Power Plants Near 23038 — Columbia, VA

59 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 23038 (Columbia, Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.7147, -78.1794 · County: Goochland

Natural Gas 69%Nuclear 21%Solar 9%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.9 mi	Bear Garden New Canton, VA	Natural Gas	559 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
5.9 mi	Bremo Bluff Bremo Bluff, VA	Natural Gas	—	Virginia Electric & Power Co
13.5 mi	Martin Solar Center Kents Store, VA	Solar	5 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
14.4 mi	Cunningham Solar Llc Palmyra, VA	Solar	5 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
14.9 mi	Riverstone Solar Taggart, VA	Solar	—	Riverstone Solar, Llc
15.2 mi	Tenaska Virginia Generating Station Scottsville, VA	Natural Gas	1,011 MW	Tenaska Virginia Partners Lp
16.7 mi	Deer Wood Energy, Llc Scottsville, VA	Solar	—	Deer Wood Energy, Llc
16.7 mi	Deer Wood Storage, Llc Scottsville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Deer Wood Storage, Llc
17.2 mi	Quillwort Solar Powhatan, VA	Solar	—	Dominion Renewable Energy
17.6 mi	Hce Powhatan Solar, Llc Powhatan, VA	Solar	5 MW	Standard Solar
17.7 mi	Palmer Solar Center Troy, VA	Solar	5 MW	Arevon Energy, Inc.
18.1 mi	Energix Buckingham, Llc Cumberland, VA	Solar	20 MW	Energix Buckingham, Llc
18.3 mi	Buckingham Solar Llc Cumberland, VA	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
18.3 mi	Scott-Ii Solar Llc Powhatan, VA	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
18.9 mi	Scott Solar Farm Powhatan, VA	Solar	57 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
19.9 mi	Hce Amelia Solar Ii, Llc Amelia, VA	Solar	5 MW	Standard Solar
21.1 mi	Rivanna Solar Charlottesville, VA	Solar	13 MW	Rivanna Solar Llc
21.8 mi	Hce Amelia Solar I, Llc Amelia Court House, VA	Solar	5 MW	Standard Solar
22.1 mi	Desper Solar Louisa, VA	Solar	88 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
22.4 mi	Apple Grove Solar, Llc Mineral, VA	Solar	19 MW	Apple Grove Solar, Llc
23.0 mi	Pineside Solar Tbd, VA	Solar	—	Dominion Renewable Energy
23.1 mi	North Ridge Solar Tbd, VA	Solar	—	Dominion Renewable Energy
24.1 mi	Whitehouse Solar Farm Louisa, VA	Solar	20 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
24.3 mi	Energix Aditya, Llc Mineral, VA	Solar	12 MW	Energix Aditya, Llc
24.7 mi	Two Oaks Solar And Storage Llc Mineral, VA	Solar	—	Two Oaks Solar And Storage
27.1 mi	Horsepen Branch Solar Buckner, VA	Solar	—	Horsepen Branch Solar
27.9 mi	Louisa Generation Facility Gordonsville, VA	Natural Gas	509 MW	Old Dominion Electric Coop
28.2 mi	Rockville 1 & 2 Rockville, VA	Oil	11 MW	Industrial Power Generating Company Llc
28.4 mi	Gordonsville Energy Lp Gordonsville, VA	Natural Gas	300 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
28.8 mi	Amelia Jetersville, VA	Biomass	14 MW	Industrial Power Generating Company Llc
29.8 mi	Moseley Hermon Solar Moseley, VA	Solar	—	Moseley Hermon Solar
30.1 mi	Dry Bridge Storage Midlothian, VA	Other Fossil	20 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
30.9 mi	Ponton Diesel Generating Facility Amelia, VA	Oil	4 MW	Old Dominion Electric Coop
31.9 mi	North Anna Mineral, VA	Nuclear	1,960 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
33.5 mi	Henrico Glen Allen, VA	Biomass	4 MW	Industrial Power Generating Company Llc
33.9 mi	Hce Moran Solar, Llc Rice, VA	Solar	3 MW	Standard Solar
38.7 mi	Elam Road Solar, Llc Pamplin, VA	Solar	3 MW	Dimension Energy Llc
40.7 mi	Doswell Energy Center Ashland, VA	Natural Gas	1,313 MW	Doswell Ltd Partnership
41.7 mi	Caden Energix Pamplin Llc Appomattox, VA	Solar	16 MW	Caden Energix Pamplin Llc
42.6 mi	Richmond Spider Solar Spotsylvania, VA	Solar	20 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
42.6 mi	Pleinmont Solar 1 Spotsylvania, VA	Solar	75 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
42.6 mi	Pleinmont Solar 2 Spotsylvania, VA	Solar	240 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
42.6 mi	Highlander Solar Energy Station 1 Spotsylvania, VA	Solar	165 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
43.6 mi	Bellmeade Power Station Richmond, VA	Natural Gas	—	Virginia Electric & Power Co
43.7 mi	Madison Solar (Va) Locust Grove, VA	Solar	63 MW	Aes Clean Energy
43.8 mi	Prince Edward Csg Llc Pamplin, VA	Solar	4 MW	Dimension Energy Llc
43.9 mi	Cpv County Line Solar, Llc Madisonville, VA	Solar	—	Cpv County Line Solar, Llc
43.9 mi	Ladysmith Woodford, VA	Natural Gas	893 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
44.2 mi	Spout Spring Solar Appomattox, VA	Solar	—	Spout Spring Solar, Llc
44.7 mi	Spruance Operating Services Llc Richmond, VA	Natural Gas	115 MW	Veolia Energy Operating Service
45.0 mi	Chesterfield Landfill Gas Chester, VA	Biomass	14 MW	Industrial Power Generating Company Llc
46.1 mi	Caden Energix Piney River Llc Arrington, VA	Solar	—	Caden Energix Piney River Llc
46.4 mi	Richmond Energy Henrico, VA	Biomass	6 MW	Richmond Energy Llc
46.8 mi	Darbytown Richmond, VA	Natural Gas	368 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
47.2 mi	Amherst Solar Facility (Va) Amherst, VA	Solar	5 MW	Appalachian Power Co
48.6 mi	Waynesboro Bridge Solar, Llc Community S Waynesboro, VA	Solar	5 MW	Dimension Energy Llc
49.3 mi	Chesterfield Chester, VA	Natural Gas	1,500 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
49.5 mi	Brasfield Petersburg, VA	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Appomattox River Associates Lp
50.0 mi	Elm Spring Solar 1 Fishersville, VA	Solar	—	Antares Group Inc

Power generation near this area

There are 59 power plants within 50 miles of Columbia, Virginia (ZIP 23038), with a combined 9,501 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 38 of the 59 nearby plants. The closest plant is Bear Garden at 5.9 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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