Power Plants Near 23443 — Townsend, VA

46 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 23443 (Townsend, Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.1882, -75.9690 · County: Northampton

Nuclear 38%Oil 23%Solar 20%Natural Gas 18%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.8 mi	Bayview Bayview, VA	Oil	12 MW	Calpine Mid-Atlantic Generation Llc
12.9 mi	Hecate Energy Cherrydale Llc Cape Charles, VA	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
25.1 mi	Ikea Norfolk Rooftop Pv System Norfolk, VA	Solar	1 MW	Ikea Property Inc
26.8 mi	Belle Haven Diesel Generation Facility Belle Haven, VA	Oil	4 MW	Old Dominion Electric Coop
27.1 mi	Yorktown Yorktown, VA	Oil	882 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
27.3 mi	Waste Management Bethel Lfgte Hampton, VA	Biomass	5 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
27.9 mi	Oceana Solar Virginia Beach, VA	Solar	18 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
30.6 mi	Virginia Beach Virginia Beach, VA	Biomass	11 MW	Industrial Power Generating Company Llc
32.0 mi	Gloucester Solar Gloucester, VA	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
32.1 mi	Wheelabrator Portsmouth Portsmouth, VA	Oil	60 MW	Wheelabrator Environmental Systems
33.0 mi	Winterberry Solar Gloucester, VA	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
33.4 mi	Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (Cvow) Pi Virginia Beach, VA	Wind	12 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
33.7 mi	Western Branch High School Chesapeake, VA	Solar	1 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
34.1 mi	Elizabeth River Power Station Chesapeake, VA	Natural Gas	389 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
34.2 mi	Chesapeake Chesapeake, VA	Oil	51 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
35.4 mi	Bedford Solar (Dominion) Chesapeake, VA	Solar	70 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
38.1 mi	Puller Solar Topping, VA	Solar	15 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
38.6 mi	Tasley Tasley, VA	Oil	27 MW	Calpine Mid-Atlantic Generation Llc
39.2 mi	Chesapeake Solar Project Chesapeake, VA	Solar	132 MW	Chesapeake Solar Project, Llc
39.3 mi	Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (Cvow) Co Virginia Beach, VA	Wind	—	Dominion Energy Inc.
39.5 mi	White Stone Ocran Solar Llc Community So White Stone, VA	Solar	5 MW	Dimension Energy Llc
39.6 mi	Rappahannock Solar, Llc White Stone, VA	Solar	2 MW	Rappahannock Solar, Llc
39.8 mi	Gravel Neck Surry, VA	Natural Gas	408 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
40.2 mi	Surry Surry, VA	Nuclear	1,695 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
40.8 mi	Onancock Diesel Generation Facility Onancock, VA	Oil	4 MW	Old Dominion Electric Coop
40.9 mi	Caden Energix Hickory Llc Chesapeake, VA	Solar	32 MW	Caden Energix Hickory Llc
41.0 mi	Woodland Solar Farm Smithfield, VA	Solar	19 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
41.2 mi	Prairie Solar (Va) Windsor, VA	Solar	—	Prairie Solar, Llc (Va)
41.5 mi	Sandale Solar, Llc Irvington, VA	Solar	3 MW	Dimension Energy Llc
41.9 mi	Perdue Diesel Generation Facility Accomack, VA	Oil	4 MW	Old Dominion Electric Coop
42.7 mi	Waste Management Middle Peninsula Lfgte Glenns, VA	Biomass	6 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
42.7 mi	Grassfield Solar Chesapeake, VA	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
43.4 mi	Carvers Creek Solar Gloucester, VA	Solar	55 MW	Carvers Creek, Llc
43.9 mi	Cavalier Solar Smithfield, VA	Solar	156 MW	Aes Clean Energy
43.9 mi	Cavalier Solar A2 Smithfield, VA	Solar	84 MW	Aes Clean Energy
44.2 mi	Tangier Tangier, VA	Oil	2 MW	A & N Electric Coop
44.3 mi	Sycamore Cross Solar Smithfield, VA	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
44.9 mi	Rochambeau Solar Williamsburg, VA	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
45.0 mi	Nuby Run Solar, Llc Windsor, VA	Solar	2 MW	Dimension Energy Llc
45.8 mi	Solidago Solar Windsor, VA	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
46.0 mi	Norge Solar Farm Williamsburg, VA	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
47.5 mi	Twe Myrtle Solar Farm, Llc Suffolk, VA	Solar	15 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
48.0 mi	Pleasant Hill Solar Suffolk, VA	Solar	20 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
48.8 mi	Oak Trail Solar, Llc Moyock, NC	Solar	100 MW	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
49.0 mi	Stratford Solar Center, Llc Suffolk, VA	Solar	15 MW	Stratford Solar Center, Llc
49.1 mi	Switchgrass Solar, Llc Suffolk, VA	Solar	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.

Power generation near this area

There are 46 power plants within 50 miles of Townsend, Virginia (ZIP 23443), with a combined 4,456 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 29 of the 46 nearby plants. The closest plant is Bayview at 5.8 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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