Power Plants Near 42330 — Central City, KY

21 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 42330 (Central City, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.3007, -87.1202 · County: Muhlenberg

Coal 60%Natural Gas 34%Solar 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.3 mi	Green River Central City, KY	Coal	—	Kentucky Utilities Co
8.3 mi	Paradise Drakesboro, KY	Natural Gas	1,854 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
10.5 mi	D B Wilson Centertown, KY	Coal	509 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
23.7 mi	Kymea Energy Center I Madisonville, KY	Natural Gas	—	Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency
31.7 mi	R D Green Robards, KY	Natural Gas	586 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
31.7 mi	Robert A Reid Robards, KY	Other Fossil	99 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
31.8 mi	Hmp&l Station Two Henderson Robards, KY	Coal	—	Big Rivers Electric Corp
33.9 mi	Unbridled Solar Robards, KY	Solar	—	National Grid Renewables
35.9 mi	Sebree Solar, Llc - Hybrid Robards, KY	Solar	—	Sebree Solar, Llc
35.9 mi	Okolona Solar Robards, MS	Solar	—	Okolona Solar, Llc
36.2 mi	Sr Russellville Olmstead, KY	Solar	173 MW	Sr Russellville, Llc
43.4 mi	Rockport Rockport, IN	Coal	2,600 MW	Indiana Michigan Power Co
43.7 mi	F B Culley Newburgh, IN	Coal	369 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
44.0 mi	Warrick Newburgh, IN	Coal	823 MW	Agc Division Of Apgi Inc
47.2 mi	Rustic Hills Solar I Boonville, IN	Solar	—	Clenera Devco Llc
47.2 mi	Cannelton Hydroelectric Plant Hawesville, KY	Hydroelectric	88 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
47.5 mi	Kentucky Mills Hawesville, KY	Biomass	88 MW	Domtar Paper Company Llc
47.8 mi	Rustic Hills Solar Ii Llc Boonville, IN	Solar	—	Clenera Devco Llc
47.9 mi	New Frontiers Solar Hardinsburg, KY	Solar	—	Clover Creek Solar Project Llc D/B/A New Frontiers Solar Park
49.2 mi	Kenneth C Coleman Hawesville, KY	Coal	—	Big Rivers Electric Corp
49.3 mi	Impa Tell City Solar Park Tell City, IN	Solar	1 MW	Indiana Municipal Power Agency

Power generation near this area

There are 21 power plants within 50 miles of Central City, Kentucky (ZIP 42330), with a combined 7,190 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 21 nearby plants. The closest plant is Green River at 4.3 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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