Power Plants Near 15240 — Pittsburgh, PA

56 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 15240 (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.4344, -80.0248 · County: Allegheny

Natural Gas 48%Coal 38%Nuclear 12%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.0 mi	Ecp Uptown Campus Pittsburgh, PA	Natural Gas	6 MW	Ecp Uptown Campus Llc
2.3 mi	Brunot Island Pittsburg, PA	Natural Gas	365 MW	Brunot Island Power, Llc
5.8 mi	Emsworth L&d Hydroelectric Project Pittsburgh, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
6.2 mi	Emsworth Bc Hydroelectric Project Pittsburgh, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
9.3 mi	Braddock Lock And Dam Braddock, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Lock+ Hydro Friends Fund Xlii, Llc
9.3 mi	Mon Valley Works Dravosburg, PA	Other Fossil	53 MW	United States Steel-Mon Valley
11.4 mi	Clairton Works Clairton, PA	Coal	31 MW	United States Steel- Clairton
11.7 mi	Pittsburgh Airport Gas Plant Coraopolis, PA	Natural Gas	22 MW	Img Energy Solutions
12.4 mi	Pg Solar 1 Findlay Township, PA	Solar	3 MW	Img Energy Solutions
15.5 mi	Ppg Monroeville Chemicals Center Monroeville, PA	Oil	1 MW	Ppg Monroeville Chemicals Center
15.5 mi	Allegheny Energy Units 3 4 & 5 Springdale, PA	Natural Gas	556 MW	Springdale Energy Llc
15.5 mi	Springdale 1 & 2 Springdale, PA	Natural Gas	88 MW	Springdale Energy Llc
16.1 mi	Gaucho Solar Clinton, PA	Solar	20 MW	Gaucho Solar
20.1 mi	Waste Management Arden Lfgte Washington, PA	Biomass	5 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
21.0 mi	Monongahela L&d4 Hydroelectric Project Charleroi, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
23.2 mi	Shell Chemical Appalachia Llc Monaca, PA	Natural Gas	310 MW	Shell Chemical Appalachia Llc
23.7 mi	Beaver Solar Llc Beaver, PA	Solar	1 MW	Laurel Capital Partners
24.3 mi	Montgomery L&d Hydroelectric Project Monaca, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
24.9 mi	Tenaska Westmoreland Generating Station Smithton, PA	Natural Gas	1,134 MW	Tenaska Pennsylvania Partners, Llc
25.0 mi	Hunker Solar River, Llc Ruffs Dale, PA	Solar	3 MW	Solriver Capital Llc
25.1 mi	Beaver Valley Shippingport, PA	Nuclear	1,847 MW	Energy Harbor Nuclear Generation Llc
25.5 mi	Allegheny No. 5 Hydro Station Schenley, PA	Hydroelectric	9 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
25.7 mi	Townsend Hydro New Brighton, PA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Beaver Falls Municipal Auth
26.0 mi	Pine 1 Solar Hookstown, PA	Solar	17 MW	Be-Pine1 Llc
26.3 mi	Beaver Valley Patterson Dam Beaver Falls, PA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
26.6 mi	Pine 2 Solar Hookstown, PA	Solar	17 MW	Be-Pine2 Llc
28.8 mi	Wylie Ridge Solar Weirton, WV	Solar	—	Monongahela Power Co
30.1 mi	Maxwell L&d Hydroelectric Project Luzerne, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
30.5 mi	Allegheny No 6 Hydro Station Ford City, PA	Hydroelectric	9 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
32.3 mi	Allegheny L&d2 Hydroelectric Project Pittsburgh, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
34.4 mi	Steubenville Solar Steubenville, OH	Solar	—	Bq Energy Development
34.4 mi	Nottingham Solar Cadiz, OH	Solar	—	Bq Energy Development
34.7 mi	Conemaugh Hydro Plant Saltsburg, PA	Hydroelectric	15 MW	Pennsylvania Renewable Resources
35.2 mi	Cardinal Brillant, OH	Coal	1,880 MW	Cardinal Operating Company
37.0 mi	South Field Energy Wellsville, OH	Natural Gas	1,210 MW	South Field Energy, Llc
37.6 mi	Hill Top Energy Center, Llc Carmichaels, PA	Natural Gas	665 MW	Hill Top Energy Center, Llc
38.0 mi	Armstrong Shelocta, PA	Natural Gas	688 MW	Armstrong Power Llc
38.4 mi	Pechin Solar Dunbar, PA	Solar	14 MW	Pechin Solar, Llc
39.1 mi	Keystone Shelocta, PA	Coal	1,883 MW	Keycon Operating Llc
39.2 mi	New Castle Plant West Pittsburg, PA	Natural Gas	354 MW	New Castle Power, Llc
40.1 mi	Fayette Energy Facility Masontown, PA	Natural Gas	715 MW	Fayette Power Company, Llc
40.4 mi	Firefly Solar Pa New Castle, PA	Solar	—	Vesper Energy Development Llc
41.0 mi	Spring Lane Ligonier, PA	Solar	14 MW	Mn8 Energy Llc
42.5 mi	Grays Landing L&d Hydroelectric Project Masontown, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
42.9 mi	Allegheny Hydro No 8 Adrian, PA	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Allegheny Hydro Lp
43.8 mi	Allegheny Hydro No 9 Cowansville, PA	Hydroelectric	18 MW	Allegheny Hydro Lp
43.9 mi	Homer City Generating Station Homer City, PA	Coal	2,012 MW	Homer City Generation, L.p.
44.1 mi	Hickory Run Energy Station New Castle, PA	Natural Gas	1,034 MW	Hickory Run Energy, Llc
44.3 mi	Mahoning New Springfield, OH	Biomass	4 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
46.8 mi	Carbon Limestone Lowellville, OH	Natural Gas	—	Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl
47.1 mi	Indiana University Of Pennsylvania Indiana, PA	Natural Gas	24 MW	Indiana University Of Penn
48.3 mi	Gans Solar Lake Lynn, PA	Solar	14 MW	Gans Solar, Llc
48.5 mi	Gans Gans, PA	Natural Gas	88 MW	Gans Energy Llc
49.1 mi	Mill Run Windpower Llc Mill Run, PA	Wind	15 MW	Sequitur Renewables, Llc
49.3 mi	Point Marion L&d Hydroelectric Project Point Marion, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
49.8 mi	South Chestnut Llc Farmington, PA	Wind	50 MW	Avangrid Power Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 56 power plants within 50 miles of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (ZIP 15240), with a combined 15,215 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 16 of the 56 nearby plants. The closest plant is Ecp Uptown Campus at 2.0 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 Pennsylvania, visit the Pennsylvania state page.

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