Power Plants Near 70097 — Kenner, LA

30 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 70097 (Kenner, Louisiana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 29.9565, -90.2635 · County: Jefferson Parish

Natural Gas 84%Nuclear 14%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.1 mi	Nine Mile Point Westwego, LA	Natural Gas	2,440 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
10.8 mi	Dow St Charles Operations Taft, LA	Natural Gas	324 MW	Dow Chemical Co - St Charles
12.0 mi	Taft Cogeneration Facility Hahnville, LA	Natural Gas	894 MW	Occidental Chemical Corporation
12.3 mi	Little Gypsy La Place, LA	Natural Gas	1,003 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
12.4 mi	St. Charles Power Station (La) La Place, LA	Natural Gas	1,000 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
12.7 mi	Waterford 3 Killona, LA	Nuclear	1,200 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
13.1 mi	Waterford 1 & 2 Killona, LA	Natural Gas	932 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
14.2 mi	Tci France New Orleans, LA	Solar	2 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
14.3 mi	Tci Alvar New Orleans, LA	Solar	2 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
14.8 mi	A B Paterson New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
14.8 mi	Eno Paterson Solar New Orleans, LA	Solar	2 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
15.7 mi	Domino Sugar Arabi Plant Arabi, LA	Natural Gas	14 MW	American Sugar Refining Inc.
16.1 mi	New Orleans New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	—	Air Products & Chemicals Inc
17.2 mi	Cii Carbon Llc Chalmette, LA	Other Fossil	46 MW	Cii Carbon Llc
17.6 mi	Chalmette Refining Llc Chalmette, LA	Other Fossil	6 MW	Chalmette Refining Llc
18.3 mi	Oak Point Cogen Belle Chasse, LA	Natural Gas	24 MW	Chevron Oronite Co Llc
19.9 mi	Michoud New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
19.9 mi	New Orleans Power New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	132 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
21.0 mi	New Orleans Solar Station New Orleans, LA	Solar	20 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
25.2 mi	Atlantic Alumina, Gramercy Operations Gramercy, LA	Natural Gas	85 MW	Atalco Gramercy Llc
26.0 mi	Louisiana Sugar Refining Gramercy, LA	Natural Gas	7 MW	Louisiana Sugar Refining Llc
26.9 mi	Toca Plant St. Bernard, LA	Natural Gas	—	Enterprise Products Optg Lp
27.8 mi	Vacherie Solar Energy Center, Llc Jefferson, LA	Solar	—	Vacherie Solar Energy Center, Llc
28.2 mi	St. James Solar (La) Vacherie, LA	Solar	20 MW	St. James Solar, Llc
34.3 mi	Mosaic Phosphates Uncle Sam Uncle Sam, LA	Other Fossil	26 MW	Mosaic Phosphates Co.
34.5 mi	Thibodaux Thibodaux, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
37.8 mi	Houma Houma, LA	Natural Gas	79 MW	Terrebonne Parish Consol Gov't
45.9 mi	Shell Chemical Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	80 MW	Shell Chemical Lp - Geismar
46.9 mi	Geismar Cogen Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	84 MW	Air Liquide Large Industries U S Lp
47.1 mi	Geismar Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	84 MW	Basf Corporation

Power generation near this area

There are 30 power plants within 50 miles of Kenner, Louisiana (ZIP 70097), with a combined 8,503 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 20 of the 30 nearby plants. The closest plant is Nine Mile Point at 7.1 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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