Power Plants Near 42726 — Clarkson, KY

17 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 42726 (Clarkson, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.4336, -86.2083 · County: Grayson

Coal 51%Natural Gas 43%Biomass 2%Hydroelectric 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
17.9 mi	Dyers Spring Solar Tbd, KY	Solar	—	Dysp, Llc
21.7 mi	Thoroughbred Solar Bonnieville, KY	Solar	—	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
29.8 mi	New Frontiers Solar Hardinsburg, KY	Solar	—	Clover Creek Solar Project Llc D/B/A New Frontiers Solar Park
33.0 mi	Green River Solar Guston, KY	Solar	—	Green River Solar, Llc
33.3 mi	Hardin County Lfgte Elizabethtown, KY	Biomass	2 MW	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
33.8 mi	Glasgow Lfgte Glasgow, KY	Biomass	1 MW	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
41.2 mi	Kentucky Mills Hawesville, KY	Biomass	88 MW	Domtar Paper Company Llc
42.2 mi	Cannelton Hydroelectric Plant Hawesville, KY	Hydroelectric	88 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
43.9 mi	Paradise Drakesboro, KY	Natural Gas	1,854 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
45.7 mi	Impa Tell City Solar Park Tell City, IN	Solar	1 MW	Indiana Municipal Power Agency
45.8 mi	Mill Creek (Ky) Louisville, KY	Coal	1,717 MW	Louisville Gas & Electric Co
45.8 mi	Glover Creek Solar, Llc Summer Shade, KY	Solar	55 MW	Glover Creek Solar, Llc
46.3 mi	Sr Scottsville, Llc Scottsville, KY	Solar	—	Sr Scottsville, Llc
46.8 mi	Tell City Solar Park Tell City, IN	Solar	3 MW	Indiana Municipal Power Agency
47.2 mi	Cox Waste To Energy Campbellsville, KY	Biomass	5 MW	Cox Companies, Llc
47.9 mi	D B Wilson Centertown, KY	Coal	509 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
48.5 mi	Kenneth C Coleman Hawesville, KY	Coal	—	Big Rivers Electric Corp

Power generation near this area

There are 17 power plants within 50 miles of Clarkson, Kentucky (ZIP 42726), with a combined 4,324 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 17 nearby plants. The closest plant is Dyers Spring Solar at 17.9 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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