Power Plants Near 42374 — South Carrollton, KY

23 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 42374 (South Carrollton, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.3375, -87.1419 · County: Muhlenberg

Coal 60%Natural Gas 34%Solar 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.1 mi	Green River Central City, KY	Coal	—	Kentucky Utilities Co
8.5 mi	D B Wilson Centertown, KY	Coal	509 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
10.4 mi	Paradise Drakesboro, KY	Natural Gas	1,854 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
22.5 mi	Kymea Energy Center I Madisonville, KY	Natural Gas	—	Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency
29.0 mi	R D Green Robards, KY	Natural Gas	586 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
29.1 mi	Robert A Reid Robards, KY	Other Fossil	99 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
29.1 mi	Hmp&l Station Two Henderson Robards, KY	Coal	—	Big Rivers Electric Corp
31.3 mi	Unbridled Solar Robards, KY	Solar	—	National Grid Renewables
33.2 mi	Sebree Solar, Llc - Hybrid Robards, KY	Solar	—	Sebree Solar, Llc
33.2 mi	Okolona Solar Robards, MS	Solar	—	Okolona Solar, Llc
39.0 mi	Sr Russellville Olmstead, KY	Solar	173 MW	Sr Russellville, Llc
40.9 mi	F B Culley Newburgh, IN	Coal	369 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
41.0 mi	Rockport Rockport, IN	Coal	2,600 MW	Indiana Michigan Power Co
41.2 mi	Warrick Newburgh, IN	Coal	823 MW	Agc Division Of Apgi Inc
44.4 mi	Rustic Hills Solar I Boonville, IN	Solar	—	Clenera Devco Llc
45.1 mi	Rustic Hills Solar Ii Llc Boonville, IN	Solar	—	Clenera Devco Llc
45.6 mi	Cannelton Hydroelectric Plant Hawesville, KY	Hydroelectric	88 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
45.9 mi	Kentucky Mills Hawesville, KY	Biomass	88 MW	Domtar Paper Company Llc
47.0 mi	New Frontiers Solar Hardinsburg, KY	Solar	—	Clover Creek Solar Project Llc D/B/A New Frontiers Solar Park
47.3 mi	Kenneth C Coleman Hawesville, KY	Coal	—	Big Rivers Electric Corp
47.5 mi	Impa Tell City Solar Park Tell City, IN	Solar	1 MW	Indiana Municipal Power Agency
48.7 mi	Tell City Solar Park Tell City, IN	Solar	3 MW	Indiana Municipal Power Agency
49.8 mi	Oak Hill Solar Array Evansville, IN	Solar	2 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co

Power generation near this area

There are 23 power plants within 50 miles of South Carrollton, Kentucky (ZIP 42374), with a combined 7,195 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 23 nearby plants. The closest plant is Green River at 2.1 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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