Power Plants Near 70723 — Convent, LA

46 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 70723 (Convent, Louisiana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 30.0208, -90.8298 · County: St. James

Natural Gas 85%Nuclear 10%Other Fossil 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.2 mi	Mosaic Phosphates Uncle Sam Uncle Sam, LA	Other Fossil	26 MW	Mosaic Phosphates Co.
6.6 mi	St. James Solar (La) Vacherie, LA	Solar	20 MW	St. James Solar, Llc
6.8 mi	Vacherie Solar Energy Center, Llc Jefferson, LA	Solar	—	Vacherie Solar Energy Center, Llc
9.0 mi	Louisiana Sugar Refining Gramercy, LA	Natural Gas	7 MW	Louisiana Sugar Refining Llc
9.9 mi	Atlantic Alumina, Gramercy Operations Gramercy, LA	Natural Gas	85 MW	Atalco Gramercy Llc
14.8 mi	Shell Chemical Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	80 MW	Shell Chemical Lp - Geismar
15.4 mi	Thibodaux Thibodaux, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
16.0 mi	Geismar Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	84 MW	Basf Corporation
16.2 mi	Geismar Cogen Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	84 MW	Air Liquide Large Industries U S Lp
19.6 mi	Pcs Nitrogen Fertilizer Lp Geismar, LA	Other Fossil	14 MW	Pcs Nitrogen Lp
20.1 mi	Carville Energy Llc St Gabriel, LA	Natural Gas	555 MW	Carville Energy Llc
21.2 mi	Waterford 1 & 2 Killona, LA	Natural Gas	932 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
21.5 mi	Waterford 3 Killona, LA	Nuclear	1,200 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
22.1 mi	Little Gypsy La Place, LA	Natural Gas	1,003 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
22.1 mi	St. Charles Power Station (La) La Place, LA	Natural Gas	1,000 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
22.2 mi	Taft Cogeneration Facility Hahnville, LA	Natural Gas	894 MW	Occidental Chemical Corporation
23.4 mi	Dow St Charles Operations Taft, LA	Natural Gas	324 MW	Dow Chemical Co - St Charles
24.5 mi	Willow Glen St. Gabriel, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
25.6 mi	Magnolia Power Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Magnolia Power Holdings Llc
26.8 mi	Westlake Plaquemine Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	306 MW	Westlake Chemicals & Vinyls Llc
30.9 mi	Plaquemine Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
31.1 mi	Houma Houma, LA	Natural Gas	79 MW	Terrebonne Parish Consol Gov't
31.3 mi	Morgan City Morgan City, LA	Natural Gas	—	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
31.5 mi	Lepa Unit No. 1 Morgan City, LA	Natural Gas	74 MW	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
31.7 mi	Lao Energy Systems Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	465 MW	Dow Chemical Co
31.7 mi	Plaquemine Operations Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Dow Chemical Co
31.9 mi	Plaquemine Cogeneration Plant Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	987 MW	Dow Chemical Co
34.1 mi	Lsu Cogen Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	20 MW	Lsu And A&m College
38.8 mi	Exxonmobil Baton Rouge Turbine Generator Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	85 MW	Exxon Mobil Corp
38.9 mi	Port Allen (La) Port Allen, LA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Placid Refining Co Llc
38.9 mi	Louisiana 1 Baton Rouge, LA	Other Fossil	451 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
38.9 mi	Louisiana 2 Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	175 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
39.3 mi	Formosa Plastics Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	101 MW	Formosa Plastics Corp
41.2 mi	Nine Mile Point Westwego, LA	Natural Gas	2,440 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
41.8 mi	Neptune Gas Processing Plant Centerville, LA	Other Fossil	5 MW	Enterprise Products Optg Lp
42.9 mi	La3 West Baton Rouge Solar Facility West Baton Rouge, LA	Solar	50 MW	Sol Systems
44.8 mi	Teche Baldwin, LA	Natural Gas	391 MW	Cleco Power Llc
44.8 mi	Franklin (La) Franklin, LA	Natural Gas	—	Cleco Power Llc
44.9 mi	St. Mary Clean Energy Center Centerville, LA	Other Fossil	51 MW	Cleco Power Llc
48.0 mi	Tci Alvar New Orleans, LA	Solar	2 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
48.0 mi	Tci France New Orleans, LA	Solar	2 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
48.1 mi	A B Paterson New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
48.2 mi	Eno Paterson Solar New Orleans, LA	Solar	2 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
48.5 mi	Exxonmobil Garden City Gas Plant Centerville, LA	Natural Gas	—	Exxon Mobil Production Co
49.7 mi	New Orleans New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	—	Air Products & Chemicals Inc
49.8 mi	Domino Sugar Arabi Plant Arabi, LA	Natural Gas	14 MW	American Sugar Refining Inc.

Power generation near this area

There are 46 power plants within 50 miles of Convent, Louisiana (ZIP 70723), with a combined 12,012 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 34 of the 46 nearby plants. The closest plant is Mosaic Phosphates Uncle Sam at 1.2 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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