Power Plants Near 70391 — Paincourtville, LA

42 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 70391 (Paincourtville, Louisiana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 29.9902, -91.0588 · County: Assumption

Natural Gas 81%Nuclear 13%Other Fossil 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
14.2 mi	Mosaic Phosphates Uncle Sam Uncle Sam, LA	Other Fossil	26 MW	Mosaic Phosphates Co.
14.3 mi	Shell Chemical Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	80 MW	Shell Chemical Lp - Geismar
14.9 mi	Geismar Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	84 MW	Basf Corporation
15.6 mi	Geismar Cogen Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	84 MW	Air Liquide Large Industries U S Lp
16.4 mi	Pcs Nitrogen Fertilizer Lp Geismar, LA	Other Fossil	14 MW	Pcs Nitrogen Lp
16.5 mi	Carville Energy Llc St Gabriel, LA	Natural Gas	555 MW	Carville Energy Llc
19.2 mi	Magnolia Power Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Magnolia Power Holdings Llc
19.5 mi	St. James Solar (La) Vacherie, LA	Solar	20 MW	St. James Solar, Llc
19.8 mi	Vacherie Solar Energy Center, Llc Jefferson, LA	Solar	—	Vacherie Solar Energy Center, Llc
19.9 mi	Thibodaux Thibodaux, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
19.9 mi	Willow Glen St. Gabriel, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
20.0 mi	Westlake Plaquemine Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	306 MW	Westlake Chemicals & Vinyls Llc
22.1 mi	Morgan City Morgan City, LA	Natural Gas	—	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
22.2 mi	Lepa Unit No. 1 Morgan City, LA	Natural Gas	74 MW	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
22.8 mi	Louisiana Sugar Refining Gramercy, LA	Natural Gas	7 MW	Louisiana Sugar Refining Llc
22.9 mi	Plaquemine Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
23.7 mi	Atlantic Alumina, Gramercy Operations Gramercy, LA	Natural Gas	85 MW	Atalco Gramercy Llc
25.0 mi	Lao Energy Systems Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	465 MW	Dow Chemical Co
25.0 mi	Plaquemine Operations Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Dow Chemical Co
25.2 mi	Plaquemine Cogeneration Plant Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	987 MW	Dow Chemical Co
29.1 mi	Neptune Gas Processing Plant Centerville, LA	Other Fossil	5 MW	Enterprise Products Optg Lp
30.0 mi	Lsu Cogen Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	20 MW	Lsu And A&m College
31.2 mi	Teche Baldwin, LA	Natural Gas	391 MW	Cleco Power Llc
31.2 mi	Franklin (La) Franklin, LA	Natural Gas	—	Cleco Power Llc
32.5 mi	St. Mary Clean Energy Center Centerville, LA	Other Fossil	51 MW	Cleco Power Llc
34.8 mi	Houma Houma, LA	Natural Gas	79 MW	Terrebonne Parish Consol Gov't
34.8 mi	Waterford 1 & 2 Killona, LA	Natural Gas	932 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
34.8 mi	Port Allen (La) Port Allen, LA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Placid Refining Co Llc
35.1 mi	Waterford 3 Killona, LA	Nuclear	1,200 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
35.4 mi	Exxonmobil Baton Rouge Turbine Generator Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	85 MW	Exxon Mobil Corp
35.5 mi	Louisiana 1 Baton Rouge, LA	Other Fossil	451 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
35.5 mi	Louisiana 2 Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	175 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
35.6 mi	Exxonmobil Garden City Gas Plant Centerville, LA	Natural Gas	—	Exxon Mobil Production Co
35.7 mi	Little Gypsy La Place, LA	Natural Gas	1,003 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
35.8 mi	St. Charles Power Station (La) La Place, LA	Natural Gas	1,000 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
35.8 mi	Taft Cogeneration Facility Hahnville, LA	Natural Gas	894 MW	Occidental Chemical Corporation
36.0 mi	Formosa Plastics Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	101 MW	Formosa Plastics Corp
36.6 mi	La3 West Baton Rouge Solar Facility West Baton Rouge, LA	Solar	50 MW	Sol Systems
36.9 mi	Dow St Charles Operations Taft, LA	Natural Gas	324 MW	Dow Chemical Co - St Charles
40.4 mi	Enterprise Sugar Factory Jeanerette, LA	Biomass	3 MW	M.a. Patout & Son Limited, Llc
43.2 mi	Ivanhoe Generation Facility Franklin, LA	Other Fossil	31 MW	Orion Engineered Carbons
49.5 mi	Mondu Solar Llc Livonia, LA	Solar	—	Mondu Solar Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 42 power plants within 50 miles of Paincourtville, Louisiana (ZIP 70391), with a combined 9,587 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 30 of the 42 nearby plants. The closest plant is Mosaic Phosphates Uncle Sam at 14.2 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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