Power Plants Near 23459 — Virginia Beach, VA

49 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 23459 (Virginia Beach, Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.9216, -76.0171 · County: Virginia Beach (City)

Nuclear 36%Solar 21%Oil 21%Natural Gas 17%Wind 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
9.3 mi	Oceana Solar Virginia Beach, VA	Solar	18 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
10.6 mi	Ikea Norfolk Rooftop Pv System Norfolk, VA	Solar	1 MW	Ikea Property Inc
13.9 mi	Virginia Beach Virginia Beach, VA	Biomass	11 MW	Industrial Power Generating Company Llc
17.4 mi	Bedford Solar (Dominion) Chesapeake, VA	Solar	70 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
17.7 mi	Wheelabrator Portsmouth Portsmouth, VA	Oil	60 MW	Wheelabrator Environmental Systems
18.9 mi	Chesapeake Chesapeake, VA	Oil	51 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
19.0 mi	Elizabeth River Power Station Chesapeake, VA	Natural Gas	389 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
22.1 mi	Western Branch High School Chesapeake, VA	Solar	1 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
22.5 mi	Chesapeake Solar Project Chesapeake, VA	Solar	132 MW	Chesapeake Solar Project, Llc
22.8 mi	Caden Energix Hickory Llc Chesapeake, VA	Solar	32 MW	Caden Energix Hickory Llc
24.3 mi	Bayview Bayview, VA	Oil	12 MW	Calpine Mid-Atlantic Generation Llc
25.9 mi	Waste Management Bethel Lfgte Hampton, VA	Biomass	5 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
26.3 mi	Grassfield Solar Chesapeake, VA	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
29.1 mi	Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (Cvow) Pi Virginia Beach, VA	Wind	12 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
30.4 mi	Oak Trail Solar, Llc Moyock, NC	Solar	100 MW	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
31.5 mi	Summit Farms Solar Moyock, NC	Solar	62 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
31.5 mi	Hecate Energy Cherrydale Llc Cape Charles, VA	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
31.8 mi	Yorktown Yorktown, VA	Oil	882 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
31.9 mi	Ranchland Solar, Llc Moyock, NC	Solar	60 MW	Ranchland Solar, Llc
32.8 mi	Prairie Solar (Va) Windsor, VA	Solar	—	Prairie Solar, Llc (Va)
32.9 mi	Woodland Solar Farm Smithfield, VA	Solar	19 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
34.0 mi	Shawboro Pv1 Shawboro, NC	Solar	20 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
34.9 mi	Pleasant Hill Solar Suffolk, VA	Solar	20 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
35.1 mi	Stratford Solar Center, Llc Suffolk, VA	Solar	15 MW	Stratford Solar Center, Llc
35.7 mi	Switchgrass Solar, Llc Suffolk, VA	Solar	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
36.9 mi	Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (Cvow) Co Virginia Beach, VA	Wind	—	Dominion Energy Inc.
37.2 mi	Twe Myrtle Solar Farm, Llc Suffolk, VA	Solar	15 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
37.3 mi	Nuby Run Solar, Llc Windsor, VA	Solar	2 MW	Dimension Energy Llc
38.3 mi	Solidago Solar Windsor, VA	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
39.6 mi	Morgan's Corner Elizabeth City, NC	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
40.2 mi	Cavalier Solar Smithfield, VA	Solar	156 MW	Aes Clean Energy
40.2 mi	Cavalier Solar A2 Smithfield, VA	Solar	84 MW	Aes Clean Energy
40.6 mi	Gravel Neck Surry, VA	Natural Gas	408 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
40.7 mi	Sycamore Cross Solar Smithfield, VA	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
40.9 mi	Sandy Solar Shiloh Township, NC	Solar	5 MW	Sandy Solar, Llc
41.2 mi	Surry Surry, VA	Nuclear	1,695 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
41.4 mi	Winterberry Solar Gloucester, VA	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
42.6 mi	Camden Dam Solar, Llc Camden, NC	Solar	5 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
43.0 mi	Camden Solar Llc South Camden, NC	Solar	20 MW	Camden Solar Llc
43.6 mi	Gloucester Solar Gloucester, VA	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
44.4 mi	Suffolk Csg, Llc Suffolk, VA	Solar	4 MW	Dimension Energy Llc
45.0 mi	Shiloh Hwy Solar Shiloh, NC	Solar	5 MW	Shiloh Hwy 1108 Solar, Llc
45.1 mi	Belle Haven Diesel Generation Facility Belle Haven, VA	Oil	4 MW	Old Dominion Electric Coop
45.5 mi	Soincpower6, Llc Sunbury, NC	Solar	5 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
46.4 mi	Sugar Run Solar Sunbury, NC	Solar	5 MW	Sugar Run Solar, Llc
47.7 mi	Barnhill Road Solar, Llc Elizabeth City, NC	Solar	3 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
47.8 mi	Desert Wind Farm, Llc Hertford, NC	Wind	208 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
48.1 mi	Grandy Pv 1 Grandy, NC	Solar	20 MW	Ecoplexus, Inc
48.1 mi	Pasquotank Elizabeth City, NC	Solar	20 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services

Power generation near this area

There are 49 power plants within 50 miles of Virginia Beach, Virginia (ZIP 23459), with a combined 4,755 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 36 of the 49 nearby plants. The closest plant is Oceana Solar at 9.3 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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