Power Plants Near 47579 — Santa Claus, IN

48 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 47579 (Santa Claus, Indiana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.1176, -86.9286 · County: Spencer

Coal 86%Natural Gas 9%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.2 mi	New Haven Solar Res Dale, IN	Solar	1 MW	Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc
10.3 mi	Troy Solar Troy, IN	Solar	50 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
10.9 mi	Crossvine Solar Holland, IN	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
13.0 mi	Kenneth C Coleman Hawesville, KY	Coal	—	Big Rivers Electric Corp
14.1 mi	Impa Huntingburg Solar Park Huntingburg, IN	Solar	2 MW	Indiana Municipal Power Agency
14.5 mi	Rockport Rockport, IN	Coal	2,600 MW	Indiana Michigan Power Co
14.8 mi	Tell City Solar Park Tell City, IN	Solar	3 MW	Indiana Municipal Power Agency
15.8 mi	Impa Tell City Solar Park Tell City, IN	Solar	1 MW	Indiana Municipal Power Agency
19.3 mi	Cannelton Hydroelectric Plant Hawesville, KY	Hydroelectric	88 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
20.3 mi	Kentucky Mills Hawesville, KY	Biomass	88 MW	Domtar Paper Company Llc
20.7 mi	Veolia Es Blackfoot Landfill Facility Winslow, IN	Biomass	3 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
23.1 mi	Rustic Hills Solar I Boonville, IN	Solar	—	Clenera Devco Llc
23.6 mi	Rustic Hills Solar Ii Llc Boonville, IN	Solar	—	Clenera Devco Llc
26.0 mi	F B Culley Newburgh, IN	Coal	369 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
26.1 mi	Warrick Newburgh, IN	Coal	823 MW	Agc Division Of Apgi Inc
26.2 mi	Crosstrack Solar Petersburgh, IN	Solar	—	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
30.4 mi	Elliot Solar Llc Francisco, IN	Solar	—	Elliot Solar Llc
30.9 mi	Heirloom Solar Petersburg, IN	Solar	—	Heirloom Solar (Ratts 1 Phase 2 Solar, Llc)
31.4 mi	Ratts 1 Petersburg, IN	Solar	—	Ratts 1 Solar Llc
32.0 mi	New Frontiers Solar Hardinsburg, KY	Solar	—	Clover Creek Solar Project Llc D/B/A New Frontiers Solar Park
32.7 mi	Northeast (In) Evansville, IN	Natural Gas	—	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
33.0 mi	Pike County Energy Storage Petesburg, IN	Battery Storage	200 MW	Aes Indiana
33.3 mi	Frank E Ratts Petersburg, IN	Coal	—	Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc
33.4 mi	Aes Petersburg Petersburg, IN	Coal	1,873 MW	Aes Indiana
33.7 mi	Volkman Road Solar Array Hybrid Evansville, IN	Solar	3 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
33.9 mi	Oak Hill Solar Array Evansville, IN	Solar	2 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
35.5 mi	Gibson Solar Princeton, IN	Solar	—	Gibson Solar, Llc
38.2 mi	Broadway (In) Evansville, IN	Natural Gas	—	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
39.1 mi	Green River Solar Guston, KY	Solar	—	Green River Solar, Llc
40.0 mi	Impa Washington Solar Park Washington, IN	Solar	4 MW	Indiana Municipal Power Agency
41.4 mi	Impa Washington Solar Park 2 Washington, IN	Solar	10 MW	Indiana Municipal Power Agency
43.1 mi	Wheatland Generating Facility Wheatland, IN	Natural Gas	500 MW	Duke Energy Indiana, Llc
44.2 mi	Wheatland Wheatland, IN	Solar	—	Origis Energy Usa, Inc
44.8 mi	Sebree Solar, Llc - Hybrid Robards, KY	Solar	—	Sebree Solar, Llc
44.8 mi	Okolona Solar Robards, MS	Solar	—	Okolona Solar, Llc
45.1 mi	R D Green Robards, KY	Natural Gas	586 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
45.1 mi	Hmp&l Station Two Henderson Robards, KY	Coal	—	Big Rivers Electric Corp
45.2 mi	Robert A Reid Robards, KY	Other Fossil	99 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
45.3 mi	A B Brown Mount Vernon, IN	Coal	707 MW	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
45.5 mi	Posey Solar Mount Vernon, IN	Solar	—	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co
46.1 mi	Patoka Solar Poseyville, IN	Solar	—	Strata Clean Energy
46.6 mi	Dyers Spring Solar Tbd, KY	Solar	—	Dysp, Llc
46.8 mi	Unbridled Solar Robards, KY	Solar	—	National Grid Renewables
46.9 mi	D B Wilson Centertown, KY	Coal	509 MW	Big Rivers Electric Corp
47.9 mi	Spring Mill Solar Res Mitchell, IN	Solar	1 MW	Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc
48.1 mi	Crane Battery Energy Storage System Burns City, IN	Other Fossil	5 MW	Duke Energy Indiana, Llc
48.3 mi	Crane Solar Facility Crane, IN	Solar	17 MW	Duke Energy Indiana, Llc
48.7 mi	Gibson Owensville, IN	Coal	3,340 MW	Duke Energy Indiana, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 48 power plants within 50 miles of Santa Claus, Indiana (ZIP 47579), with a combined 11,885 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 28 of the 48 nearby plants. The closest plant is New Haven Solar Res at 6.2 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 Indiana, visit the Indiana state page.

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