Power Plants Near 70760 — New Roads, LA

34 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 70760 (New Roads, Louisiana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 30.7014, -91.4421 · County: Pointe Coupee

Natural Gas 53%Coal 22%Nuclear 12%Solar 6%Other Fossil 5%Hydroelectric 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.8 mi	Oxbow Solar 1 New Roads, LA	Solar	300 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
4.7 mi	Big Cajun 2 New Roads, LA	Coal	1,903 MW	Louisiana Generating Llc
4.7 mi	New Roads New Roads, LA	Oil	9 MW	City Of New Roads - (La)
5.5 mi	Big Cajun 1 Jarreau, LA	Natural Gas	493 MW	Louisiana Generating Llc
7.1 mi	St Francisville Mill St. Francisville, LA	Biomass	13 MW	Hood Container Of Louisiana, Llc
7.5 mi	River Bend St. Francisville, LA	Nuclear	1,036 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
13.3 mi	Mondu Solar Llc Livonia, LA	Solar	—	Mondu Solar Llc
17.6 mi	La3 West Baton Rouge Solar Facility West Baton Rouge, LA	Solar	50 MW	Sol Systems
20.6 mi	Formosa Plastics Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	101 MW	Formosa Plastics Corp
20.7 mi	Port Allen (La) Port Allen, LA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Placid Refining Co Llc
21.0 mi	Louisiana 1 Baton Rouge, LA	Other Fossil	451 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
21.0 mi	Louisiana 2 Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	175 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
21.1 mi	Exxonmobil Baton Rouge Turbine Generator Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	85 MW	Exxon Mobil Corp
25.4 mi	Lsu Cogen Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	20 MW	Lsu And A&m College
28.7 mi	Sidney A Murray Jr Hydroelectric Vidalia, LA	Hydroelectric	192 MW	First National Bank-Commerce
29.0 mi	Plaquemine Cogeneration Plant Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	987 MW	Dow Chemical Co
29.2 mi	Plaquemine Operations Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Dow Chemical Co
29.2 mi	Lao Energy Systems Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	465 MW	Dow Chemical Co
31.6 mi	Plaquemine Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
34.2 mi	Westlake Plaquemine Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	306 MW	Westlake Chemicals & Vinyls Llc
35.1 mi	Magnolia Power Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Magnolia Power Holdings Llc
35.3 mi	Willow Glen St. Gabriel, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
39.6 mi	Carville Energy Llc St Gabriel, LA	Natural Gas	555 MW	Carville Energy Llc
40.1 mi	Pcs Nitrogen Fertilizer Lp Geismar, LA	Other Fossil	14 MW	Pcs Nitrogen Lp
42.3 mi	Sr Sunset Sunset, LA	Solar	—	Sr Sunset, Llc
43.3 mi	Geismar Cogen Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	84 MW	Air Liquide Large Industries U S Lp
43.5 mi	Geismar Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	84 MW	Basf Corporation
43.7 mi	Prairie Ronde Solar Farm Opelousas, LA	Solar	135 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
44.8 mi	Shell Chemical Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	80 MW	Shell Chemical Lp - Geismar
46.6 mi	Rodemacher Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	—	Lafayette Utilities System
47.2 mi	T J Labbe Electric Generating Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	101 MW	Lafayette Utilities System
48.2 mi	Louis Doc Bonin Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	—	Lafayette Utilities System
49.2 mi	Hargis-Hebert Electric Generating Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	101 MW	Lafayette Utilities System
49.6 mi	Coughlin Power Station St Landry, LA	Natural Gas	923 MW	Cleco Power Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 34 power plants within 50 miles of New Roads, Louisiana (ZIP 70760), with a combined 8,669 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 22 of the 34 nearby plants. The closest plant is Oxbow Solar 1 at 3.8 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.

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