Power Plants Near 70737 — Gonzales, LA

45 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 70737 (Gonzales, Louisiana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 30.2473, -90.9180 · County: Ascension

Natural Gas 62%Nuclear 17%Coal 14%Other Fossil 4%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.2 mi	Geismar Cogen Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	84 MW	Air Liquide Large Industries U S Lp
5.7 mi	Shell Chemical Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	80 MW	Shell Chemical Lp - Geismar
5.9 mi	Geismar Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	84 MW	Basf Corporation
8.3 mi	Pcs Nitrogen Fertilizer Lp Geismar, LA	Other Fossil	14 MW	Pcs Nitrogen Lp
8.9 mi	Carville Energy Llc St Gabriel, LA	Natural Gas	555 MW	Carville Energy Llc
12.0 mi	Willow Glen St. Gabriel, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
14.7 mi	Magnolia Power Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Magnolia Power Holdings Llc
15.4 mi	Mosaic Phosphates Uncle Sam Uncle Sam, LA	Other Fossil	26 MW	Mosaic Phosphates Co.
16.0 mi	Westlake Plaquemine Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	306 MW	Westlake Chemicals & Vinyls Llc
19.3 mi	Lsu Cogen Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	20 MW	Lsu And A&m College
19.4 mi	Lao Energy Systems Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	465 MW	Dow Chemical Co
19.4 mi	Plaquemine Operations Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Dow Chemical Co
19.5 mi	Louisiana Sugar Refining Gramercy, LA	Natural Gas	7 MW	Louisiana Sugar Refining Llc
19.6 mi	Plaquemine Cogeneration Plant Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	987 MW	Dow Chemical Co
20.0 mi	Atlantic Alumina, Gramercy Operations Gramercy, LA	Natural Gas	85 MW	Atalco Gramercy Llc
20.3 mi	Plaquemine Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
21.8 mi	Vacherie Solar Energy Center, Llc Jefferson, LA	Solar	—	Vacherie Solar Energy Center, Llc
21.9 mi	St. James Solar (La) Vacherie, LA	Solar	20 MW	St. James Solar, Llc
23.2 mi	Exxonmobil Baton Rouge Turbine Generator Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	85 MW	Exxon Mobil Corp
23.3 mi	Louisiana 1 Baton Rouge, LA	Other Fossil	451 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
23.3 mi	Louisiana 2 Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	175 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
23.6 mi	Port Allen (La) Port Allen, LA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Placid Refining Co Llc
23.7 mi	Formosa Plastics Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	101 MW	Formosa Plastics Corp
28.9 mi	La3 West Baton Rouge Solar Facility West Baton Rouge, LA	Solar	50 MW	Sol Systems
31.5 mi	Waterford 1 & 2 Killona, LA	Natural Gas	932 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
31.6 mi	Thibodaux Thibodaux, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
31.9 mi	Waterford 3 Killona, LA	Nuclear	1,200 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
31.9 mi	St. Charles Power Station (La) La Place, LA	Natural Gas	1,000 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
32.0 mi	Little Gypsy La Place, LA	Natural Gas	1,003 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
32.7 mi	Taft Cogeneration Facility Hahnville, LA	Natural Gas	894 MW	Occidental Chemical Corporation
33.7 mi	Dow St Charles Operations Taft, LA	Natural Gas	324 MW	Dow Chemical Co - St Charles
39.3 mi	Big Cajun 1 Jarreau, LA	Natural Gas	493 MW	Louisiana Generating Llc
40.1 mi	St Francisville Mill St. Francisville, LA	Biomass	13 MW	Hood Container Of Louisiana, Llc
40.5 mi	Oxbow Solar 1 New Roads, LA	Solar	300 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
41.7 mi	Morgan City Morgan City, LA	Natural Gas	—	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
41.8 mi	Lepa Unit No. 1 Morgan City, LA	Natural Gas	74 MW	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
42.6 mi	New Roads New Roads, LA	Oil	9 MW	City Of New Roads - (La)
42.6 mi	Big Cajun 2 New Roads, LA	Coal	1,903 MW	Louisiana Generating Llc
43.0 mi	River Bend St. Francisville, LA	Nuclear	1,036 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
44.2 mi	Amite Solar, Llc Roseland, LA	Solar	—	Amite Solar, Llc
44.6 mi	Mondu Solar Llc Livonia, LA	Solar	—	Mondu Solar Llc
47.4 mi	Neptune Gas Processing Plant Centerville, LA	Other Fossil	5 MW	Enterprise Products Optg Lp
47.5 mi	Teche Baldwin, LA	Natural Gas	391 MW	Cleco Power Llc
47.5 mi	Franklin (La) Franklin, LA	Natural Gas	—	Cleco Power Llc
47.5 mi	Houma Houma, LA	Natural Gas	79 MW	Terrebonne Parish Consol Gov't

Power generation near this area

There are 45 power plants within 50 miles of Gonzales, Louisiana (ZIP 70737), with a combined 13,256 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 30 of the 45 nearby plants. The closest plant is Geismar Cogen at 5.2 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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