Power Plants Near 42440 — Mortons Gap, KY

19 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 42440 (Mortons Gap, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.2490, -87.4615 · County: Hopkins

Natural Gas 45%Coal 44%Hydroelectric 6%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.9 mi	Kymea Energy Center I Madisonville, KY	Natural Gas	—	Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency
20.3 mi	Green River Central City, KY	Coal	—	Kentucky Utilities Co
25.1 mi	D B Wilson Centertown, KY	Coal	509 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
26.6 mi	Paradise Drakesboro, KY	Natural Gas	1,854 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
27.5 mi	R D Green Robards, KY	Natural Gas	586 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
27.5 mi	Robert A Reid Robards, KY	Other Fossil	99 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
27.6 mi	Hmp&l Station Two Henderson Robards, KY	Coal	—	Big Rivers Electric Corp
28.3 mi	Unbridled Solar Robards, KY	Solar	—	National Grid Renewables
31.1 mi	Sebree Solar, Llc - Hybrid Robards, KY	Solar	—	Sebree Solar, Llc
31.1 mi	Okolona Solar Robards, MS	Solar	—	Okolona Solar, Llc
37.5 mi	Ashwood Solar I Eddyville, KY	Solar	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
42.4 mi	Sr Russellville Olmstead, KY	Solar	173 MW	Sr Russellville, Llc
44.7 mi	Barkley Kuttawa, KY	Hydroelectric	130 MW	Usce-Nashville District
46.3 mi	F B Culley Newburgh, IN	Coal	369 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
46.6 mi	Warrick Newburgh, IN	Coal	823 MW	Agc Division Of Apgi Inc
47.4 mi	Kentucky Dam Grand Rivers, KY	Hydroelectric	219 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
47.4 mi	A B Brown Mount Vernon, IN	Coal	707 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
49.1 mi	Posey Solar Mount Vernon, IN	Solar	—	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
49.2 mi	Bi-County Gas Producers Woodlawn, TN	Biomass	3 MW	Cube District Energy, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 19 power plants within 50 miles of Mortons Gap, Kentucky (ZIP 42440), with a combined 5,471 MW of nameplate capacity. Coal is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 19 nearby plants. The closest plant is Kymea Energy Center I at 6.9 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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