Power Plants Near 42445 — Princeton, KY

19 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 42445 (Princeton, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.1151, -87.8632 · County: Caldwell

Natural Gas 76%Coal 12%Hydroelectric 10%Other Fossil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
13.6 mi	Ashwood Solar I Eddyville, KY	Solar	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
20.8 mi	Barkley Kuttawa, KY	Hydroelectric	130 MW	Usce-Nashville District
22.2 mi	Kymea Energy Center I Madisonville, KY	Natural Gas	—	Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency
23.5 mi	Kentucky Dam Grand Rivers, KY	Hydroelectric	219 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
27.4 mi	Calvert City Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	27 MW	Dte Calvert City Llc
30.0 mi	Marshall Energy Facility Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	688 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
30.9 mi	Smithland Hydroelectric Plant Smithland, KY	Hydroelectric	76 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
40.8 mi	Unbridled Solar Robards, KY	Solar	—	National Grid Renewables
41.7 mi	Robert A Reid Robards, KY	Other Fossil	99 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
41.7 mi	Hmp&l Station Two Henderson Robards, KY	Coal	—	Big Rivers Electric Corp
41.8 mi	R D Green Robards, KY	Natural Gas	586 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
41.9 mi	Pps Power Plant No 1 Paducah, KY	Natural Gas	120 MW	Paducah Power System
43.4 mi	Bi-County Gas Producers Woodlawn, TN	Biomass	3 MW	Cube District Energy, Llc
43.5 mi	Sebree Solar, Llc - Hybrid Robards, KY	Solar	—	Sebree Solar, Llc
43.5 mi	Okolona Solar Robards, MS	Solar	—	Okolona Solar, Llc
44.3 mi	Green River Central City, KY	Coal	—	Kentucky Utilities Co
46.7 mi	Mayfield Solar And Storage Mayfield, KY	Solar	—	Brightnight Power
48.8 mi	D B Wilson Centertown, KY	Coal	509 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
49.7 mi	Paradise Drakesboro, KY	Natural Gas	1,854 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority

Power generation near this area

There are 19 power plants within 50 miles of Princeton, Kentucky (ZIP 42445), with a combined 4,310 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 19 nearby plants. The closest plant is Ashwood Solar I at 13.6 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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