Power Plants Near 70355 — Gheens, LA

35 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 70355 (Gheens, Louisiana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 29.7076, -90.4849 · County: Lafourche

Natural Gas 84%Nuclear 14%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
16.8 mi	Houma Houma, LA	Natural Gas	79 MW	Terrebonne Parish Consol Gov't
19.4 mi	Dow St Charles Operations Taft, LA	Natural Gas	324 MW	Dow Chemical Co - St Charles
19.5 mi	Taft Cogeneration Facility Hahnville, LA	Natural Gas	894 MW	Occidental Chemical Corporation
19.9 mi	Waterford 3 Killona, LA	Nuclear	1,200 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
20.1 mi	Waterford 1 & 2 Killona, LA	Natural Gas	932 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
20.5 mi	Thibodaux Thibodaux, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
20.6 mi	Little Gypsy La Place, LA	Natural Gas	1,003 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
20.9 mi	St. Charles Power Station (La) La Place, LA	Natural Gas	1,000 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
23.6 mi	St. James Solar (La) Vacherie, LA	Solar	20 MW	St. James Solar, Llc
23.7 mi	Vacherie Solar Energy Center, Llc Jefferson, LA	Solar	—	Vacherie Solar Energy Center, Llc
26.2 mi	Nine Mile Point Westwego, LA	Natural Gas	2,440 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
26.4 mi	Atlantic Alumina, Gramercy Operations Gramercy, LA	Natural Gas	85 MW	Atalco Gramercy Llc
26.5 mi	Louisiana Sugar Refining Gramercy, LA	Natural Gas	7 MW	Louisiana Sugar Refining Llc
29.5 mi	Oak Point Cogen Belle Chasse, LA	Natural Gas	24 MW	Chevron Oronite Co Llc
30.8 mi	Mosaic Phosphates Uncle Sam Uncle Sam, LA	Other Fossil	26 MW	Mosaic Phosphates Co.
33.3 mi	Domino Sugar Arabi Plant Arabi, LA	Natural Gas	14 MW	American Sugar Refining Inc.
33.3 mi	Tci France New Orleans, LA	Solar	2 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
33.7 mi	Tci Alvar New Orleans, LA	Solar	2 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
34.1 mi	Cii Carbon Llc Chalmette, LA	Other Fossil	46 MW	Cii Carbon Llc
34.7 mi	Eno Paterson Solar New Orleans, LA	Solar	2 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
34.7 mi	Chalmette Refining Llc Chalmette, LA	Other Fossil	6 MW	Chalmette Refining Llc
34.8 mi	A B Paterson New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
35.4 mi	New Orleans New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	—	Air Products & Chemicals Inc
37.7 mi	Bayou Power Station Golden Meadow, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
38.8 mi	Michoud New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
38.8 mi	New Orleans Power New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	132 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
40.0 mi	New Orleans Solar Station New Orleans, LA	Solar	20 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
41.0 mi	Toca Plant St. Bernard, LA	Natural Gas	—	Enterprise Products Optg Lp
42.2 mi	Morgan City Morgan City, LA	Natural Gas	—	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
42.5 mi	Lepa Unit No. 1 Morgan City, LA	Natural Gas	74 MW	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
44.1 mi	Grand Isle Gas Plant / Treating Station Grand Isle, LA	Natural Gas	9 MW	Cox Operating Llc
44.6 mi	Shell Chemical Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	80 MW	Shell Chemical Lp - Geismar
45.9 mi	Geismar Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	84 MW	Basf Corporation
46.1 mi	Geismar Cogen Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	84 MW	Air Liquide Large Industries U S Lp
49.5 mi	Pcs Nitrogen Fertilizer Lp Geismar, LA	Other Fossil	14 MW	Pcs Nitrogen Lp

Power generation near this area

There are 35 power plants within 50 miles of Gheens, Louisiana (ZIP 70355), with a combined 8,600 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 Houma at 16.8 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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