Power Plants Near 70463 — Sun, LA

20 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 70463 (Sun, Louisiana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 30.6491, -89.8926 · County: St. Tammany

Natural Gas 75%Solar 14%Biomass 7%Other Fossil 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
9.4 mi	Gaylord Container Bogalusa Bogalusa, LA	Biomass	100 MW	Temple-Inland Corp
9.9 mi	Washington Parish Energy Center Bogalusa, LA	Natural Gas	400 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
20.2 mi	Iris Solar Llc Franklinton, LA	Solar	50 MW	Iris Solar Llc
21.4 mi	Sunlight Road Solar Franklinton, LA	Solar	50 MW	Sunlight Road Solar, Llc
27.4 mi	Moonshot Picayune, MS	Solar	79 MW	Moonshot Solar, Llc
39.8 mi	Amite Solar, Llc Roseland, LA	Solar	—	Amite Solar, Llc
43.8 mi	New Orleans Solar Station New Orleans, LA	Solar	20 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
44.4 mi	Michoud New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
44.4 mi	New Orleans Power New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	132 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
44.5 mi	A B Paterson New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
44.8 mi	Eno Paterson Solar New Orleans, LA	Solar	2 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
45.2 mi	District 70 Transco Gas Pipe Line Tylertown, MS	Other Fossil	2 MW	Transcontinental Gas Pl Corp
45.3 mi	New Orleans New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	—	Air Products & Chemicals Inc
46.1 mi	Tci Alvar New Orleans, LA	Solar	2 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
46.7 mi	Tci France New Orleans, LA	Solar	2 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
49.0 mi	Domino Sugar Arabi Plant Arabi, LA	Natural Gas	14 MW	American Sugar Refining Inc.
49.2 mi	R D Morrow Purvis, MS	Natural Gas	558 MW	Cooperative Energy
49.3 mi	Chalmette Refining Llc Chalmette, LA	Other Fossil	6 MW	Chalmette Refining Llc
49.7 mi	Gulfport Naval Base Csg Pv System Gulfport, MS	Solar	4 MW	Arcadia Solar, Llc
49.8 mi	Cii Carbon Llc Chalmette, LA	Other Fossil	46 MW	Cii Carbon Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 20 power plants within 50 miles of Sun, Louisiana (ZIP 70463), with a combined 1,463 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 9 of the 20 nearby plants. The closest plant is Gaylord Container Bogalusa at 9.4 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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