Power Plants Near 64801 — Joplin, MO

13 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 64801 (Joplin, Missouri). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.0969, -94.5051 · County: Jasper

Natural Gas 82%Wind 17%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.5 mi	Prosperity Solar Farm Csg Joplin, MO	Solar	2 MW	Empire District Electric Co
6.4 mi	State Line Combined Cycle Joplin, MO	Natural Gas	691 MW	Empire District Electric Co
10.8 mi	Riverton Riverton, KS	Natural Gas	300 MW	Empire District Electric Co
12.6 mi	Carthage Carthage, MO	Natural Gas	42 MW	City Of Carthage - (Mo)
18.8 mi	Asbury Asbury, MO	Coal	—	Empire District Electric Co
20.3 mi	North Fork Ridge Wind Energy Center Mindenmines, MO	Wind	149 MW	Empire District Electric Co
22.3 mi	Empire Energy Center Sarcoxie, MO	Natural Gas	379 MW	Empire District Electric Co
27.6 mi	Kings Point Wind Energy Center Golden City, MO	Wind	149 MW	Empire District Electric Co
33.8 mi	Girard Girard, KS	Natural Gas	11 MW	City Of Girard - (Ks)
36.3 mi	Neosho Parsons, KS	Natural Gas	—	Evergy Kansas South, Inc
37.3 mi	Buffalo Branch Wind And Solar Llc Lockwood, MO	Wind	—	Buffalo Branch Wind And Solar Llc
37.6 mi	Oak Grove Power Producers Arcadia, KS	Biomass	4 MW	Cube District Energy, Llc
39.0 mi	Greenbush-Heartland Girard, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.

Power generation near this area

There are 13 power plants within 50 miles of Joplin, Missouri (ZIP 64801), with a combined 1,728 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 13 nearby plants. The closest plant is Prosperity Solar Farm Csg at 4.5 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 Missouri, visit the Missouri state page.

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