Power Plants Near 70778 — Sorrento, LA

46 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 70778 (Sorrento, Louisiana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 30.1854, -90.8631 · County: Ascension

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

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.2 mi	Shell Chemical Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	80 MW	Shell Chemical Lp - Geismar
7.9 mi	Geismar Cogen Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	84 MW	Air Liquide Large Industries U S Lp
8.2 mi	Geismar Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	84 MW	Basf Corporation
10.4 mi	Mosaic Phosphates Uncle Sam Uncle Sam, LA	Other Fossil	26 MW	Mosaic Phosphates Co.
11.8 mi	Pcs Nitrogen Fertilizer Lp Geismar, LA	Other Fossil	14 MW	Pcs Nitrogen Lp
12.4 mi	Carville Energy Llc St Gabriel, LA	Natural Gas	555 MW	Carville Energy Llc
14.2 mi	Louisiana Sugar Refining Gramercy, LA	Natural Gas	7 MW	Louisiana Sugar Refining Llc
14.7 mi	Atlantic Alumina, Gramercy Operations Gramercy, LA	Natural Gas	85 MW	Atalco Gramercy Llc
16.3 mi	Willow Glen St. Gabriel, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
16.5 mi	Vacherie Solar Energy Center, Llc Jefferson, LA	Solar	—	Vacherie Solar Energy Center, Llc
16.6 mi	St. James Solar (La) Vacherie, LA	Solar	20 MW	St. James Solar, Llc
18.6 mi	Magnolia Power Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Magnolia Power Holdings Llc
19.9 mi	Westlake Plaquemine Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	306 MW	Westlake Chemicals & Vinyls Llc
23.9 mi	Lao Energy Systems Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	465 MW	Dow Chemical Co
23.9 mi	Plaquemine Operations Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Dow Chemical Co
24.1 mi	Plaquemine Cogeneration Plant Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	987 MW	Dow Chemical Co
24.3 mi	Plaquemine Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
24.5 mi	Lsu Cogen Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	20 MW	Lsu And A&m College
26.4 mi	Waterford 1 & 2 Killona, LA	Natural Gas	932 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
26.8 mi	Waterford 3 Killona, LA	Nuclear	1,200 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
26.9 mi	Thibodaux Thibodaux, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
26.9 mi	St. Charles Power Station (La) La Place, LA	Natural Gas	1,000 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
27.0 mi	Little Gypsy La Place, LA	Natural Gas	1,003 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
27.7 mi	Taft Cogeneration Facility Hahnville, LA	Natural Gas	894 MW	Occidental Chemical Corporation
28.6 mi	Exxonmobil Baton Rouge Turbine Generator Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	85 MW	Exxon Mobil Corp
28.7 mi	Louisiana 1 Baton Rouge, LA	Other Fossil	451 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
28.7 mi	Louisiana 2 Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	175 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
28.7 mi	Dow St Charles Operations Taft, LA	Natural Gas	324 MW	Dow Chemical Co - St Charles
28.9 mi	Port Allen (La) Port Allen, LA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Placid Refining Co Llc
29.0 mi	Formosa Plastics Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	101 MW	Formosa Plastics Corp
34.0 mi	La3 West Baton Rouge Solar Facility West Baton Rouge, LA	Solar	50 MW	Sol Systems
39.3 mi	Morgan City Morgan City, LA	Natural Gas	—	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
39.4 mi	Lepa Unit No. 1 Morgan City, LA	Natural Gas	74 MW	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
42.6 mi	Houma Houma, LA	Natural Gas	79 MW	Terrebonne Parish Consol Gov't
44.7 mi	Big Cajun 1 Jarreau, LA	Natural Gas	493 MW	Louisiana Generating Llc
45.5 mi	St Francisville Mill St. Francisville, LA	Biomass	13 MW	Hood Container Of Louisiana, Llc
45.9 mi	Oxbow Solar 1 New Roads, LA	Solar	300 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
45.9 mi	Nine Mile Point Westwego, LA	Natural Gas	2,440 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
46.5 mi	Amite Solar, Llc Roseland, LA	Solar	—	Amite Solar, Llc
46.7 mi	Neptune Gas Processing Plant Centerville, LA	Other Fossil	5 MW	Enterprise Products Optg Lp
47.8 mi	Teche Baldwin, LA	Natural Gas	391 MW	Cleco Power Llc
47.8 mi	Franklin (La) Franklin, LA	Natural Gas	—	Cleco Power Llc
48.0 mi	New Roads New Roads, LA	Oil	9 MW	City Of New Roads - (La)
48.0 mi	Big Cajun 2 New Roads, LA	Coal	1,903 MW	Louisiana Generating Llc
48.4 mi	River Bend St. Francisville, LA	Nuclear	1,036 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
49.5 mi	Mondu Solar Llc Livonia, LA	Solar	—	Mondu Solar Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 46 power plants within 50 miles of Sorrento, Louisiana (ZIP 70778), 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 7.2 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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