Power Plants Near 70787 — Weyanoke, LA

22 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 70787 (Weyanoke, Louisiana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 30.9468, -91.4612 · County: West Feliciana

Natural Gas 44%Coal 26%Nuclear 14%Solar 7%Other Fossil 6%Hydroelectric 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
13.5 mi	Sidney A Murray Jr Hydroelectric Vidalia, LA	Hydroelectric	192 MW	First National Bank-Commerce
15.2 mi	River Bend St. Francisville, LA	Nuclear	1,036 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
16.2 mi	Big Cajun 2 New Roads, LA	Coal	1,903 MW	Louisiana Generating Llc
16.2 mi	New Roads New Roads, LA	Oil	9 MW	City Of New Roads - (La)
18.2 mi	St Francisville Mill St. Francisville, LA	Biomass	13 MW	Hood Container Of Louisiana, Llc
19.7 mi	Oxbow Solar 1 New Roads, LA	Solar	300 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
19.9 mi	Big Cajun 1 Jarreau, LA	Natural Gas	493 MW	Louisiana Generating Llc
28.4 mi	Mondu Solar Llc Livonia, LA	Solar	—	Mondu Solar Llc
34.2 mi	La3 West Baton Rouge Solar Facility West Baton Rouge, LA	Solar	50 MW	Sol Systems
34.9 mi	Formosa Plastics Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	101 MW	Formosa Plastics Corp
35.4 mi	Louisiana 1 Baton Rouge, LA	Other Fossil	451 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
35.4 mi	Louisiana 2 Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	175 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
35.5 mi	Exxonmobil Baton Rouge Turbine Generator Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	85 MW	Exxon Mobil Corp
35.7 mi	Port Allen (La) Port Allen, LA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Placid Refining Co Llc
40.6 mi	Lsu Cogen Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	20 MW	Lsu And A&m College
45.2 mi	Plaquemine Cogeneration Plant Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	987 MW	Dow Chemical Co
45.5 mi	Plaquemine Operations Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Dow Chemical Co
45.5 mi	Lao Energy Systems Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	465 MW	Dow Chemical Co
45.5 mi	Natchez Natchez, MS	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Mississippi Llc
48.0 mi	Coughlin Power Station St Landry, LA	Natural Gas	923 MW	Cleco Power Llc
48.1 mi	Prairie Ronde Solar Farm Opelousas, LA	Solar	135 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
48.1 mi	Plaquemine Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority

Power generation near this area

There are 22 power plants within 50 miles of Weyanoke, Louisiana (ZIP 70787), with a combined 7,344 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 12 of the 22 nearby plants. The closest plant is Sidney A Murray Jr Hydroelectric at 13.5 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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