Power Plants Near 70732 — Fordoche, LA

38 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 70732 (Fordoche, Louisiana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 30.5960, -91.6165 · County: Pointe Coupee

Natural Gas 59%Coal 19%Nuclear 10%Solar 5%Other Fossil 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.9 mi	Mondu Solar Llc Livonia, LA	Solar	—	Mondu Solar Llc
14.3 mi	Oxbow Solar 1 New Roads, LA	Solar	300 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
16.4 mi	Big Cajun 1 Jarreau, LA	Natural Gas	493 MW	Louisiana Generating Llc
17.2 mi	Big Cajun 2 New Roads, LA	Coal	1,903 MW	Louisiana Generating Llc
17.3 mi	New Roads New Roads, LA	Oil	9 MW	City Of New Roads - (La)
19.1 mi	St Francisville Mill St. Francisville, LA	Biomass	13 MW	Hood Container Of Louisiana, Llc
19.2 mi	La3 West Baton Rouge Solar Facility West Baton Rouge, LA	Solar	50 MW	Sol Systems
20.2 mi	River Bend St. Francisville, LA	Nuclear	1,036 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
25.5 mi	Port Allen (La) Port Allen, LA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Placid Refining Co Llc
26.4 mi	Formosa Plastics Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	101 MW	Formosa Plastics Corp
26.6 mi	Louisiana 1 Baton Rouge, LA	Other Fossil	451 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
26.6 mi	Louisiana 2 Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	175 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
26.6 mi	Exxonmobil Baton Rouge Turbine Generator Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	85 MW	Exxon Mobil Corp
28.9 mi	Lsu Cogen Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	20 MW	Lsu And A&m College
29.6 mi	Plaquemine Cogeneration Plant Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	987 MW	Dow Chemical Co
29.8 mi	Sr Sunset Sunset, LA	Solar	—	Sr Sunset, Llc
29.8 mi	Plaquemine Operations Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Dow Chemical Co
29.8 mi	Lao Energy Systems Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	465 MW	Dow Chemical Co
30.9 mi	Plaquemine Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
32.9 mi	Prairie Ronde Solar Farm Opelousas, LA	Solar	135 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
34.0 mi	Sidney A Murray Jr Hydroelectric Vidalia, LA	Hydroelectric	192 MW	First National Bank-Commerce
34.1 mi	Rodemacher Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	—	Lafayette Utilities System
34.6 mi	T J Labbe Electric Generating Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	101 MW	Lafayette Utilities System
34.7 mi	Westlake Plaquemine Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	306 MW	Westlake Chemicals & Vinyls Llc
35.6 mi	Louis Doc Bonin Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	—	Lafayette Utilities System
35.9 mi	Magnolia Power Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Magnolia Power Holdings Llc
37.0 mi	Hargis-Hebert Electric Generating Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	101 MW	Lafayette Utilities System
37.2 mi	Willow Glen St. Gabriel, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
41.5 mi	Carville Energy Llc St Gabriel, LA	Natural Gas	555 MW	Carville Energy Llc
41.9 mi	Coughlin Power Station St Landry, LA	Natural Gas	923 MW	Cleco Power Llc
42.1 mi	Pcs Nitrogen Fertilizer Lp Geismar, LA	Other Fossil	14 MW	Pcs Nitrogen Lp
45.8 mi	Geismar Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	84 MW	Basf Corporation
45.8 mi	Geismar Cogen Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	84 MW	Air Liquide Large Industries U S Lp
46.4 mi	Rayne Rayne, LA	Oil	8 MW	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
47.1 mi	Shell Chemical Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	80 MW	Shell Chemical Lp - Geismar
48.3 mi	Enterprise Sugar Factory Jeanerette, LA	Biomass	3 MW	M.a. Patout & Son Limited, Llc
48.8 mi	Acadia Energy Center Eunice, LA	Natural Gas	1,389 MW	Cleco Power Llc
49.0 mi	Mowata Solar Tbd, LA	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 38 power plants within 50 miles of Fordoche, Louisiana (ZIP 70732), with a combined 10,069 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 23 of the 38 nearby plants. The closest plant is Mondu Solar Llc at 3.9 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.

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