Power Plants Near 23601 — Newport News, VA

73 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 23601 (Newport News, Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.0580, -76.4607 · County: Newport News (City)

Solar 30%Nuclear 27%Natural Gas 19%Oil 16%Biomass 7%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.6 mi	Waste Management Bethel Lfgte Hampton, VA	Biomass	5 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
10.8 mi	Yorktown Yorktown, VA	Oil	882 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
14.3 mi	Woodland Solar Farm Smithfield, VA	Solar	19 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
14.4 mi	Gravel Neck Surry, VA	Natural Gas	408 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
14.8 mi	Prairie Solar (Va) Windsor, VA	Solar	—	Prairie Solar, Llc (Va)
14.8 mi	Western Branch High School Chesapeake, VA	Solar	1 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
15.1 mi	Surry Surry, VA	Nuclear	1,695 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
15.4 mi	Cavalier Solar Smithfield, VA	Solar	156 MW	Aes Clean Energy
15.4 mi	Cavalier Solar A2 Smithfield, VA	Solar	84 MW	Aes Clean Energy
15.9 mi	Sycamore Cross Solar Smithfield, VA	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
17.5 mi	Nuby Run Solar, Llc Windsor, VA	Solar	2 MW	Dimension Energy Llc
18.0 mi	Solidago Solar Windsor, VA	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
19.1 mi	Ikea Norfolk Rooftop Pv System Norfolk, VA	Solar	1 MW	Ikea Property Inc
19.3 mi	Wheelabrator Portsmouth Portsmouth, VA	Oil	60 MW	Wheelabrator Environmental Systems
21.2 mi	Winterberry Solar Gloucester, VA	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
21.3 mi	Elizabeth River Power Station Chesapeake, VA	Natural Gas	389 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
21.7 mi	Chesapeake Chesapeake, VA	Oil	51 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
21.8 mi	Twe Myrtle Solar Farm, Llc Suffolk, VA	Solar	15 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
23.6 mi	Virginia Beach Virginia Beach, VA	Biomass	11 MW	Industrial Power Generating Company Llc
25.0 mi	Colonial Trail West Spring Grove, VA	Solar	142 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
26.0 mi	Rochambeau Solar Williamsburg, VA	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
26.1 mi	Pleasant Hill Solar Suffolk, VA	Solar	20 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
26.5 mi	Spring Grove I Spring Grove, VA	Solar	98 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
26.6 mi	Spring Grove Solar 2 Spring Grove, VA	Solar	—	Urban Grid Solar
27.1 mi	Gloucester Solar Gloucester, VA	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
27.3 mi	Switchgrass Solar, Llc Suffolk, VA	Solar	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
27.3 mi	Chesapeake Solar Project Chesapeake, VA	Solar	132 MW	Chesapeake Solar Project, Llc
27.4 mi	Norge Solar Farm Williamsburg, VA	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
28.0 mi	Stratford Solar Center, Llc Suffolk, VA	Solar	15 MW	Stratford Solar Center, Llc
28.8 mi	Grassfield Solar Chesapeake, VA	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
29.2 mi	Oceana Solar Virginia Beach, VA	Solar	18 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
29.7 mi	Bedford Solar (Dominion) Chesapeake, VA	Solar	70 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
30.7 mi	Suffolk Csg, Llc Suffolk, VA	Solar	4 MW	Dimension Energy Llc
30.9 mi	Bayview Bayview, VA	Oil	12 MW	Calpine Mid-Atlantic Generation Llc
33.1 mi	Waste Management Middle Peninsula Lfgte Glenns, VA	Biomass	6 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
33.4 mi	Caden Energix Hickory Llc Chesapeake, VA	Solar	32 MW	Caden Energix Hickory Llc
