Power Plants Near 70181 — New Orleans, LA

29 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 70181 (New Orleans, Louisiana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 29.6779, -90.0901 · County: Jefferson Parish

Natural Gas 84%Nuclear 15%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.5 mi	Oak Point Cogen Belle Chasse, LA	Natural Gas	24 MW	Chevron Oronite Co Llc
18.8 mi	Cii Carbon Llc Chalmette, LA	Other Fossil	46 MW	Cii Carbon Llc
18.9 mi	Nine Mile Point Westwego, LA	Natural Gas	2,440 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
19.3 mi	Domino Sugar Arabi Plant Arabi, LA	Natural Gas	14 MW	American Sugar Refining Inc.
19.4 mi	Chalmette Refining Llc Chalmette, LA	Other Fossil	6 MW	Chalmette Refining Llc
20.5 mi	Toca Plant St. Bernard, LA	Natural Gas	—	Enterprise Products Optg Lp
21.5 mi	Tci France New Orleans, LA	Solar	2 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
22.0 mi	Tci Alvar New Orleans, LA	Solar	2 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
22.9 mi	New Orleans New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	—	Air Products & Chemicals Inc
23.4 mi	Eno Paterson Solar New Orleans, LA	Solar	2 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
23.7 mi	A B Paterson New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
24.6 mi	Michoud New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
24.6 mi	New Orleans Power New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	132 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
25.4 mi	New Orleans Solar Station New Orleans, LA	Solar	20 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
29.9 mi	Dow St Charles Operations Taft, LA	Natural Gas	324 MW	Dow Chemical Co - St Charles
30.3 mi	Grand Isle Gas Plant / Treating Station Grand Isle, LA	Natural Gas	9 MW	Cox Operating Llc
30.9 mi	Taft Cogeneration Facility Hahnville, LA	Natural Gas	894 MW	Occidental Chemical Corporation
31.7 mi	Waterford 3 Killona, LA	Nuclear	1,200 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
31.7 mi	Little Gypsy La Place, LA	Natural Gas	1,003 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
31.9 mi	St. Charles Power Station (La) La Place, LA	Natural Gas	1,000 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
32.1 mi	Waterford 1 & 2 Killona, LA	Natural Gas	932 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
33.0 mi	Bayou Power Station Golden Meadow, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
38.6 mi	Houma Houma, LA	Natural Gas	79 MW	Terrebonne Parish Consol Gov't
39.9 mi	Buras Buras, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
43.4 mi	Atlantic Alumina, Gramercy Operations Gramercy, LA	Natural Gas	85 MW	Atalco Gramercy Llc
43.5 mi	Vacherie Solar Energy Center, Llc Jefferson, LA	Solar	—	Vacherie Solar Energy Center, Llc
43.6 mi	St. James Solar (La) Vacherie, LA	Solar	20 MW	St. James Solar, Llc
43.9 mi	Louisiana Sugar Refining Gramercy, LA	Natural Gas	7 MW	Louisiana Sugar Refining Llc
44.0 mi	Thibodaux Thibodaux, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 29 power plants within 50 miles of New Orleans, Louisiana (ZIP 70181), with a combined 8,238 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 20 of the 29 nearby plants. The closest plant is Oak Point Cogen at 10.5 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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