Power Plants Near 42442 — Nortonville, KY

17 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 42442 (Nortonville, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.1834, -87.4605 · County: Hopkins

Natural Gas 68%Coal 14%Hydroelectric 10%Solar 5%Other Fossil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.7 mi	Kymea Energy Center I Madisonville, KY	Natural Gas	—	Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency
22.4 mi	Green River Central City, KY	Coal	—	Kentucky Utilities Co
27.1 mi	Paradise Drakesboro, KY	Natural Gas	1,854 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
27.8 mi	D B Wilson Centertown, KY	Coal	509 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
32.0 mi	R D Green Robards, KY	Natural Gas	586 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
32.1 mi	Robert A Reid Robards, KY	Other Fossil	99 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
32.1 mi	Hmp&l Station Two Henderson Robards, KY	Coal	—	Big Rivers Electric Corp
32.8 mi	Unbridled Solar Robards, KY	Solar	—	National Grid Renewables
35.5 mi	Sebree Solar, Llc - Hybrid Robards, KY	Solar	—	Sebree Solar, Llc
35.5 mi	Okolona Solar Robards, MS	Solar	—	Okolona Solar, Llc
35.9 mi	Ashwood Solar I Eddyville, KY	Solar	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
39.1 mi	Sr Russellville Olmstead, KY	Solar	173 MW	Sr Russellville, Llc
43.4 mi	Barkley Kuttawa, KY	Hydroelectric	130 MW	Usce-Nashville District
44.7 mi	Bi-County Gas Producers Woodlawn, TN	Biomass	3 MW	Cube District Energy, Llc
46.1 mi	Kentucky Dam Grand Rivers, KY	Hydroelectric	219 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
46.3 mi	Sr Clarksville, Llc Clarksville, TN	Solar	2 MW	Sr Clarksville, Llc
46.5 mi	Sr Clarksville Ii, Llc Clarksville, TN	Solar	5 MW	Sr Clarksville Ii, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 17 power plants within 50 miles of Nortonville, Kentucky (ZIP 42442), with a combined 3,579 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 17 nearby plants. The closest plant is Kymea Energy Center I at 10.7 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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