Power Plants Near 44611 — Big Prairie, OH

34 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 44611 (Big Prairie, Ohio). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.6188, -82.0720 · County: Holmes

Natural Gas 82%Oil 7%Coal 5%Biomass 3%Solar 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
18.3 mi	Progress Drive Generation Station Shelby, OH	Oil	4 MW	City Of Shelby - (Oh)
22.7 mi	Orrville Orrville, OH	Natural Gas	85 MW	City Of Orrville - (Oh)
23.2 mi	Dg Amp Solar Orrville 3 Orrville, OH	Solar	2 MW	Dg Amp Solar, Llc
23.4 mi	Orrville Peaking Orrville, OH	Oil	5 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
25.9 mi	Dg Amp Solar Brewster Brewster, OH	Solar	2 MW	Dg Amp Solar, Llc
28.2 mi	Broshco Fabricated Products Mansfield, OH	Natural Gas	5 MW	Broshco Fabricated Products
28.7 mi	Morton Salt Rittman Rittman, OH	Natural Gas	3 MW	Morton Salt Inc
30.4 mi	Seville Seville, OH	Oil	5 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
30.6 mi	Dover Peaking Dover, OH	Oil	11 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
31.2 mi	Wadsworth Wadsworth, OH	Oil	—	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
31.3 mi	Dg Amp Rittman Rd Wadsworth, OH	Solar	3 MW	Dg Amp Solar, Llc
31.6 mi	Dg Amp 1048 Wadsworth Wadsworth, OH	Solar	6 MW	Dg Amp Solar, Llc
32.4 mi	Dover (Oh) Dover, OH	Coal	50 MW	City Of Dover - (Oh)
33.4 mi	Wadsworth Hbs Rto Btm Wadsworth, OH	Oil	11 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
35.5 mi	Shelby Municipal Light Plant Shelby, OH	Coal	—	City Of Shelby - (Oh)
36.4 mi	Shelby North Shelby, OH	Oil	2 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
36.4 mi	Dresden Energy Facility Dresden, OH	Natural Gas	678 MW	Appalachian Power Co
36.4 mi	Shelby South Shelby, OH	Oil	2 MW	City Of Shelby - (Oh)
36.5 mi	City Of Shelby Electric Distribution Shelby, OH	Oil	—	City Of Shelby - (Oh)
36.8 mi	Shelby Solar Array Shelby, OH	Solar	2 MW	Aep Onsite Partners, Llc
37.0 mi	Wadsworth Ips Rto Btm Wadsworth, OH	Oil	11 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
38.2 mi	Galion Generating Station Galion, OH	Natural Gas	50 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
38.5 mi	Wellington Wellington, OH	Oil	1 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
38.6 mi	Galion Galion, OH	Oil	5 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
39.3 mi	Igs Akc1 Akron, OH	Solar	4 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
39.6 mi	Black Fork Wind Energy Project Crestline, OH	Wind	—	Capital Power Corporation
44.4 mi	Denison Solar Array Granville, OH	Solar	2 MW	Aep Onsite Partners, Llc
45.3 mi	Akron Wrf Akron, OH	Biomass	2 MW	City Of Akron
46.6 mi	Oberlin (Oh) Oberlin, OH	Natural Gas	19 MW	City Of Oberlin - (Oh)
47.4 mi	Loraine County Project Oberlin, OH	Biomass	27 MW	Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl
47.7 mi	Cuyahoga Falls 1 Cuyahoga Falls, OH	Oil	14 MW	City Of Cuyahoga Falls - (Oh)
47.9 mi	Engle Cuyahoga Falls, OH	Oil	—	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
47.9 mi	Oberlin Spear Point Solar One Oberlin, OH	Solar	2 MW	Oberlin College
49.7 mi	Suburban Landfill Gas Recovery Glenford, OH	Biomass	6 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 34 power plants within 50 miles of Big Prairie, Ohio (ZIP 44611), with a combined 1,016 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 14 of the 34 nearby plants. The closest plant is Progress Drive Generation Station at 18.3 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 Ohio, visit the Ohio state page.

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