Power Plants Near 42303 — Owensboro, KY

39 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 42303 (Owensboro, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.7559, -87.0803 · County: Daviess

Coal 63%Natural Gas 32%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
12.0 mi	Rockport Rockport, IN	Coal	2,600 MW	Indiana Michigan Power Co
17.2 mi	F B Culley Newburgh, IN	Coal	369 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
17.6 mi	Warrick Newburgh, IN	Coal	823 MW	Agc Division Of Apgi Inc
19.1 mi	Rustic Hills Solar I Boonville, IN	Solar	—	Clenera Devco Llc
20.0 mi	Rustic Hills Solar Ii Llc Boonville, IN	Solar	—	Clenera Devco Llc
21.2 mi	D B Wilson Centertown, KY	Coal	509 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
21.3 mi	Kenneth C Coleman Hawesville, KY	Coal	—	Big Rivers Electric Corp
22.7 mi	Cannelton Hydroelectric Plant Hawesville, KY	Hydroelectric	88 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
22.9 mi	Impa Tell City Solar Park Tell City, IN	Solar	1 MW	Indiana Municipal Power Agency
23.6 mi	Kentucky Mills Hawesville, KY	Biomass	88 MW	Domtar Paper Company Llc
23.7 mi	Tell City Solar Park Tell City, IN	Solar	3 MW	Indiana Municipal Power Agency
23.9 mi	Troy Solar Troy, IN	Solar	50 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
24.2 mi	R D Green Robards, KY	Natural Gas	586 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
24.3 mi	Robert A Reid Robards, KY	Other Fossil	99 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
24.3 mi	Hmp&l Station Two Henderson Robards, KY	Coal	—	Big Rivers Electric Corp
26.0 mi	Sebree Solar, Llc - Hybrid Robards, KY	Solar	—	Sebree Solar, Llc
26.0 mi	Okolona Solar Robards, MS	Solar	—	Okolona Solar, Llc
26.8 mi	Unbridled Solar Robards, KY	Solar	—	National Grid Renewables
27.2 mi	Green River Central City, KY	Coal	—	Kentucky Utilities Co
29.4 mi	Oak Hill Solar Array Evansville, IN	Solar	2 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
30.1 mi	Northeast (In) Evansville, IN	Natural Gas	—	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
30.7 mi	New Haven Solar Res Dale, IN	Solar	1 MW	Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc
31.4 mi	New Frontiers Solar Hardinsburg, KY	Solar	—	Clover Creek Solar Project Llc D/B/A New Frontiers Solar Park
32.2 mi	Broadway (In) Evansville, IN	Natural Gas	—	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
34.7 mi	Paradise Drakesboro, KY	Natural Gas	1,854 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
35.4 mi	Crossvine Solar Holland, IN	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
36.1 mi	A B Brown Mount Vernon, IN	Coal	707 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
37.3 mi	Volkman Road Solar Array Hybrid Evansville, IN	Solar	3 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
37.3 mi	Posey Solar Mount Vernon, IN	Solar	—	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
39.4 mi	Impa Huntingburg Solar Park Huntingburg, IN	Solar	2 MW	Indiana Municipal Power Agency
39.7 mi	Kymea Energy Center I Madisonville, KY	Natural Gas	—	Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency
40.0 mi	Veolia Es Blackfoot Landfill Facility Winslow, IN	Biomass	3 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
43.1 mi	Elliot Solar Llc Francisco, IN	Solar	—	Elliot Solar Llc
44.6 mi	Dyers Spring Solar Tbd, KY	Solar	—	Dysp, Llc
45.9 mi	Gibson Solar Princeton, IN	Solar	—	Gibson Solar, Llc
46.0 mi	Green River Solar Guston, KY	Solar	—	Green River Solar, Llc
46.3 mi	Patoka Solar Poseyville, IN	Solar	—	Strata Clean Energy
47.4 mi	Sabic Innovative Plastics Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon, IN	Natural Gas	108 MW	Sabic Ip Mt. Vernon, Llc
47.8 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 42303), 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 12.0 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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