Power Plants Near 70117 — New Orleans, LA

29 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 70117 (New Orleans, Louisiana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 29.9703, -90.0312 · County: Orleans

Natural Gas 83%Nuclear 14%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.0 mi	Tci France New Orleans, LA	Solar	2 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
1.5 mi	Tci Alvar New Orleans, LA	Solar	2 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
2.4 mi	Domino Sugar Arabi Plant Arabi, LA	Natural Gas	14 MW	American Sugar Refining Inc.
2.8 mi	New Orleans New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	—	Air Products & Chemicals Inc
2.9 mi	Eno Paterson Solar New Orleans, LA	Solar	2 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
3.2 mi	A B Paterson New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
4.1 mi	Cii Carbon Llc Chalmette, LA	Other Fossil	46 MW	Cii Carbon Llc
4.3 mi	Chalmette Refining Llc Chalmette, LA	Other Fossil	6 MW	Chalmette Refining Llc
6.2 mi	Michoud New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
6.2 mi	New Orleans Power New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	132 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
7.0 mi	Nine Mile Point Westwego, LA	Natural Gas	2,440 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
7.3 mi	New Orleans Solar Station New Orleans, LA	Solar	20 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
11.0 mi	Oak Point Cogen Belle Chasse, LA	Natural Gas	24 MW	Chevron Oronite Co Llc
14.2 mi	Toca Plant St. Bernard, LA	Natural Gas	—	Enterprise Products Optg Lp
24.6 mi	Dow St Charles Operations Taft, LA	Natural Gas	324 MW	Dow Chemical Co - St Charles
25.7 mi	Taft Cogeneration Facility Hahnville, LA	Natural Gas	894 MW	Occidental Chemical Corporation
25.9 mi	St. Charles Power Station (La) La Place, LA	Natural Gas	1,000 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
25.9 mi	Little Gypsy La Place, LA	Natural Gas	1,003 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
26.4 mi	Waterford 3 Killona, LA	Nuclear	1,200 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
26.7 mi	Waterford 1 & 2 Killona, LA	Natural Gas	932 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
38.6 mi	Atlantic Alumina, Gramercy Operations Gramercy, LA	Natural Gas	85 MW	Atalco Gramercy Llc
39.4 mi	Louisiana Sugar Refining Gramercy, LA	Natural Gas	7 MW	Louisiana Sugar Refining Llc
41.7 mi	Vacherie Solar Energy Center, Llc Jefferson, LA	Solar	—	Vacherie Solar Energy Center, Llc
42.0 mi	St. James Solar (La) Vacherie, LA	Solar	20 MW	St. James Solar, Llc
45.1 mi	Moonshot Picayune, MS	Solar	79 MW	Moonshot Solar, Llc
47.9 mi	Mosaic Phosphates Uncle Sam Uncle Sam, LA	Other Fossil	26 MW	Mosaic Phosphates Co.
48.1 mi	Thibodaux Thibodaux, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
49.4 mi	Houma Houma, LA	Natural Gas	79 MW	Terrebonne Parish Consol Gov't
49.8 mi	Grand Isle Gas Plant / Treating Station Grand Isle, LA	Natural Gas	9 MW	Cox Operating Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 29 power plants within 50 miles of New Orleans, Louisiana (ZIP 70117), with a combined 8,342 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 18 of the 29 nearby plants. The closest plant is Tci France at 1.0 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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