Power Plants Near 22909 — Charlottesville, VA

56 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 22909 (Charlottesville, Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.0245, -78.4482 · County: Albemarle

Natural Gas 45%Nuclear 37%Solar 17%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.8 mi	Rivanna Solar Charlottesville, VA	Solar	13 MW	Rivanna Solar Llc
11.5 mi	Tenaska Virginia Generating Station Scottsville, VA	Natural Gas	1,011 MW	Tenaska Virginia Partners Lp
11.6 mi	Cunningham Solar Llc Palmyra, VA	Solar	5 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
12.5 mi	Palmer Solar Center Troy, VA	Solar	5 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
14.3 mi	Louisa Generation Facility Gordonsville, VA	Natural Gas	509 MW	Old Dominion Electric Coop
15.0 mi	Gordonsville Energy Lp Gordonsville, VA	Natural Gas	300 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
18.2 mi	Deer Wood Energy, Llc Scottsville, VA	Solar	—	Deer Wood Energy, Llc
18.2 mi	Deer Wood Storage, Llc Scottsville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Deer Wood Storage, Llc
20.5 mi	Riverstone Solar Taggart, VA	Solar	—	Riverstone Solar, Llc
22.1 mi	Desper Solar Louisa, VA	Solar	88 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
23.5 mi	Bremo Bluff Bremo Bluff, VA	Natural Gas	—	Virginia Electric & Power Co
23.9 mi	Martin Solar Center Kents Store, VA	Solar	5 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
24.4 mi	Bear Garden New Canton, VA	Natural Gas	559 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
25.7 mi	Sun Ridge Solar Elkton, VA	Solar	—	Sun Ridge Solar, Llc
25.9 mi	Whitehouse Solar Farm Louisa, VA	Solar	20 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
26.1 mi	Molson Coors Shenandoah Brewery Elkton, VA	Biomass	1 MW	Molson Coors Shenandoah Brewery
26.4 mi	Waynesboro Bridge Solar, Llc Community S Waynesboro, VA	Solar	5 MW	Dimension Energy Llc
27.0 mi	Merck Elkton, VA	Solar	2 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
27.0 mi	Energix Aditya, Llc Mineral, VA	Solar	12 MW	Energix Aditya, Llc
27.2 mi	Elkton Elkton, VA	Natural Gas	10 MW	Merck & Co Inc
28.2 mi	Two Oaks Solar And Storage Llc Mineral, VA	Solar	—	Two Oaks Solar And Storage
28.2 mi	Elm Spring Solar 1 Fishersville, VA	Solar	—	Antares Group Inc
28.6 mi	Augusta Csg, Llc Fishersville, VA	Solar	3 MW	Dimension Energy Llc
31.9 mi	Shenvalee Solar Stuarts Draft, VA	Solar	—	Antares Group Inc
32.7 mi	Apple Grove Solar, Llc Mineral, VA	Solar	19 MW	Apple Grove Solar, Llc
35.0 mi	Twins Solar Harrisonburg, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
35.7 mi	Pleasant Valley (Va) Harrisonburg, VA	Oil	21 MW	City Of Harrisonburg - (Va)
35.9 mi	North Anna Mineral, VA	Nuclear	1,960 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
36.0 mi	Energix Buckingham, Llc Cumberland, VA	Solar	20 MW	Energix Buckingham, Llc
36.0 mi	Horsepen Branch Solar Buckner, VA	Solar	—	Horsepen Branch Solar
36.1 mi	Harrisonburg Power Plant Harrisonburg, VA	Natural Gas	—	City Of Harrisonburg - (Va)
36.2 mi	Buckingham Solar Llc Cumberland, VA	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
36.4 mi	Pineside Solar Tbd, VA	Solar	—	Dominion Renewable Energy
37.7 mi	Madison Solar (Va) Locust Grove, VA	Solar	63 MW	Aes Clean Energy
38.1 mi	Mount Clinton Harrisonburg, VA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Harrisonburg - (Va)
38.6 mi	Newport Hydro Station Newport, VA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
38.7 mi	Caden Energix Piney River Llc Arrington, VA	Solar	—	Caden Energix Piney River Llc
39.1 mi	Richmond Spider Solar Spotsylvania, VA	Solar	20 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
39.1 mi	Pleinmont Solar 1 Spotsylvania, VA	Solar	75 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
39.1 mi	Pleinmont Solar 2 Spotsylvania, VA	Solar	240 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
39.1 mi	Highlander Solar Energy Station 1 Spotsylvania, VA	Solar	165 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
40.4 mi	Greenwood Solar I Culpeper, VA	Solar	—	Greenwood Solar I, Llc
42.5 mi	Quillwort Solar Powhatan, VA	Solar	—	Dominion Renewable Energy
42.6 mi	Caden Energix Endless Caverns, Llc New Market, VA	Solar	31 MW	Caden Energix Endless Caverns, Llc
42.9 mi	Prospect Power Bess Timberville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Prospect Power, Llc
43.4 mi	Hce Powhatan Solar, Llc Powhatan, VA	Solar	5 MW	Standard Solar
44.1 mi	Scott-Ii Solar Llc Powhatan, VA	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
44.6 mi	Scott Solar Farm Powhatan, VA	Solar	57 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
45.0 mi	Amherst Solar Facility (Va) Amherst, VA	Solar	5 MW	Appalachian Power Co
45.1 mi	Luray Hydro Station Luray, VA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
45.8 mi	Hce Amelia Solar Ii, Llc Amelia, VA	Solar	5 MW	Standard Solar
47.7 mi	Hce Amelia Solar I, Llc Amelia Court House, VA	Solar	5 MW	Standard Solar
48.0 mi	North Ridge Solar Tbd, VA	Solar	—	Dominion Renewable Energy
48.2 mi	Rockville 1 & 2 Rockville, VA	Oil	11 MW	Industrial Power Generating Company Llc
49.1 mi	Sunday Solar Fairfield, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
49.9 mi	Electric Avenue Facility Culpeper, VA	Oil	7 MW	Town Of Culpeper- (Va)

Power generation near this area

There are 56 power plants within 50 miles of Charlottesville, Virginia (ZIP 22909), with a combined 5,324 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 37 of the 56 nearby plants. The closest plant is Rivanna Solar at 4.8 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 Virginia, visit the Virginia state page.

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