Power Plants Near 17055 — Mechanicsburg, PA

80 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 17055 (Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.1790, -77.0036 · County: Cumberland

Natural Gas 48%Nuclear 30%Hydroelectric 14%Solar 4%Biomass 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.2 mi	Talenenergy Martins Creek Llc West Shore Camp Hill, PA	Oil	—	Talenenergy Martins Creek Llc
8.9 mi	Paxton Creek Cogeneration Harrisburg, PA	Natural Gas	13 MW	Energy Center Paxton Llc
9.1 mi	Harrisburg Facility Harrisburg, PA	Biomass	24 MW	Harrisburg Authority
9.2 mi	Vitro Architectural Glass (Pa) Carlisle, PA	Oil	5 MW	Vitro Architectural Glass (Pa)
9.4 mi	Talenenergy Martins Creek Llc Harrisburg Harrisburg, PA	Oil	—	Talenenergy Martins Creek Llc
9.7 mi	Mountain Mount Holly Springs, PA	Oil	54 MW	Mountain Power, Llc
11.0 mi	Casd Solar Carlisle, PA	Solar	1 MW	Carlisle Area School District
11.5 mi	Dickinson Solar Carlisle, PA	Solar	3 MW	Dickinson Solar, Llc
13.8 mi	Phoenix Contact - Cchp Plant Middletown, PA	Natural Gas	1 MW	Phoenix Contact Services, Inc
14.9 mi	Crane Clean Energy Center Middletown, PA	Nuclear	981 MW	Constellation Nuclear
15.0 mi	Dover Solar (Pa) Dover, PA	Solar	—	Dover Solar, Llc (Pa)
15.2 mi	Strinestown Solar Manchester, PA	Solar	—	Strinestown Solar, Llc
16.1 mi	York Haven York Haven, PA	Hydroelectric	20 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
16.1 mi	Knouse Solar Project 1 Gardners, PA	Solar	3 MW	Knouse Food Cooperative Inc
17.0 mi	Haleon York Rdc Solar Facility York, PA	Solar	3 MW	Haleon Plc
17.1 mi	Gettysburg Energy & Nutrient Rec Facilit York Springs, PA	Biomass	3 MW	Gettysburg Energy And Nutrient Rec Facility Llc
17.2 mi	Brunner Island York Haven, PA	Natural Gas	1,616 MW	Brunner Island Llc
18.7 mi	Hamilton (Pa) Abbottstown, PA	Oil	20 MW	Hamilton Power, Llc
19.4 mi	York County Resource Recovery York, PA	Biomass	37 MW	York County Solid W & R Auth
20.4 mi	Lancaster County Resource Recovery Brainbridge, PA	Biomass	36 MW	Covanta Lancaster Inc
20.7 mi	Cottontail Solar 2 West Manchester Towns, PA	Solar	20 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
21.0 mi	Cottontail Solar 8 West Manchester Towns, PA	Solar	20 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
21.4 mi	Cottontail Solar 1 York, PA	Solar	20 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
21.6 mi	Granite Hill Solar New Oxford, PA	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
22.4 mi	Elizabethtown Solar Elizabethtown, PA	Solar	2 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
22.5 mi	Pixelle Specialty Solutions Llc - Spring Spring Grove, PA	Biomass	104 MW	Pixelle Specialty Solutions Llc - (Pa)
22.9 mi	Hunterstown Power Plant Gettysburg, PA	Natural Gas	898 MW	Hunterstown Generation, Llc
23.1 mi	Adams Solar Llc Pa Gettysburg, PA	Solar	80 MW	Adams Solar Llc (Pa)
23.2 mi	Hunterstown Gettysburg, PA	Natural Gas	60 MW	Hunterstown Power, Llc
26.8 mi	Cumberland County Pa Lfg Recovery Shippensburg, PA	Biomass	6 MW	Nextera Renewable Fuels, Llc
28.3 mi	Mount Joy Wire Mount Joy, PA	Natural Gas	1 MW	Mount Joy Wire Corp
28.5 mi	Fort Indiantown Gap Annville, PA	Solar	3 MW	Standard Solar
29.5 mi	Orrtanna Orrtanna, PA	Oil	27 MW	Orrtanna Power, Llc
29.9 mi	Glra Landfill Lebanon, PA	Biomass	3 MW	Nextera Renewable Fuels, Llc
32.1 mi	Whitetail Solar 1 Newburg, PA	Solar	14 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
32.7 mi	Ppl Frey Farm Landfill Wind Conestoga, PA	Wind	3 MW	Nextera Renewable Fuels, Llc
32.9 mi	Cottontail Solar 5 Penn Township, PA	Solar	20 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
33.1 mi	Blue Ridge Landfill Chambersburg, PA	Biomass	6 MW	Nextera Renewable Fuels, Llc
33.3 mi	Frey Farm Landfill Conestoga, PA	Biomass	3 MW	Nextera Renewable Fuels, Llc
