Power Plants Near 72461 — Rector, AR

24 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 72461 (Rector, Arkansas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.2672, -90.2702 · County: Clay

Coal 50%Natural Gas 41%Solar 8%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
9.4 mi	Municipal Light Piggott, AR	Oil	7 MW	City Of Piggott - (Ar)
12.4 mi	Kennett Kennett, MO	Natural Gas	31 MW	City Of Kennett - (Mo)
12.6 mi	Kennett Solar Kennett, MO	Solar	—	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
20.0 mi	Paragould Paragould, AR	Oil	—	Paragould Municipal Utilities
20.6 mi	Paragould Solar Farm Paragould, AR	Solar	2 MW	Paragould Municipal Utilities
21.4 mi	Paragould Turbine Paragould, AR	Natural Gas	14 MW	Paragould Municipal Utilities
21.4 mi	Paragould Reciprocating Paragould, AR	Natural Gas	19 MW	Paragould Municipal Utilities
22.6 mi	St Francis Energy Facility Campbell, MO	Natural Gas	507 MW	Associated Electric Coop, Inc
23.2 mi	Clay County Electrical Cooperative Corning, AR	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
25.9 mi	Malden Malden, MO	Oil	16 MW	City Of Malden - (Mo)
29.0 mi	Craighead Electric Solar One Brookland, AR	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
31.2 mi	Dell Power Station Dell, AR	Natural Gas	679 MW	Associated Electric Coop, Inc
31.5 mi	Forgeview Solar Blytheville, AR	Solar	—	Forgeview Solar, Llc
34.7 mi	Poplar Bluff Generating Station Poplar Bluff, MO	Natural Gas	34 MW	City Of Poplar Bluff - (Mo)
35.7 mi	Jonesboro Cwl Solar Park Jonesboro, AR	Solar	10 MW	City Water And Light Plant
36.5 mi	Crooked Lake Solar, Llc Blytheville, AR	Solar	175 MW	Crooked Lake Solar, Llc
38.5 mi	Jonesboro City Water & Light Plant Jonesboro, AR	Natural Gas	224 MW	City Water And Light Plant
42.3 mi	Osceola (Ar) Osceola, AR	Oil	2 MW	City Of Osceola - (Ar)
43.0 mi	New Madrid New Madrid, MO	Coal	1,300 MW	Associated Electric Coop, Inc
45.1 mi	Ridgely Energy Farm Ridgely, TN	Solar	—	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
45.4 mi	Plum Point Energy Station Osceola, AR	Coal	720 MW	Nrg Energy Services - Plum Point
45.8 mi	Rivercrest Sd Wilson, AR	Solar	1 MW	Entegrity Solar Rivercrest Sd, Llc
46.5 mi	Driver Solar Osceola, AR	Solar	150 MW	Entergy Arkansas Llc
47.9 mi	Essex Essex, MO	Natural Gas	121 MW	Associated Electric Coop, Inc

Power generation near this area

There are 24 power plants within 50 miles of Rector, Arkansas (ZIP 72461), with a combined 4,014 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 24 nearby plants. The closest plant is Municipal Light at 9.4 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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