Power Plants Near 42539 — Liberty, KY

10 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 42539 (Liberty, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.3146, -84.9719 · County: Casey

Coal 79%Hydroelectric 16%Solar 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
21.4 mi	Cox Waste To Energy Campbellsville, KY	Biomass	5 MW	Cox Companies, Llc
25.1 mi	Frontier Solar Tbd, KY	Solar	—	Fron Bn, Llc
29.3 mi	Sr Turkey Creek, Llc Lancaster, KY	Solar	50 MW	Sr Turkey Creek, Llc
30.3 mi	Cooper Somerset, KY	Coal	344 MW	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
32.3 mi	Wolf Creek Jamestown, KY	Hydroelectric	270 MW	Usce-Nashville District
35.7 mi	E W Brown Harrodsburg, KY	Coal	1,458 MW	Kentucky Utilities Co
35.8 mi	Dix Dam Harrodsburg, KY	Hydroelectric	28 MW	Kentucky Utilities Co
38.1 mi	Mother Ann Lee Harrodsburg, KY	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Lock 7 Hydro Partners Llc
45.7 mi	Laurel Dam London, KY	Hydroelectric	70 MW	Usce-Nashville District
49.8 mi	Glover Creek Solar, Llc Summer Shade, KY	Solar	55 MW	Glover Creek Solar, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 10 power plants within 50 miles of Liberty, Kentucky (ZIP 42539), with a combined 2,282 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 4 of the 10 nearby plants. The closest plant is Cox Waste To Energy at 21.4 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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