34.9 mi	Tolna New Freedom, PA	Oil	54 MW	Tolna Power, Llc
35.4 mi	Beaver Creek Solar Orrstown, PA	Solar	—	Urban Grid Solar
35.7 mi	Ironwood Llc Lebanon, PA	Natural Gas	778 MW	Helix Ironwood Llc
36.9 mi	Safe Harbor Conestoga, PA	Hydroelectric	418 MW	Safe Harbor
37.0 mi	Ffp - Md Foxhall Freeland, MD	Solar	2 MW	Ffp Md Freeland Project1, Llc
37.4 mi	Emmitsburg Solar Arrays Emmitsburg, MD	Solar	2 MW	Ugi Energy Services, Llc
38.2 mi	Masser Farms Realty Solar Sacramento, PA	Solar	1 MW	Masser Farms Realty Ltd
38.4 mi	Falling Spring Chambersburg, PA	Natural Gas	7 MW	Borough Of Chambersburg
39.2 mi	Mount Saint Mary's Emmitsburg, MD	Solar	14 MW	Constellation Solar Horizons Llc
39.7 mi	Orchard Park Chambersburg, PA	Natural Gas	24 MW	Borough Of Chambersburg
40.2 mi	Aspen Road Solar Spring Run, PA	Solar	—	Urban Grid Solar
40.9 mi	Bomber Csg Hampstead, MD	Solar	6 MW	Hampstead Solar, Llc
41.5 mi	Pine Grove Pine Grove, PA	Oil	5 MW	Industrial Power Generating Company Llc
42.0 mi	Chambersburg Chambersburg, PA	Natural Gas	88 MW	Chambersburg Energy, Llc
42.1 mi	Westwood Generation Llc Tremont, PA	Coal	36 MW	Rausch Creek Generation, Llc
42.6 mi	Bai-Boyles Run-Phase I Sunbury, PA	Solar	—	Boyles Run Solar I, Llc
42.6 mi	Bai-Boyles Run-Phase 2 Sunbury, PA	Solar	—	Boyles Run Solar Ii, Llc
42.7 mi	Cottontail Solar 6 Penn Township, PA	Solar	20 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
43.0 mi	Susquehanna University Solar Selinsgrove, PA	Solar	3 MW	Terraform Arcadia
43.1 mi	Holtwood Holtwood, PA	Hydroelectric	247 MW	Bif Iii Holtwood Llc
43.4 mi	Shepherds Mill Csg Union Bridge, MD	Solar	2 MW	Standard Solar
43.6 mi	Union Bridge Solar Union Bridge, MD	Solar	8 MW	Citizens Enterprises Corporation
43.9 mi	Ephrata Pa Btm Lancaster, PA	Oil	5 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
44.2 mi	Dart Container Corp Leola, PA	Biomass	11 MW	Dart Container Corp
44.5 mi	Tpe Pennsylvania Solar 1, Llc Ephrata, PA	Solar	4 MW	Cardinal Renewables
44.9 mi	Legore Bridge Solar Center Keymar, MD	Solar	—	Legore Bridge Solar Center, Llc
45.3 mi	Muddy Run Drumore, PA	Hydroelectric	1,072 MW	Constellation Power, Inc
45.5 mi	Whitetail Solar 3 Chambersburg, PA	Solar	20 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
45.7 mi	L&s Sweetners Leola, PA	Biomass	3 MW	Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl
46.2 mi	Baker Point Thurmont, MD	Solar	9 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
46.4 mi	Sunbury Generation Lp Shamokin Dam, PA	Oil	53 MW	Sunbury Generation Lp
46.6 mi	Hummel Station Llc Shamokin Dam, PA	Natural Gas	1,194 MW	Hummel Station, Llc
46.9 mi	Keystone Solar Quarryville, PA	Solar	5 MW	Altus Power America Management, Llc
46.9 mi	Whitetail Solar 2 St. Thomas, PA	Solar	20 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
47.1 mi	Broad Mountain Schuylkill, PA	Biomass	11 MW	Hunlock Creek Generating, Llc
47.9 mi	York Energy Center Delta, PA	Natural Gas	1,449 MW	Calpine Mid-Merit Llc
48.5 mi	Peach Bottom Delta, PA	Nuclear	2,876 MW	Constellation Nuclear
48.9 mi	Cannonball Solar (Csg) Thurmont, MD	Solar	2 MW	Aes Clean Energy
49.1 mi	Mountain View Greencastle, PA	Biomass	14 MW	Industrial Power Generating Company Llc
49.2 mi	Burns Solar One Llc Reisterstown, MD	Solar	2 MW	Nautilus Solar Solutions
49.6 mi	Great Cove Solar Ii Saint Thomas, PA	Solar	150 MW	Aes Clean Energy

Power generation near this area

There are 80 power plants within 50 miles of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania (ZIP 17055), with a combined 12,725 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 37 of the 80 nearby plants. The closest plant is Talenenergy Martins Creek Llc West Shore at 3.2 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.

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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