Power Plants Near 64804 — Joplin, MO

14 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 64804 (Joplin, Missouri). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.0465, -94.5103 · County: Jasper

Natural Gas 77%Wind 16%Hydroelectric 7%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.9 mi	State Line Combined Cycle Joplin, MO	Natural Gas	691 MW	Empire District Electric Co
7.0 mi	Prosperity Solar Farm Csg Joplin, MO	Solar	2 MW	Empire District Electric Co
10.5 mi	Riverton Riverton, KS	Natural Gas	300 MW	Empire District Electric Co
14.7 mi	Carthage Carthage, MO	Natural Gas	42 MW	City Of Carthage - (Mo)
22.2 mi	Asbury Asbury, MO	Coal	—	Empire District Electric Co
23.3 mi	Empire Energy Center Sarcoxie, MO	Natural Gas	379 MW	Empire District Electric Co
23.7 mi	North Fork Ridge Wind Energy Center Mindenmines, MO	Wind	149 MW	Empire District Electric Co
29.5 mi	Kings Point Wind Energy Center Golden City, MO	Wind	149 MW	Empire District Electric Co
36.6 mi	Girard Girard, KS	Natural Gas	11 MW	City Of Girard - (Ks)
37.6 mi	Neosho Parsons, KS	Natural Gas	—	Evergy Kansas South, Inc
39.5 mi	Buffalo Branch Wind And Solar Llc Lockwood, MO	Wind	—	Buffalo Branch Wind And Solar Llc
40.9 mi	Oak Grove Power Producers Arcadia, KS	Biomass	4 MW	Cube District Energy, Llc
41.5 mi	Greenbush-Heartland Girard, KS	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
49.6 mi	Pensacola Langley, OK	Hydroelectric	130 MW	Grand River Dam Authority

Power generation near this area

There are 14 power plants within 50 miles of Joplin, Missouri (ZIP 64804), with a combined 1,858 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 14 nearby plants. The closest plant is State Line Combined Cycle at 5.9 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 Missouri, visit the Missouri state page.

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