Power Plants Near 71497 — Natchitoches, LA

9 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 71497 (Natchitoches, Louisiana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 31.7476, -93.0791 · County: Natchitoches

Coal 78%Natural Gas 11%Biomass 7%Hydroelectric 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
12.2 mi	International Paper Red River Mill Campti, LA	Biomass	79 MW	Red River Mill Intl Paper Company
25.5 mi	Ada Carbon Solutions Red River Coushatta, LA	Other Fossil	21 MW	Ada Carbon Solutions (Red River), Llc
32.4 mi	Brame Energy Center Lena, LA	Coal	1,707 MW	Cleco Power Llc
34.8 mi	Dolet Hills Mansfield, LA	Coal	—	Cleco Power Llc
35.2 mi	Dolet Hills Solar Tbd, LA	Solar	—	Cleco Power Llc
39.8 mi	Mansfield Mill Mansfield, LA	Natural Gas	172 MW	Ipc-Mansfield Mill
41.9 mi	Westrock Hodge (La) Hodge, LA	Biomass	66 MW	Westrock (La)
46.8 mi	D G Hunter Alexandria, LA	Natural Gas	65 MW	City Of Alexandria - (La)
49.0 mi	Toledo Bend Burkville, TX	Hydroelectric	81 MW	Entergy Texas Inc.

Power generation near this area

There are 9 power plants within 50 miles of Natchitoches, Louisiana (ZIP 71497), with a combined 2,191 MW of nameplate capacity. Biomass is the most common fuel type in this area with 2 of the 9 nearby plants. The closest plant is International Paper Red River Mill at 12.2 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.

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