Power Plants Near 23461 — Virginia Beach, VA

51 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 23461 (Virginia Beach, Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.7754, -75.9633 · County: Virginia Beach (City)

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

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.0 mi	Oceana Solar Virginia Beach, VA	Solar	18 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
12.3 mi	Bedford Solar (Dominion) Chesapeake, VA	Solar	70 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
13.2 mi	Virginia Beach Virginia Beach, VA	Biomass	11 MW	Industrial Power Generating Company Llc
14.9 mi	Ikea Norfolk Rooftop Pv System Norfolk, VA	Solar	1 MW	Ikea Property Inc
16.5 mi	Caden Energix Hickory Llc Chesapeake, VA	Solar	32 MW	Caden Energix Hickory Llc
18.7 mi	Chesapeake Chesapeake, VA	Oil	51 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
19.0 mi	Wheelabrator Portsmouth Portsmouth, VA	Oil	60 MW	Wheelabrator Environmental Systems
19.1 mi	Elizabeth River Power Station Chesapeake, VA	Natural Gas	389 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
19.5 mi	Chesapeake Solar Project Chesapeake, VA	Solar	132 MW	Chesapeake Solar Project, Llc
22.5 mi	Oak Trail Solar, Llc Moyock, NC	Solar	100 MW	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
22.8 mi	Summit Farms Solar Moyock, NC	Solar	62 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
23.1 mi	Grassfield Solar Chesapeake, VA	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
23.4 mi	Ranchland Solar, Llc Moyock, NC	Solar	60 MW	Ranchland Solar, Llc
24.6 mi	Shawboro Pv1 Shawboro, NC	Solar	20 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
25.1 mi	Western Branch High School Chesapeake, VA	Solar	1 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
27.3 mi	Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (Cvow) Pi Virginia Beach, VA	Wind	12 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
31.2 mi	Sandy Solar Shiloh Township, NC	Solar	5 MW	Sandy Solar, Llc
33.1 mi	Morgan's Corner Elizabeth City, NC	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
33.3 mi	Camden Dam Solar, Llc Camden, NC	Solar	5 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
33.7 mi	Waste Management Bethel Lfgte Hampton, VA	Biomass	5 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
33.8 mi	Camden Solar Llc South Camden, NC	Solar	20 MW	Camden Solar Llc
34.0 mi	Stratford Solar Center, Llc Suffolk, VA	Solar	15 MW	Stratford Solar Center, Llc
34.3 mi	Bayview Bayview, VA	Oil	12 MW	Calpine Mid-Atlantic Generation Llc
34.6 mi	Pleasant Hill Solar Suffolk, VA	Solar	20 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
35.1 mi	Shiloh Hwy Solar Shiloh, NC	Solar	5 MW	Shiloh Hwy 1108 Solar, Llc
35.1 mi	Switchgrass Solar, Llc Suffolk, VA	Solar	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
35.2 mi	Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (Cvow) Co Virginia Beach, VA	Wind	—	Dominion Energy Inc.
36.5 mi	Prairie Solar (Va) Windsor, VA	Solar	—	Prairie Solar, Llc (Va)
36.7 mi	Woodland Solar Farm Smithfield, VA	Solar	19 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
37.7 mi	Grandy Pv 1 Grandy, NC	Solar	20 MW	Ecoplexus, Inc
39.1 mi	Twe Myrtle Solar Farm, Llc Suffolk, VA	Solar	15 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
39.6 mi	Barnhill Road Solar, Llc Elizabeth City, NC	Solar	3 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
40.1 mi	Pasquotank Elizabeth City, NC	Solar	20 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
40.9 mi	Yorktown Yorktown, VA	Oil	882 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
40.9 mi	Desert Wind Farm, Llc Hertford, NC	Wind	208 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
41.0 mi	Nuby Run Solar, Llc Windsor, VA	Solar	2 MW	Dimension Energy Llc
41.2 mi	Hecate Energy Cherrydale Llc Cape Charles, VA	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
41.2 mi	Soincpower6, Llc Sunbury, NC	Solar	5 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
42.0 mi	Solidago Solar Windsor, VA	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
42.2 mi	Sugar Run Solar Sunbury, NC	Solar	5 MW	Sugar Run Solar, Llc
44.7 mi	Suffolk Csg, Llc Suffolk, VA	Solar	4 MW	Dimension Energy Llc
45.9 mi	Cavalier Solar Smithfield, VA	Solar	156 MW	Aes Clean Energy
45.9 mi	Cavalier Solar A2 Smithfield, VA	Solar	84 MW	Aes Clean Energy
46.3 mi	Sycamore Cross Solar Smithfield, VA	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
47.1 mi	Gks Solar Belvidere, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
47.2 mi	Two Mile Solar Winfall, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
47.3 mi	Two Mile Desert Project Hertford, NC	Solar	16 MW	Citizens Enterprises Corporation
48.1 mi	Gravel Neck Surry, VA	Natural Gas	408 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
48.3 mi	Gliden (Op Zone) Tyner, NC	Solar	5 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
48.7 mi	Surry Surry, VA	Nuclear	1,695 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
49.1 mi	Chowan Jehu Solar Tyner, NC	Solar	5 MW	Chowan Jehu Road Solar, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 51 power plants within 50 miles of Virginia Beach, Virginia (ZIP 23461), with a combined 4,748 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 39 of the 51 nearby plants. The closest plant is Oceana Solar at 5.0 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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