Power Plants Near 70707 — Gonzales, LA

46 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 70707 (Gonzales, Louisiana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 30.2047, -90.8695 · County: Ascension

Natural Gas 68%Nuclear 14%Coal 12%Other Fossil 3%Solar 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.9 mi	Shell Chemical Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	80 MW	Shell Chemical Lp - Geismar
7.3 mi	Geismar Cogen Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	84 MW	Air Liquide Large Industries U S Lp
7.8 mi	Geismar Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	84 MW	Basf Corporation
11.2 mi	Pcs Nitrogen Fertilizer Lp Geismar, LA	Other Fossil	14 MW	Pcs Nitrogen Lp
11.7 mi	Mosaic Phosphates Uncle Sam Uncle Sam, LA	Other Fossil	26 MW	Mosaic Phosphates Co.
11.8 mi	Carville Energy Llc St Gabriel, LA	Natural Gas	555 MW	Carville Energy Llc
15.4 mi	Louisiana Sugar Refining Gramercy, LA	Natural Gas	7 MW	Louisiana Sugar Refining Llc
15.5 mi	Willow Glen St. Gabriel, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
15.9 mi	Atlantic Alumina, Gramercy Operations Gramercy, LA	Natural Gas	85 MW	Atalco Gramercy Llc
17.8 mi	Vacherie Solar Energy Center, Llc Jefferson, LA	Solar	—	Vacherie Solar Energy Center, Llc
17.9 mi	Magnolia Power Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Magnolia Power Holdings Llc
17.9 mi	St. James Solar (La) Vacherie, LA	Solar	20 MW	St. James Solar, Llc
19.2 mi	Westlake Plaquemine Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	306 MW	Westlake Chemicals & Vinyls Llc
23.0 mi	Lao Energy Systems Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	465 MW	Dow Chemical Co
23.0 mi	Plaquemine Operations Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Dow Chemical Co
23.2 mi	Plaquemine Cogeneration Plant Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	987 MW	Dow Chemical Co
23.4 mi	Lsu Cogen Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	20 MW	Lsu And A&m College
23.6 mi	Plaquemine Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
27.3 mi	Exxonmobil Baton Rouge Turbine Generator Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	85 MW	Exxon Mobil Corp
27.4 mi	Louisiana 1 Baton Rouge, LA	Other Fossil	451 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
27.4 mi	Louisiana 2 Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	175 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
27.4 mi	Waterford 1 & 2 Killona, LA	Natural Gas	932 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
27.7 mi	Port Allen (La) Port Allen, LA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Placid Refining Co Llc
27.8 mi	Formosa Plastics Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	101 MW	Formosa Plastics Corp
27.8 mi	Waterford 3 Killona, LA	Nuclear	1,200 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
27.9 mi	St. Charles Power Station (La) La Place, LA	Natural Gas	1,000 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
28.0 mi	Little Gypsy La Place, LA	Natural Gas	1,003 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
28.2 mi	Thibodaux Thibodaux, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
28.7 mi	Taft Cogeneration Facility Hahnville, LA	Natural Gas	894 MW	Occidental Chemical Corporation
29.7 mi	Dow St Charles Operations Taft, LA	Natural Gas	324 MW	Dow Chemical Co - St Charles
32.9 mi	La3 West Baton Rouge Solar Facility West Baton Rouge, LA	Solar	50 MW	Sol Systems
40.3 mi	Morgan City Morgan City, LA	Natural Gas	—	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
40.4 mi	Lepa Unit No. 1 Morgan City, LA	Natural Gas	74 MW	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
43.5 mi	Big Cajun 1 Jarreau, LA	Natural Gas	493 MW	Louisiana Generating Llc
44.0 mi	Houma Houma, LA	Natural Gas	79 MW	Terrebonne Parish Consol Gov't
44.2 mi	St Francisville Mill St. Francisville, LA	Biomass	13 MW	Hood Container Of Louisiana, Llc
44.6 mi	Oxbow Solar 1 New Roads, LA	Solar	300 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
45.4 mi	Amite Solar, Llc Roseland, LA	Solar	—	Amite Solar, Llc
46.7 mi	New Roads New Roads, LA	Oil	9 MW	City Of New Roads - (La)
46.7 mi	Big Cajun 2 New Roads, LA	Coal	1,903 MW	Louisiana Generating Llc
46.8 mi	Nine Mile Point Westwego, LA	Natural Gas	2,440 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
47.1 mi	River Bend St. Francisville, LA	Nuclear	1,036 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
47.3 mi	Neptune Gas Processing Plant Centerville, LA	Other Fossil	5 MW	Enterprise Products Optg Lp
48.2 mi	Teche Baldwin, LA	Natural Gas	391 MW	Cleco Power Llc
48.2 mi	Franklin (La) Franklin, LA	Natural Gas	—	Cleco Power Llc
48.5 mi	Mondu Solar Llc Livonia, LA	Solar	—	Mondu Solar Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 46 power plants within 50 miles of Gonzales, Louisiana (ZIP 70707), with a combined 15,696 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 31 of the 46 nearby plants. The closest plant is Shell Chemical at 6.9 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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