Power Plants Near 42408 — Dawson Springs, KY

19 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 42408 (Dawson Springs, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.1964, -87.6821 · County: Hopkins

Natural Gas 62%Coal 24%Hydroelectric 8%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.2 mi	Kymea Energy Center I Madisonville, KY	Natural Gas	—	Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency
25.0 mi	Ashwood Solar I Eddyville, KY	Solar	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
32.1 mi	Barkley Kuttawa, KY	Hydroelectric	130 MW	Usce-Nashville District
32.3 mi	Unbridled Solar Robards, KY	Solar	—	National Grid Renewables
32.6 mi	Robert A Reid Robards, KY	Other Fossil	99 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
32.6 mi	R D Green Robards, KY	Natural Gas	586 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
32.6 mi	Hmp&l Station Two Henderson Robards, KY	Coal	—	Big Rivers Electric Corp
32.9 mi	Green River Central City, KY	Coal	—	Kentucky Utilities Co
34.7 mi	Kentucky Dam Grand Rivers, KY	Hydroelectric	219 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
35.1 mi	Sebree Solar, Llc - Hybrid Robards, KY	Solar	—	Sebree Solar, Llc
35.1 mi	Okolona Solar Robards, MS	Solar	—	Okolona Solar, Llc
37.4 mi	D B Wilson Centertown, KY	Coal	509 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
38.4 mi	Calvert City Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	27 MW	Dte Calvert City Llc
39.0 mi	Paradise Drakesboro, KY	Natural Gas	1,854 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
40.6 mi	Smithland Hydroelectric Plant Smithland, KY	Hydroelectric	76 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
41.0 mi	Marshall Energy Facility Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	688 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
45.9 mi	Bi-County Gas Producers Woodlawn, TN	Biomass	3 MW	Cube District Energy, Llc
49.0 mi	A B Brown Mount Vernon, IN	Coal	707 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
49.3 mi	Sr Russellville Olmstead, KY	Solar	173 MW	Sr Russellville, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 19 power plants within 50 miles of Dawson Springs, Kentucky (ZIP 42408), with a combined 5,070 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 19 nearby plants. The closest plant is Kymea Energy Center I at 11.2 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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