Power Plants Near 71279 — Start, LA

18 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 71279 (Start, Louisiana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 32.4865, -91.8593 · County: Richland

Natural Gas 79%Solar 17%Biomass 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.4 mi	Oak Ridge Solar Oak Ridge, LA	Solar	200 MW	Aes Clean Energy
13.9 mi	Franklin Farms 1&2 Rayville, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
16.9 mi	Perryville Power Station Sterlington, LA	Natural Gas	824 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
16.9 mi	Plant 31 Paper Mill West Monroe, LA	Biomass	84 MW	Graphic Packaging International
17.3 mi	Sr Dunn Dunn, LA	Solar	—	Sr Dunn, Llc
18.3 mi	Sr South Bastrop Bastrop, LA	Solar	—	Sr South Bastrop, Llc
18.7 mi	Sterlington Solar Sterlington, LA	Solar	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
18.8 mi	Monroe (La) Monroe, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
19.4 mi	Ouachita Sterlington, LA	Natural Gas	904 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
19.8 mi	Sterlington Sterlington, LA	Natural Gas	59 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
20.4 mi	Sr Delhi Delhi, LA	Solar	—	Sr Delhi, Llc
21.9 mi	Sr North Bastrop Bastrop, LA	Solar	—	Sr North Bastrop, Llc
21.9 mi	Bayou Galion Solar Project Mer Rouge, LA	Solar	98 MW	Bayou Galion Solar Project, Llc
25.0 mi	Sr Winnsboro Winnsboro, LA	Solar	—	Sr Winnsboro, Llc
42.4 mi	Crossett Solar Crossett, AR	Solar	100 MW	Cubico Usa, Llc
44.8 mi	Crossett Sd Crossett, AR	Solar	1 MW	Entegrity Solar Crossett Sd, Llc
45.8 mi	Georgia-Pacific Crossett Llc Crossett, AR	Natural Gas	25 MW	Georgia-Pacific Crossett Llc
46.1 mi	Louisiana Tech University Power Plant Ruston, LA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Louisiana Tech University

Power generation near this area

There are 18 power plants within 50 miles of Start, Louisiana (ZIP 71279), with a combined 2,303 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 18 nearby plants. The closest plant is Oak Ridge Solar at 7.4 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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