Power Plants Near 70080 — Paradis, LA

36 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 70080 (Paradis, Louisiana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 29.8770, -90.4352 · County: St. Charles

Natural Gas 85%Nuclear 13%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.5 mi	Dow St Charles Operations Taft, LA	Natural Gas	324 MW	Dow Chemical Co - St Charles
7.9 mi	Taft Cogeneration Facility Hahnville, LA	Natural Gas	894 MW	Occidental Chemical Corporation
8.5 mi	Waterford 3 Killona, LA	Nuclear	1,200 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
8.8 mi	Waterford 1 & 2 Killona, LA	Natural Gas	932 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
9.0 mi	Little Gypsy La Place, LA	Natural Gas	1,003 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
9.3 mi	St. Charles Power Station (La) La Place, LA	Natural Gas	1,000 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
18.0 mi	Nine Mile Point Westwego, LA	Natural Gas	2,440 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
18.6 mi	Atlantic Alumina, Gramercy Operations Gramercy, LA	Natural Gas	85 MW	Atalco Gramercy Llc
18.9 mi	Vacherie Solar Energy Center, Llc Jefferson, LA	Solar	—	Vacherie Solar Energy Center, Llc
19.1 mi	St. James Solar (La) Vacherie, LA	Solar	20 MW	St. James Solar, Llc
19.1 mi	Louisiana Sugar Refining Gramercy, LA	Natural Gas	7 MW	Louisiana Sugar Refining Llc
23.1 mi	Thibodaux Thibodaux, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
25.4 mi	Tci France New Orleans, LA	Solar	2 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
25.6 mi	Tci Alvar New Orleans, LA	Solar	2 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
26.0 mi	Oak Point Cogen Belle Chasse, LA	Natural Gas	24 MW	Chevron Oronite Co Llc
26.0 mi	Mosaic Phosphates Uncle Sam Uncle Sam, LA	Other Fossil	26 MW	Mosaic Phosphates Co.
26.3 mi	Eno Paterson Solar New Orleans, LA	Solar	2 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
26.3 mi	A B Paterson New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
26.4 mi	Domino Sugar Arabi Plant Arabi, LA	Natural Gas	14 MW	American Sugar Refining Inc.
26.8 mi	Houma Houma, LA	Natural Gas	79 MW	Terrebonne Parish Consol Gov't
27.4 mi	New Orleans New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	—	Air Products & Chemicals Inc
27.6 mi	Cii Carbon Llc Chalmette, LA	Other Fossil	46 MW	Cii Carbon Llc
28.2 mi	Chalmette Refining Llc Chalmette, LA	Other Fossil	6 MW	Chalmette Refining Llc
31.2 mi	Michoud New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
31.2 mi	New Orleans Power New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	132 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
32.3 mi	New Orleans Solar Station New Orleans, LA	Solar	20 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
36.5 mi	Toca Plant St. Bernard, LA	Natural Gas	—	Enterprise Products Optg Lp
39.2 mi	Shell Chemical Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	80 MW	Shell Chemical Lp - Geismar
40.4 mi	Geismar Cogen Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	84 MW	Air Liquide Large Industries U S Lp
40.5 mi	Geismar Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	84 MW	Basf Corporation
44.3 mi	Pcs Nitrogen Fertilizer Lp Geismar, LA	Other Fossil	14 MW	Pcs Nitrogen Lp
44.9 mi	Carville Energy Llc St Gabriel, LA	Natural Gas	555 MW	Carville Energy Llc
47.0 mi	Morgan City Morgan City, LA	Natural Gas	—	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
47.2 mi	Lepa Unit No. 1 Morgan City, LA	Natural Gas	74 MW	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
47.6 mi	Bayou Power Station Golden Meadow, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
49.1 mi	Willow Glen St. Gabriel, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 36 power plants within 50 miles of Paradis, Louisiana (ZIP 70080), with a combined 9,146 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 25 of the 36 nearby plants. The closest plant is Dow St Charles Operations at 7.5 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 Louisiana, visit the Louisiana state page.

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