Power Plants Near 16602 — Altoona, PA

44 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 16602 (Altoona, Pennsylvania). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.5052, -78.3905 · County: Blair

Coal 62%Natural Gas 25%Wind 8%Solar 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.0 mi	Juniata Locomotive Shop Altoona, PA	Natural Gas	2 MW	Norfork Southern Corp
4.7 mi	Chestnut Flats Wind Farm Altoona, PA	Wind	38 MW	Edf Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.
9.3 mi	North Allegheny Windpower Project Lilly, PA	Wind	75 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
13.0 mi	Allegheny Ridge Wind Farm Portage, PA	Wind	80 MW	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
16.4 mi	Sandy Ridge Wind Farm Tyrone, PA	Wind	50 MW	Algonquin Power Co
17.2 mi	Cpv Maple Hill Solar Portage, PA	Solar	100 MW	Cpv Maple Hill Solar, Llc
18.2 mi	Patton Wind Farm Patton, PA	Wind	30 MW	Exus Pennsylvania Wind Holdings
18.8 mi	Sandy Ridge Wind 2, Llc Tyrone, PA	Wind	88 MW	Algonquin Power Co
18.8 mi	Warrior Ridge Hydro Petersburg, PA	Hydroelectric	3 MW	American Hydro Power Company
19.1 mi	Ebensburg Power Ebensburg, PA	Coal	58 MW	Ebensburg Power Co
19.4 mi	Seldom Seen Wind Llc Hastings, PA	Wind	—	Pattern Operators Lp
19.6 mi	Cpv Rogue's Wind, Llc Patton, PA	Wind	—	Cpv Rogue's Wind, Llc
19.9 mi	Highland North Wind Farm Sidman, PA	Wind	75 MW	Exus Pennsylvania Wind Holdings
21.0 mi	William F Matson Generating Station Huntingdon, PA	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Allegheny Electric Coop Inc
21.0 mi	Cambria Wind Llc Sidman, PA	Wind	63 MW	Exus Pennsylvania Wind Holdings
21.6 mi	Colver Green Energy Colver, PA	Coal	118 MW	Inter-Power/Ahlcon Partners, L.p.
25.3 mi	Cpv Fairview Energy Center Johnstown, PA	Natural Gas	1,197 MW	Cpv Fairview, Llc
32.4 mi	Stony Creek Solar Windber, PA	Solar	—	Stony Creek Solar, Llc
33.5 mi	Un-School House Llc Morris Township, PA	Solar	20 MW	Bcd Project Holdings 1, Llc
34.0 mi	West Campus Steam Plant University Park, PA	Natural Gas	14 MW	Penn State University
34.5 mi	Seward (Pa) New Florence, PA	Coal	585 MW	Seward Generating Llc
35.4 mi	East Campus Steam Plant University Park, PA	Natural Gas	7 MW	Penn State University
35.8 mi	University Park Solar State College, PA	Solar	2 MW	Ss Pa Ii Psu Llc
36.2 mi	Conemaugh New Florence, PA	Coal	1,963 MW	Keycon Operating Llc
38.2 mi	Forward Windpower Llc Berlin, PA	Wind	29 MW	Forward Windpower, Llc
38.9 mi	Shawville Shawville, PA	Natural Gas	632 MW	Shawville Power, Llc
39.7 mi	Stony Creek Wind Farm Llc Berlin, PA	Wind	53 MW	Big Sky Wind, Llc
40.1 mi	Cl-Viaduct Llc Bloom Township, PA	Solar	20 MW	Bcd Project Holdings 1, Llc
41.1 mi	Indiana University Of Pennsylvania Indiana, PA	Natural Gas	24 MW	Indiana University Of Penn
41.1 mi	Aspen Road Solar Spring Run, PA	Solar	—	Urban Grid Solar
41.8 mi	Mineral Basin Solar Power Lecontes Mills, PA	Solar	—	Mineral Basin Solar Power, Llc
42.0 mi	Moonlight Flats Solar Power 1 Frenchville, PA	Solar	—	Moonlight Flats Solar Power, Llc
42.3 mi	Homer City Generating Station Homer City, PA	Coal	2,012 MW	Homer City Generation, L.p.
42.5 mi	Mpg Solar Moshannon, PA	Solar	—	Mpg Solar, Llc
43.8 mi	Moonlight Flats Solar Power 2 Frenchville, PA	Solar	—	Moonlight Flats Solar Power, Llc
44.2 mi	Great Cove Solar Mcconnellsburg, PA	Solar	70 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
45.7 mi	Moonlight Flats Solar Power 3 Karthaus, PA	Solar	—	Moonlight Flats Solar Power, Llc
46.0 mi	Mingoville Pv I Bellefonte, PA	Solar	—	Socore Energy Llc
46.0 mi	Mingoville Pv Ii Bellefonte, PA	Solar	—	Socore Energy Llc
48.0 mi	Beaver Creek Solar Orrstown, PA	Solar	—	Urban Grid Solar
48.3 mi	Whitetail Solar 1 Newburg, PA	Solar	14 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
48.6 mi	Glades Pike Generation Plant Somerset, PA	Biomass	3 MW	State Correctnl Inst Laurel Highlands
49.0 mi	Somerset Windpower Llc Ohiopyle, PA	Wind	9 MW	Sequitur Renewables, Llc
50.0 mi	Great Cove Solar Ii Saint Thomas, PA	Solar	150 MW	Aes Clean Energy

Power generation near this area

There are 44 power plants within 50 miles of Altoona, Pennsylvania (ZIP 16602), with a combined 7,603 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 17 of the 44 nearby plants. The closest plant is Juniata Locomotive Shop 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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