Solar Hardinsburg, KY | Solar | — | Clover Creek Solar Project Llc D/B/A New Frontiers Solar Park |
| 34.3 mi | Paradise Drakesboro, KY | Natural Gas | 1,854 MW | Tennessee Valley Authority |
| 34.7 mi | A B Brown Mount Vernon, IN | Coal | 707 MW | Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co |
| 35.9 mi | Posey Solar Mount Vernon, IN | Solar | — | Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co |
| 36.3 mi | Crossvine Solar Holland, IN | Solar | — | Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc |
| 36.6 mi | Volkman Road Solar Array Hybrid Evansville, IN | Solar | 3 MW | Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co |
| 38.0 mi | Kymea Energy Center I Madisonville, KY | Natural Gas | — | Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency |
| 40.4 mi | Impa Huntingburg Solar Park Huntingburg, IN | Solar | 2 MW | Indiana Municipal Power Agency |
| 40.5 mi | Veolia Es Blackfoot Landfill Facility Winslow, IN | Biomass | 3 MW | Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co |
| 43.0 mi | Elliot Solar Llc Francisco, IN | Solar | — | Elliot Solar Llc |
| 45.3 mi | Patoka Solar Poseyville, IN | Solar | — | Strata Clean Energy |
| 45.6 mi | Gibson Solar Princeton, IN | Solar | — | Gibson Solar, Llc |
| 45.8 mi | Sabic Innovative Plastics Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon, IN | Natural Gas | 108 MW | Sabic Ip Mt. Vernon, Llc |
| 46.3 mi | Dyers Spring Solar Tbd, KY | Solar | — | Dysp, Llc |
| 47.9 mi | Green River Solar Guston, KY | Solar | — | Green River Solar, Llc |
| 48.4 mi | Crosstrack Solar Petersburgh, IN | Solar | — | Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co |
Power generation near this area
There are 39 power plants within 50 miles of Owensboro, Kentucky (ZIP 42302), with a combined 7,896 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 21 of the 39 nearby plants. The closest plant is Rockport at 13.1 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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