Power Plants Near 42343 — Fordsville, KY

26 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 42343 (Fordsville, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.6297, -86.7263 · County: Ohio

Coal 61%Natural Gas 34%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
16.6 mi	New Frontiers Solar Hardinsburg, KY	Solar	—	Clover Creek Solar Project Llc D/B/A New Frontiers Solar Park
18.5 mi	Kentucky Mills Hawesville, KY	Biomass	88 MW	Domtar Paper Company Llc
18.7 mi	Cannelton Hydroelectric Plant Hawesville, KY	Hydroelectric	88 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
21.9 mi	Impa Tell City Solar Park Tell City, IN	Solar	1 MW	Indiana Municipal Power Agency
23.1 mi	D B Wilson Centertown, KY	Coal	509 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
23.2 mi	Tell City Solar Park Tell City, IN	Solar	3 MW	Indiana Municipal Power Agency
23.3 mi	Kenneth C Coleman Hawesville, KY	Coal	—	Big Rivers Electric Corp
25.3 mi	Dyers Spring Solar Tbd, KY	Solar	—	Dysp, Llc
26.6 mi	Rockport Rockport, IN	Coal	2,600 MW	Indiana Michigan Power Co
26.9 mi	Troy Solar Troy, IN	Solar	50 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
28.4 mi	Green River Central City, KY	Coal	—	Kentucky Utilities Co
29.0 mi	Paradise Drakesboro, KY	Natural Gas	1,854 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
32.0 mi	Green River Solar Guston, KY	Solar	—	Green River Solar, Llc
38.2 mi	F B Culley Newburgh, IN	Coal	369 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
38.5 mi	Warrick Newburgh, IN	Coal	823 MW	Agc Division Of Apgi Inc
39.4 mi	Rustic Hills Solar I Boonville, IN	Solar	—	Clenera Devco Llc
40.3 mi	Rustic Hills Solar Ii Llc Boonville, IN	Solar	—	Clenera Devco Llc
41.5 mi	New Haven Solar Res Dale, IN	Solar	1 MW	Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc
42.3 mi	R D Green Robards, KY	Natural Gas	586 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
42.5 mi	Robert A Reid Robards, KY	Other Fossil	99 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
42.5 mi	Hmp&l Station Two Henderson Robards, KY	Coal	—	Big Rivers Electric Corp
45.2 mi	Unbridled Solar Robards, KY	Solar	—	National Grid Renewables
45.2 mi	Sebree Solar, Llc - Hybrid Robards, KY	Solar	—	Sebree Solar, Llc
45.2 mi	Okolona Solar Robards, MS	Solar	—	Okolona Solar, Llc
46.3 mi	Crossvine Solar Holland, IN	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
49.5 mi	Impa Huntingburg Solar Park Huntingburg, IN	Solar	2 MW	Indiana Municipal Power Agency

Power generation near this area

There are 26 power plants within 50 miles of Fordsville, Kentucky (ZIP 42343), with a combined 7,073 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 14 of the 26 nearby plants. The closest plant is New Frontiers Solar at 16.6 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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