35.4 mi	Ho-Fel Solar Franklin, VA	Solar	—	Ho-Fel Solar Llc
35.5 mi	Correctional Solar Llc Barhamsville, VA	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
35.5 mi	Puller Solar Topping, VA	Solar	15 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
35.7 mi	Carvers Creek Solar Gloucester, VA	Solar	55 MW	Carvers Creek, Llc
36.1 mi	International Paper Franklin Mill Franklin, VA	Biomass	83 MW	International Paper
36.5 mi	Downtown Franklin, VA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Franklin - (Va)
36.6 mi	Waverly Solar, Llc Waverly, VA	Solar	118 MW	Waverly Solar, Llc
36.8 mi	Fort Powhatan Solar Disputanta, VA	Solar	150 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
36.9 mi	Hecate Energy Cherrydale Llc Cape Charles, VA	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
37.7 mi	Pretlow Franklin, VA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Franklin - (Va)
38.3 mi	Westrock-West Point Mill West Point, VA	Biomass	101 MW	Westrock-West Point Mill
40.7 mi	Southampton Power Station Franklin, VA	Biomass	71 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
41.1 mi	Oak Trail Solar, Llc Moyock, NC	Solar	100 MW	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
41.3 mi	White Stone Ocran Solar Llc Community So White Stone, VA	Solar	5 MW	Dimension Energy Llc
41.6 mi	Rappahannock Solar, Llc White Stone, VA	Solar	2 MW	Rappahannock Solar, Llc
42.7 mi	Sandale Solar, Llc Irvington, VA	Solar	3 MW	Dimension Energy Llc
43.0 mi	Soincpower6, Llc Sunbury, NC	Solar	5 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
43.5 mi	Nottoway Diesel Generating Facility Courtland, VA	Oil	4 MW	Old Dominion Electric Coop
43.5 mi	Sugar Run Solar Sunbury, NC	Solar	5 MW	Sugar Run Solar, Llc
43.9 mi	Ranchland Solar, Llc Moyock, NC	Solar	60 MW	Ranchland Solar, Llc
44.0 mi	Summit Farms Solar Moyock, NC	Solar	62 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
44.3 mi	Morgan's Corner Elizabeth City, NC	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
44.5 mi	Caden Energix New Kent, Llc Providence Forge, VA	Solar	—	Caden Energix New Kent, Llc
45.2 mi	Charles City Providence Forge, VA	Biomass	14 MW	Industrial Power Generating Company Llc
45.4 mi	King & Queen Little Plymouth, VA	Biomass	11 MW	Industrial Power Generating Company Llc
45.4 mi	Sebera Solar Prince George, VA	Solar	—	Dominion Renewable Energy
46.0 mi	Gates Solar Llc Eure, NC	Solar	5 MW	Oppidum Renewables Usa, Llc
46.5 mi	Keydet Solar Center Charles City, VA	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
46.5 mi	Skipjack Solar Center Wayside, VA	Solar	175 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
47.9 mi	Shawboro Pv1 Shawboro, NC	Solar	20 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
48.0 mi	Hopewell Cogeneration Hopewell, VA	Natural Gas	399 MW	Luminant Generation Company Llc
48.0 mi	Hopewell Mill Hopewell, VA	Biomass	48 MW	Rocktenn-Hopewell
48.2 mi	Hopewell Power Station Hopewell, VA	Biomass	71 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
49.0 mi	Caden Energix Rives Road Llc Petersburg, VA	Solar	20 MW	Caden Energix Rives Road Llc
49.1 mi	Park 500 Philip Morris Usa Chester, VA	Natural Gas	13 MW	Philip Morris Usa - Park 500
49.5 mi	Philip Morris Chester, VA	Solar	2 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
49.6 mi	Southampton Solar, Llc Newsoms, VA	Solar	100 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy

Power generation near this area

There are 73 power plants within 50 miles of Newport News, Virginia (ZIP 23601), with a combined 6,230 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 51 of the 73 nearby plants. The closest plant is Waste Management Bethel Lfgte at 1.6 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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