Power Plants Near 42320 — Beaver Dam, KY

27 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 42320 (Beaver Dam, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.3870, -86.8729 · County: Ohio

Coal 59%Natural Gas 34%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.5 mi	Paradise Drakesboro, KY	Natural Gas	1,854 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
12.2 mi	D B Wilson Centertown, KY	Coal	509 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
13.7 mi	Green River Central City, KY	Coal	—	Kentucky Utilities Co
34.6 mi	New Frontiers Solar Hardinsburg, KY	Solar	—	Clover Creek Solar Project Llc D/B/A New Frontiers Solar Park
36.6 mi	Kentucky Mills Hawesville, KY	Biomass	88 MW	Domtar Paper Company Llc
36.6 mi	Cannelton Hydroelectric Plant Hawesville, KY	Hydroelectric	88 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
37.5 mi	Kymea Energy Center I Madisonville, KY	Natural Gas	—	Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency
38.3 mi	Rockport Rockport, IN	Coal	2,600 MW	Indiana Michigan Power Co
38.8 mi	R D Green Robards, KY	Natural Gas	586 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
38.8 mi	Robert A Reid Robards, KY	Other Fossil	99 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
38.9 mi	Hmp&l Station Two Henderson Robards, KY	Coal	—	Big Rivers Electric Corp
39.1 mi	Dyers Spring Solar Tbd, KY	Solar	—	Dysp, Llc
39.3 mi	Impa Tell City Solar Park Tell City, IN	Solar	1 MW	Indiana Municipal Power Agency
40.1 mi	Kenneth C Coleman Hawesville, KY	Coal	—	Big Rivers Electric Corp
40.7 mi	Tell City Solar Park Tell City, IN	Solar	3 MW	Indiana Municipal Power Agency
41.0 mi	Sr Russellville Olmstead, KY	Solar	173 MW	Sr Russellville, Llc
41.5 mi	Unbridled Solar Robards, KY	Solar	—	National Grid Renewables
42.7 mi	Sebree Solar, Llc - Hybrid Robards, KY	Solar	—	Sebree Solar, Llc
42.7 mi	Okolona Solar Robards, MS	Solar	—	Okolona Solar, Llc
43.6 mi	Troy Solar Troy, IN	Solar	50 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
43.9 mi	F B Culley Newburgh, IN	Coal	369 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
44.3 mi	Warrick Newburgh, IN	Coal	823 MW	Agc Division Of Apgi Inc
46.6 mi	Rustic Hills Solar I Boonville, IN	Solar	—	Clenera Devco Llc
47.4 mi	Rustic Hills Solar Ii Llc Boonville, IN	Solar	—	Clenera Devco Llc
49.3 mi	Green River Solar Guston, KY	Solar	—	Green River Solar, Llc
49.9 mi	Sr Franklin, Llc Franklin, KY	Solar	3 MW	Sr Franklin, Llc
50.0 mi	Sr Warren, Llc Franklin, KY	Solar	4 MW	Sr Warren, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 27 power plants within 50 miles of Beaver Dam, Kentucky (ZIP 42320), with a combined 7,249 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 14 of the 27 nearby plants. The closest plant is Paradise at 10.5 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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