Power Plants Near 42463 — Wheatcroft, KY

31 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 42463 (Wheatcroft, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.4880, -87.8661 · County: Webster

Coal 52%Natural Gas 30%Hydroelectric 9%Solar 7%Other Fossil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
20.6 mi	Unbridled Solar Robards, KY	Solar	—	National Grid Renewables
20.8 mi	Kymea Energy Center I Madisonville, KY	Natural Gas	—	Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency
22.4 mi	Sebree Solar, Llc - Hybrid Robards, KY	Solar	—	Sebree Solar, Llc
22.4 mi	Okolona Solar Robards, MS	Solar	—	Okolona Solar, Llc
22.7 mi	Hmp&l Station Two Henderson Robards, KY	Coal	—	Big Rivers Electric Corp
22.7 mi	Robert A Reid Robards, KY	Other Fossil	99 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
22.8 mi	R D Green Robards, KY	Natural Gas	586 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
29.4 mi	Sabic Innovative Plastics Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon, IN	Natural Gas	108 MW	Sabic Ip Mt. Vernon, Llc
30.0 mi	A B Brown Mount Vernon, IN	Coal	707 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
31.2 mi	Posey Solar Mount Vernon, IN	Solar	—	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
34.2 mi	Ashwood Solar I Eddyville, KY	Solar	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
36.2 mi	Broadway (In) Evansville, IN	Natural Gas	—	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
37.5 mi	Smithland Hydroelectric Plant Smithland, KY	Hydroelectric	76 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
37.7 mi	Barkley Kuttawa, KY	Hydroelectric	130 MW	Usce-Nashville District
39.2 mi	Oak Hill Solar Array Evansville, IN	Solar	2 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
39.6 mi	Kentucky Dam Grand Rivers, KY	Hydroelectric	219 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
40.5 mi	Calvert City Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	27 MW	Dte Calvert City Llc
40.6 mi	Eldorado Solar I Eldorado, IL	Solar	150 MW	Sol Systems
41.5 mi	Northeast (In) Evansville, IN	Natural Gas	—	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
41.5 mi	Warrick Newburgh, IN	Coal	823 MW	Agc Division Of Apgi Inc
41.5 mi	F B Culley Newburgh, IN	Coal	369 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
41.8 mi	Green River Central City, KY	Coal	—	Kentucky Utilities Co
43.1 mi	Marshall Energy Facility Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	688 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
43.2 mi	D B Wilson Centertown, KY	Coal	509 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
43.8 mi	Meadow Springs Renewable Energy (Hybrid) Norris City, IL	Battery Storage	—	Vesper Energy Development Llc
44.9 mi	Rustic Hills Solar Ii Llc Boonville, IN	Solar	—	Clenera Devco Llc
45.0 mi	Rustic Hills Solar I Boonville, IN	Solar	—	Clenera Devco Llc
45.1 mi	Carmi Carmi, IL	Oil	13 MW	City Of Carmi - (Il)
45.3 mi	Patoka Solar Poseyville, IN	Solar	—	Strata Clean Energy
45.4 mi	Big River Solar Norris City, IL	Solar	149 MW	Big River Solar, Llc
48.9 mi	Volkman Road Solar Array Hybrid Evansville, IN	Solar	3 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co

Power generation near this area

There are 31 power plants within 50 miles of Wheatcroft, Kentucky (ZIP 42463), with a combined 4,657 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 12 of the 31 nearby plants. The closest plant is Unbridled Solar at 20.6 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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