Power Plants Near 18701 — Wilkes Barre, PA

54 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 18701 (Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 41.2436, -75.8850 · County: Luzerne

Natural Gas 64%Nuclear 23%Hydroelectric 5%Coal 4%Wind 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.5 mi	Talenenergy Martins Creek Llc Jenkins Laflin, PA	Oil	—	Talenenergy Martins Creek Llc
6.9 mi	Wind Park Bear Creek Bear Creek, PA	Wind	24 MW	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
9.9 mi	Hunlock Unit 4 Hunlock Creek, PA	Natural Gas	44 MW	Hunlock Energy, Llc
10.1 mi	Hunlock Power Station Hunlock Creek, PA	Natural Gas	146 MW	Hunlock Energy, Llc
14.9 mi	Mehoopany Wind Energy Llc Noxen, PA	Wind	141 MW	Ae Power Services Llc
16.8 mi	Moxie Freedom Generation Plant Salem Township, PA	Natural Gas	1,105 MW	Moxie Freedom Llc
17.2 mi	Talenenergy Susquehanna Berwick, PA	Nuclear	2,532 MW	Talenenergy Susquehanna Llc
18.0 mi	Mora Solar Kidder Township, PA	Solar	—	Cypress Creek Renewables
20.7 mi	Weatherly(Pa) Rto Btm Weatherly, PA	Oil	5 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
21.8 mi	Blakely (Pa) Rto Btm Peckville, PA	Oil	5 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
22.0 mi	Hazle Spindle Hazel Towhship, PA	Other Fossil	20 MW	Convergent Energy And Power Lp
22.6 mi	Talenenergy Martins Creek Llc Harwood West Hazleton, PA	Oil	—	Talenenergy Martins Creek Llc
22.7 mi	Romark Pa Solar Hazle Township, PA	Solar	2 MW	Romark Logistics Of Pa Inc.
23.0 mi	Pocono Solar Project Long Pond, PA	Solar	3 MW	Pocono International Raceway Inc
23.3 mi	Hazelton Hazelton, PA	Natural Gas	172 MW	Hazleton Generation Llc
23.7 mi	Lackawanna Energy Center Jessup, PA	Natural Gas	1,499 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
24.3 mi	Procter & Gamble Mehoopany Mill Mehoopany, PA	Natural Gas	120 MW	Procter & Gamble Ppr Prdts Co
24.4 mi	Archbald Power Station Archbald, PA	Natural Gas	93 MW	Pei Power Corp
25.2 mi	Oxbow Creek Factoryville, PA	Natural Gas	22 MW	Oxbow Creek Energy Llc
26.5 mi	Pa Solar Park Ii Nesquehoning, PA	Solar	10 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
26.5 mi	Pa Solar Park Nesquehoning, PA	Solar	10 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
26.8 mi	Panther Creek Energy Facility Nesquehoning, PA	Coal	94 MW	Panther Creek Power Operating, Llc
29.7 mi	Locust Ridge Mahanoy City, PA	Wind	26 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
29.9 mi	Roundtop Meshoppen, PA	Natural Gas	22 MW	Roundtop Energy Llc
30.8 mi	Cottontail Solar 7 Scott Township, PA	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
30.9 mi	Waymart Wind Forest City, PA	Wind	65 MW	Sequitur Renewables, Llc
31.2 mi	Locust Ridge Ii Llc Shenandoah, PA	Wind	102 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
32.8 mi	St Nicholas Cogen Project Shenandoah, PA	Coal	99 MW	Schuylkill Energy Resource Inc
33.2 mi	Wolf Run Energy Wilmot Township, PA	Natural Gas	22 MW	Wolf Run Energy Llc
35.3 mi	Wheelabrator Frackville Energy Frackville, PA	Coal	—	Wheelabrator Environmental Systems
35.3 mi	John B Rich Memorial Power Station Frackville, PA	Coal	88 MW	Gilberton Power Co
36.1 mi	Mountain Holly Solar Bloomsburg, PA	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
36.2 mi	Cottontail Solar 9 Montour Township, PA	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
41.9 mi	Green Knight Energy Center Pen Argyl, PA	Biomass	10 MW	Waste Management Inc
42.1 mi	Foster Wheeler Mt Carmel Cogen Marion Heights, PA	Coal	47 MW	Mount Carmel Cogen Inc
42.1 mi	Wallenpaupack Drumore, PA	Hydroelectric	40 MW	Wallenpuapack Hydro
42.1 mi	Talenenergy Martins Creek Llc Fishbach Pottsville, PA	Oil	—	Talenenergy Martins Creek Llc
42.4 mi	Talenenergy Montour Washingtonville, PA	Natural Gas	1,758 MW	Talenenergy Montour Llc
43.5 mi	Orefield Orefield, PA	Solar	2 MW	Madison Energy Investments Llc
43.6 mi	Northampton Generating Company Lp Northampton, PA	Coal	134 MW	Eif Northampton Gp, Llc
44.6 mi	Towanda Facility Wyalusing, PA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Rev Lng Ssl Bc, Llc
44.6 mi	Hamilton Liberty Towanda, PA	Natural Gas	870 MW	Hamilton Liberty O&m Llc
44.8 mi	Shawnee (Pa) East Stroudsburg, PA	Oil	20 MW	Shawnee Power, Llc
45.0 mi	Schuylkill Haven Pa Btm Schuylkill Haven, PA	Oil	5 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
46.0 mi	Cottontail Solar 3 Liberty Township, PA	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
47.1 mi	Mid-River Pa, Llc (Abe4) Easton, PA	Solar	3 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
47.2 mi	Bradford Solar Pa Towanda, PA	Solar	—	Vesper Energy Development Llc
47.3 mi	Broad Mountain Schuylkill, PA	Biomass	11 MW	Hunlock Creek Generating, Llc
47.4 mi	Crayola Solar Project Easton, PA	Solar	3 MW	Ugi Energy Services, Llc
47.5 mi	Yards Creek Energy Blairstown, NJ	Hydroelectric	453 MW	Yards Creek Energy
47.9 mi	Portland (Pa) Mt. Bethel, PA	Natural Gas	194 MW	Portland Power, Llc
49.0 mi	Allentown - Ruppsville Allentown, PA	Solar	3 MW	Madison Energy Investments Llc
49.3 mi	Talenenergy Martin Creek Llc Allentown Allentown, PA	Oil	—	Talenenergy Martins Creek Llc
49.8 mi	Hamilton Patriot Generation Plant Montgomery, PA	Natural Gas	870 MW	Hamilton Operating Services, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 54 power plants within 50 miles of Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania (ZIP 18701), with a combined 10,898 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 15 of the 54 nearby plants. The closest plant is Talenenergy Martins Creek Llc Jenkins at 4.5 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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