Power Plants Near 70516 — Branch, LA

17 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 70516 (Branch, Louisiana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 30.3446, -92.3459 · County: Acadia

Natural Gas 91%Solar 9%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.8 mi	Mowata Solar Tbd, LA	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
7.1 mi	Acadia Energy Center Eunice, LA	Natural Gas	1,389 MW	Cleco Power Llc
8.8 mi	Rayne Rayne, LA	Oil	8 MW	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
13.7 mi	Eunice La Plant Eunice, LA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Enlink Processing Services, Llc
15.7 mi	Bayou Cove Peaking Power Jennings, LA	Natural Gas	416 MW	Bayou Cove, Llc
17.0 mi	Sr Sunset Sunset, LA	Solar	—	Sr Sunset, Llc
19.1 mi	T J Labbe Electric Generating Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	101 MW	Lafayette Utilities System
19.3 mi	Louis Doc Bonin Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	—	Lafayette Utilities System
21.1 mi	Prairie Ronde Solar Farm Opelousas, LA	Solar	135 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
21.5 mi	Rodemacher Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	—	Lafayette Utilities System
22.0 mi	Luicain Solar Gueydan, LA	Solar	—	Ric Development, Llc
24.3 mi	Hargis-Hebert Electric Generating Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	101 MW	Lafayette Utilities System
34.9 mi	Coughlin Power Station St Landry, LA	Natural Gas	923 MW	Cleco Power Llc
47.6 mi	Agrilectric Power Partners Ltd Lake Charles, LA	Biomass	12 MW	Agrilectric Power Partners Ltd
47.8 mi	Mondu Solar Llc Livonia, LA	Solar	—	Mondu Solar Llc
48.0 mi	Enterprise Sugar Factory Jeanerette, LA	Biomass	3 MW	M.a. Patout & Son Limited, Llc
49.6 mi	Elizabeth Solar Plant Pitkin, LA	Solar	143 MW	Horus Louisiana 1, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 17 power plants within 50 miles of Branch, Louisiana (ZIP 70516), with a combined 3,235 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 17 nearby plants. The closest plant is Mowata Solar at 4.8 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.

← Search a different location · Printable proximity report →