Power Plants Near 42782 — Summersville, KY

9 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 42782 (Summersville, Kentucky). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.3419, -85.6194 · County: Green

Hydroelectric 81%Solar 16%Biomass 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
14.3 mi	Cox Waste To Energy Campbellsville, KY	Biomass	5 MW	Cox Companies, Llc
17.5 mi	Thoroughbred Solar Bonnieville, KY	Solar	—	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
27.2 mi	Hardin County Lfgte Elizabethtown, KY	Biomass	2 MW	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
27.3 mi	Frontier Solar Tbd, KY	Solar	—	Fron Bn, Llc
30.8 mi	Glasgow Lfgte Glasgow, KY	Biomass	1 MW	East Kentucky Power Coop, Inc
30.9 mi	Glover Creek Solar, Llc Summer Shade, KY	Solar	55 MW	Glover Creek Solar, Llc
41.8 mi	Wolf Creek Jamestown, KY	Hydroelectric	270 MW	Usce-Nashville District
42.9 mi	Dyers Spring Solar Tbd, KY	Solar	—	Dysp, Llc
49.5 mi	Sr Scottsville, Llc Scottsville, KY	Solar	—	Sr Scottsville, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 9 power plants within 50 miles of Summersville, Kentucky (ZIP 42782), with a combined 333 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 9 nearby plants. The closest plant is Cox Waste To Energy at 14.3 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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