Power Plants Near 22940 — Free Union, VA

51 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 22940 (Free Union, Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.1944, -78.5849 · County: Albemarle

Natural Gas 51%Nuclear 34%Solar 15%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
12.0 mi	Sun Ridge Solar Elkton, VA	Solar	—	Sun Ridge Solar, Llc
12.3 mi	Molson Coors Shenandoah Brewery Elkton, VA	Biomass	1 MW	Molson Coors Shenandoah Brewery
13.4 mi	Merck Elkton, VA	Solar	2 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
13.6 mi	Elkton Elkton, VA	Natural Gas	10 MW	Merck & Co Inc
18.7 mi	Rivanna Solar Charlottesville, VA	Solar	13 MW	Rivanna Solar Llc
19.5 mi	Waynesboro Bridge Solar, Llc Community S Waynesboro, VA	Solar	5 MW	Dimension Energy Llc
20.8 mi	Louisa Generation Facility Gordonsville, VA	Natural Gas	509 MW	Old Dominion Electric Coop
21.1 mi	Twins Solar Harrisonburg, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
21.3 mi	Gordonsville Energy Lp Gordonsville, VA	Natural Gas	300 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
21.5 mi	Elm Spring Solar 1 Fishersville, VA	Solar	—	Antares Group Inc
21.6 mi	Augusta Csg, Llc Fishersville, VA	Solar	3 MW	Dimension Energy Llc
22.2 mi	Pleasant Valley (Va) Harrisonburg, VA	Oil	21 MW	City Of Harrisonburg - (Va)
22.3 mi	Harrisonburg Power Plant Harrisonburg, VA	Natural Gas	—	City Of Harrisonburg - (Va)
24.3 mi	Mount Clinton Harrisonburg, VA	Oil	24 MW	City Of Harrisonburg - (Va)
24.8 mi	Palmer Solar Center Troy, VA	Solar	5 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
25.2 mi	Tenaska Virginia Generating Station Scottsville, VA	Natural Gas	1,011 MW	Tenaska Virginia Partners Lp
25.4 mi	Cunningham Solar Llc Palmyra, VA	Solar	5 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
26.1 mi	Newport Hydro Station Newport, VA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
27.1 mi	Shenvalee Solar Stuarts Draft, VA	Solar	—	Antares Group Inc
29.4 mi	Caden Energix Endless Caverns, Llc New Market, VA	Solar	31 MW	Caden Energix Endless Caverns, Llc
29.6 mi	Prospect Power Bess Timberville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Prospect Power, Llc
30.4 mi	Deer Wood Energy, Llc Scottsville, VA	Solar	—	Deer Wood Energy, Llc
30.4 mi	Deer Wood Storage, Llc Scottsville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Deer Wood Storage, Llc
31.9 mi	Desper Solar Louisa, VA	Solar	88 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
33.0 mi	Riverstone Solar Taggart, VA	Solar	—	Riverstone Solar, Llc
33.6 mi	Luray Hydro Station Luray, VA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
35.4 mi	Whitehouse Solar Farm Louisa, VA	Solar	20 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
36.3 mi	Martin Solar Center Kents Store, VA	Solar	5 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
36.5 mi	Energix Aditya, Llc Mineral, VA	Solar	12 MW	Energix Aditya, Llc
37.2 mi	Bremo Bluff Bremo Bluff, VA	Natural Gas	—	Virginia Electric & Power Co
37.7 mi	Two Oaks Solar And Storage Llc Mineral, VA	Solar	—	Two Oaks Solar And Storage
37.9 mi	Mt. Jackson Solar Mt. Jackson, VA	Solar	16 MW	Energix Mt. Jackson, Llc.
38.1 mi	Bear Garden New Canton, VA	Natural Gas	559 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
38.4 mi	Randolf Solar Mount Jackson, VA	Solar	3 MW	Randolf Solar Partners Llc
40.1 mi	Greenwood Solar I Culpeper, VA	Solar	—	Greenwood Solar I, Llc
40.9 mi	Madison Solar (Va) Locust Grove, VA	Solar	63 MW	Aes Clean Energy
41.9 mi	Caden Energix Piney River Llc Arrington, VA	Solar	—	Caden Energix Piney River Llc
43.5 mi	Richmond Spider Solar Spotsylvania, VA	Solar	20 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
43.5 mi	Pleinmont Solar 1 Spotsylvania, VA	Solar	75 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
43.5 mi	Pleinmont Solar 2 Spotsylvania, VA	Solar	240 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
43.5 mi	Highlander Solar Energy Station 1 Spotsylvania, VA	Solar	165 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
43.7 mi	Apple Grove Solar, Llc Mineral, VA	Solar	19 MW	Apple Grove Solar, Llc
44.2 mi	North Anna Mineral, VA	Nuclear	1,960 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
45.7 mi	Sunday Solar Fairfield, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
46.0 mi	Horsepen Branch Solar Buckner, VA	Solar	—	Horsepen Branch Solar
48.2 mi	Pineside Solar Tbd, VA	Solar	—	Dominion Renewable Energy
48.8 mi	Small Mouth Bass Solar Rockbridge Baths, VA	Solar	3 MW	Small Mouth Bass Solar Partners Llc
48.8 mi	Energix Buckingham, Llc Cumberland, VA	Solar	20 MW	Energix Buckingham, Llc
49.1 mi	Buckingham Solar Llc Cumberland, VA	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
49.3 mi	Fairfield Lee Solar, Llc Community Solar Fairfield, VA	Solar	5 MW	Dimension Energy Llc
49.9 mi	Marsh Run Generation Facility Remington, VA	Natural Gas	513 MW	Old Dominion Electric Coop

Power generation near this area

There are 51 power plants within 50 miles of Free Union, Virginia (ZIP 22940), with a combined 5,750 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 33 of the 51 nearby plants. The closest plant is Sun Ridge Solar at 12.0 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 Virginia, visit the Virginia state page.

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