Power Plants Near 42717 — Burkesville, KY

10 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 42717 (Burkesville, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.8068, -85.3970 · County: Cumberland

Hydroelectric 51%Coal 42%Solar 7%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
14.5 mi	Wolf Creek Jamestown, KY	Hydroelectric	270 MW	Usce-Nashville District
18.6 mi	Glover Creek Solar, Llc Summer Shade, KY	Solar	55 MW	Glover Creek Solar, Llc
18.8 mi	Dale Hollow Celina, TN	Hydroelectric	54 MW	Usce-Nashville District
26.5 mi	Sr Monroe, Llc Monroe, TN	Solar	—	Sr Monroe, Llc
33.4 mi	Glasgow Lfgte Glasgow, KY	Biomass	1 MW	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
35.6 mi	Cox Waste To Energy Campbellsville, KY	Biomass	5 MW	Cox Companies, Llc
40.6 mi	Thoroughbred Solar Bonnieville, KY	Solar	—	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
41.8 mi	Sr Scottsville, Llc Scottsville, KY	Solar	—	Sr Scottsville, Llc
46.4 mi	Cooper Somerset, KY	Coal	344 MW	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
46.9 mi	Cordell Hull Carthage, TN	Hydroelectric	100 MW	Usce-Nashville District

Power generation near this area

There are 10 power plants within 50 miles of Burkesville, Kentucky (ZIP 42717), with a combined 829 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 4 of the 10 nearby plants. The closest plant is Wolf Creek at 14.5 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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