Power Plants Near 70079 — Norco, LA

35 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 70079 (Norco, Louisiana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 30.0057, -90.4198 · County: St. Charles

Natural Gas 86%Nuclear 13%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.9 mi	Dow St Charles Operations Taft, LA	Natural Gas	324 MW	Dow Chemical Co - St Charles
2.5 mi	St. Charles Power Station (La) La Place, LA	Natural Gas	1,000 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
2.5 mi	Little Gypsy La Place, LA	Natural Gas	1,003 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
2.7 mi	Taft Cogeneration Facility Hahnville, LA	Natural Gas	894 MW	Occidental Chemical Corporation
3.2 mi	Waterford 3 Killona, LA	Nuclear	1,200 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
3.4 mi	Waterford 1 & 2 Killona, LA	Natural Gas	932 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
15.3 mi	Atlantic Alumina, Gramercy Operations Gramercy, LA	Natural Gas	85 MW	Atalco Gramercy Llc
16.1 mi	Louisiana Sugar Refining Gramercy, LA	Natural Gas	7 MW	Louisiana Sugar Refining Llc
16.9 mi	Nine Mile Point Westwego, LA	Natural Gas	2,440 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
18.5 mi	Vacherie Solar Energy Center, Llc Jefferson, LA	Solar	—	Vacherie Solar Energy Center, Llc
18.9 mi	St. James Solar (La) Vacherie, LA	Solar	20 MW	St. James Solar, Llc
23.4 mi	Tci Alvar New Orleans, LA	Solar	2 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
23.4 mi	Tci France New Orleans, LA	Solar	2 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
23.6 mi	A B Paterson New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
23.7 mi	Eno Paterson Solar New Orleans, LA	Solar	2 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
24.5 mi	Mosaic Phosphates Uncle Sam Uncle Sam, LA	Other Fossil	26 MW	Mosaic Phosphates Co.
25.1 mi	New Orleans New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	—	Air Products & Chemicals Inc
25.3 mi	Domino Sugar Arabi Plant Arabi, LA	Natural Gas	14 MW	American Sugar Refining Inc.
26.9 mi	Cii Carbon Llc Chalmette, LA	Other Fossil	46 MW	Cii Carbon Llc
27.3 mi	Chalmette Refining Llc Chalmette, LA	Other Fossil	6 MW	Chalmette Refining Llc
27.4 mi	Thibodaux Thibodaux, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
28.0 mi	Oak Point Cogen Belle Chasse, LA	Natural Gas	24 MW	Chevron Oronite Co Llc
28.9 mi	Michoud New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
28.9 mi	New Orleans Power New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	132 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
29.9 mi	New Orleans Solar Station New Orleans, LA	Solar	20 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
34.5 mi	Houma Houma, LA	Natural Gas	79 MW	Terrebonne Parish Consol Gov't
36.0 mi	Shell Chemical Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	80 MW	Shell Chemical Lp - Geismar
36.8 mi	Toca Plant St. Bernard, LA	Natural Gas	—	Enterprise Products Optg Lp
37.0 mi	Geismar Cogen Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	84 MW	Air Liquide Large Industries U S Lp
37.2 mi	Geismar Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	84 MW	Basf Corporation
40.9 mi	Pcs Nitrogen Fertilizer Lp Geismar, LA	Other Fossil	14 MW	Pcs Nitrogen Lp
41.5 mi	Carville Energy Llc St Gabriel, LA	Natural Gas	555 MW	Carville Energy Llc
45.6 mi	Willow Glen St. Gabriel, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
47.7 mi	Magnolia Power Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Magnolia Power Holdings Llc
49.0 mi	Westlake Plaquemine Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	306 MW	Westlake Chemicals & Vinyls Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 35 power plants within 50 miles of Norco, Louisiana (ZIP 70079), with a combined 9,378 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 24 of the 35 nearby plants. The closest plant is Dow St Charles Operations at 1.9 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 Louisiana, visit the Louisiana state page.

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