Power Plants Near 71242 — Forest, LA

28 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 71242 (Forest, Louisiana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 32.8239, -91.3989 · County: West Carroll

Natural Gas 81%Solar 16%Biomass 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
22.4 mi	Bayou Galion Solar Project Mer Rouge, LA	Solar	98 MW	Bayou Galion Solar Project, Llc
24.1 mi	Franklin Farms 1&2 Rayville, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
25.6 mi	Sr Delhi Delhi, LA	Solar	—	Sr Delhi, Llc
26.5 mi	Sr Dunn Dunn, LA	Solar	—	Sr Dunn, Llc
28.4 mi	Oak Ridge Solar Oak Ridge, LA	Solar	200 MW	Aes Clean Energy
28.9 mi	Sr North Bastrop Bastrop, LA	Solar	—	Sr North Bastrop, Llc
30.2 mi	Sr South Bastrop Bastrop, LA	Solar	—	Sr South Bastrop, Llc
33.7 mi	Prairie Mist Solar Montrose, AR	Solar	109 MW	Prairie Mist Solar Project, Llc
37.0 mi	Crossett Solar Crossett, AR	Solar	100 MW	Cubico Usa, Llc
37.1 mi	Perryville Power Station Sterlington, LA	Natural Gas	824 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
37.9 mi	Crossett Sd Crossett, AR	Solar	1 MW	Entegrity Solar Crossett Sd, Llc
38.3 mi	Delta Blues Advanced Power Station Greenville, MS	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Mississippi Llc
38.6 mi	Greer Solar Plant Hollandale, MS	Solar	—	Greer Solar, Llc
39.7 mi	Ouachita Sterlington, LA	Natural Gas	904 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
39.8 mi	Sterlington Solar Sterlington, LA	Solar	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
39.9 mi	Gerald Andrus Greenville, MS	Natural Gas	781 MW	Entergy Mississippi Llc
40.0 mi	Georgia-Pacific Crossett Llc Crossett, AR	Natural Gas	25 MW	Georgia-Pacific Crossett Llc
40.4 mi	Sterlington Sterlington, LA	Natural Gas	59 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
41.5 mi	Ergon Refining Vicksburg Vicksburg, MS	Natural Gas	5 MW	Ergon Refining Inc
41.6 mi	International Paper Vicksburg Mill Vicksburg, MS	Biomass	51 MW	International Paper Co-Vicksbg
42.3 mi	Ashley-Chicot Solar Hamburg, AR	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
45.4 mi	Chicot Solar Lake Village, AR	Solar	100 MW	Chicot Solar, Llc
45.9 mi	Fairview Solar (Ar) Hamburg, AR	Solar	—	Urban Grid Solar
46.3 mi	Baxter Wilson Vicksburg, MS	Natural Gas	545 MW	Entergy Mississippi Llc
47.4 mi	Erdc Vicksburg, MS	Natural Gas	3 MW	Entergy Texas Inc.
48.6 mi	Sr Winnsboro Winnsboro, LA	Solar	—	Sr Winnsboro, Llc
49.5 mi	Plant 31 Paper Mill West Monroe, LA	Biomass	84 MW	Graphic Packaging International
49.9 mi	Monroe (La) Monroe, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 28 power plants within 50 miles of Forest, Louisiana (ZIP 71242), with a combined 3,890 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 15 of the 28 nearby plants. The closest plant is Bayou Galion Solar Project at 22.4 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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