Power Plants Near 72179 — Wilburn, AR

17 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 72179 (Wilburn, Arkansas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 35.5106, -91.8648 · County: Cleburne

Coal 71%Solar 20%Natural Gas 5%Hydroelectric 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.4 mi	Greers Ferry Lake Heber Springs, AR	Hydroelectric	96 MW	Usce-Little Rock District
17.1 mi	White River Lock And Dam 2 Locust Grove, AR	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Ozark Hydro Management, Llc
18.9 mi	Searcy Water I Searcy, AR	Solar	1 MW	Entegrity Solar Swu, Llc
21.3 mi	White River Lock And Dam 1 Batesville, AR	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Ozark Hydro Management, Llc
21.6 mi	Searcy Solar Hybrid Searcy, AR	Solar	110 MW	Searcy Solar, Llc
22.4 mi	Searcy Water Ii Searcy, AR	Solar	3 MW	Entegrity Solar Swu 2, Llc
23.0 mi	White River Lock And Dam 3 Marcella, AR	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Ozark Hydro Management, Llc
26.3 mi	Happy Solar 1 Searcy, AR	Solar	95 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
28.1 mi	Independence Steam Electric Station Newark, AR	Coal	1,800 MW	Entergy Arkansas Llc
33.1 mi	Carl Bailey Augusta, AR	Natural Gas	120 MW	Arkansas Electric Coop Corp
33.5 mi	Petit Jean Clinton, AR	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
34.4 mi	Woodruff County Solar Augusta, AR	Solar	122 MW	Arkansas Electric Coop Corp
34.8 mi	White River Medical Center Newport, AR	Solar	3 MW	Entegrity Solar Wrmc, Llc
36.6 mi	Farmers Electric Cooperative Newport, AR	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
39.6 mi	Newport Solar Project Newport, AR	Solar	180 MW	Newport Solar, Llc
41.5 mi	Sr Des Arc Des Arc, AR	Solar	—	Sr Des Arc, Llc
49.6 mi	Two Pine Landfill Gas Recovery North Little Rock, AR	Biomass	5 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 17 power plants within 50 miles of Wilburn, Arkansas (ZIP 72179), with a combined 2,549 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 17 nearby plants. The closest plant is Greers Ferry Lake 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 Arkansas, visit the Arkansas state page.

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