Power Plants Near 23605 — Newport News, VA

68 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 23605 (Newport News, Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.0156, -76.4332 · County: Newport News (City)

Solar 32%Nuclear 29%Oil 17%Natural Gas 14%Biomass 5%Wind 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.2 mi	Waste Management Bethel Lfgte Hampton, VA	Biomass	5 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
11.7 mi	Western Branch High School Chesapeake, VA	Solar	1 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
13.1 mi	Woodland Solar Farm Smithfield, VA	Solar	19 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
13.5 mi	Prairie Solar (Va) Windsor, VA	Solar	—	Prairie Solar, Llc (Va)
13.8 mi	Yorktown Yorktown, VA	Oil	882 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
16.0 mi	Wheelabrator Portsmouth Portsmouth, VA	Oil	60 MW	Wheelabrator Environmental Systems
16.1 mi	Ikea Norfolk Rooftop Pv System Norfolk, VA	Solar	1 MW	Ikea Property Inc
16.7 mi	Cavalier Solar Smithfield, VA	Solar	156 MW	Aes Clean Energy
16.7 mi	Cavalier Solar A2 Smithfield, VA	Solar	84 MW	Aes Clean Energy
16.9 mi	Nuby Run Solar, Llc Windsor, VA	Solar	2 MW	Dimension Energy Llc
17.1 mi	Sycamore Cross Solar Smithfield, VA	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
17.3 mi	Gravel Neck Surry, VA	Natural Gas	408 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
17.6 mi	Solidago Solar Windsor, VA	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
17.9 mi	Surry Surry, VA	Nuclear	1,695 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
18.0 mi	Elizabeth River Power Station Chesapeake, VA	Natural Gas	389 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
18.4 mi	Chesapeake Chesapeake, VA	Oil	51 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
20.4 mi	Twe Myrtle Solar Farm, Llc Suffolk, VA	Solar	15 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
20.4 mi	Virginia Beach Virginia Beach, VA	Biomass	11 MW	Industrial Power Generating Company Llc
23.7 mi	Pleasant Hill Solar Suffolk, VA	Solar	20 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
24.1 mi	Chesapeake Solar Project Chesapeake, VA	Solar	132 MW	Chesapeake Solar Project, Llc
24.4 mi	Winterberry Solar Gloucester, VA	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
24.9 mi	Switchgrass Solar, Llc Suffolk, VA	Solar	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
25.5 mi	Stratford Solar Center, Llc Suffolk, VA	Solar	15 MW	Stratford Solar Center, Llc
25.7 mi	Grassfield Solar Chesapeake, VA	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
26.2 mi	Oceana Solar Virginia Beach, VA	Solar	18 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
26.4 mi	Bedford Solar (Dominion) Chesapeake, VA	Solar	70 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
27.2 mi	Colonial Trail West Spring Grove, VA	Solar	142 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
28.9 mi	Spring Grove I Spring Grove, VA	Solar	98 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
29.0 mi	Spring Grove Solar 2 Spring Grove, VA	Solar	—	Urban Grid Solar
29.2 mi	Suffolk Csg, Llc Suffolk, VA	Solar	4 MW	Dimension Energy Llc
29.3 mi	Rochambeau Solar Williamsburg, VA	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
30.0 mi	Gloucester Solar Gloucester, VA	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
30.1 mi	Caden Energix Hickory Llc Chesapeake, VA	Solar	32 MW	Caden Energix Hickory Llc
30.6 mi	Norge Solar Farm Williamsburg, VA	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
31.1 mi	Bayview Bayview, VA	Oil	12 MW	Calpine Mid-Atlantic Generation Llc
34.3 mi	Ho-Fel Solar Franklin, VA	Solar	—	Ho-Fel Solar Llc
35.2 mi	International Paper Franklin Mill Franklin, VA	Biomass	83 MW	International Paper
35.6 mi	Downtown Franklin, VA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Franklin - (Va)
36.4 mi	Waste Management Middle Peninsula Lfgte Glenns, VA	Biomass	6 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
36.8 mi	Pretlow Franklin, VA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Franklin - (Va)
37.5 mi	Hecate Energy Cherrydale Llc Cape Charles, VA	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
37.8 mi	Oak Trail Solar, Llc Moyock, NC	Solar	100 MW	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
38.0 mi	Waverly Solar, Llc Waverly, VA	Solar	118 MW	Waverly Solar, Llc
38.5 mi	Puller Solar Topping, VA	Solar	15 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
38.8 mi	Correctional Solar Llc Barhamsville, VA	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
38.9 mi	Carvers Creek Solar Gloucester, VA	Solar	55 MW	Carvers Creek, Llc
39.4 mi	Fort Powhatan Solar Disputanta, VA	Solar	150 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
39.9 mi	Southampton Power Station Franklin, VA	Biomass	71 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
40.4 mi	Soincpower6, Llc Sunbury, NC	Solar	5 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
40.6 mi	Ranchland Solar, Llc Moyock, NC	Solar	60 MW	Ranchland Solar, Llc
40.7 mi	Summit Farms Solar Moyock, NC	Solar	62 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
41.0 mi	Sugar Run Solar Sunbury, NC	Solar	5 MW	Sugar Run Solar, Llc
41.3 mi	Morgan's Corner Elizabeth City, NC	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
41.6 mi	Westrock-West Point Mill West Point, VA	Biomass	101 MW	Westrock-West Point Mill
43.2 mi	Nottoway Diesel Generating Facility Courtland, VA	Oil	4 MW	Old Dominion Electric Coop
44.1 mi	Gates Solar Llc Eure, NC	Solar	5 MW	Oppidum Renewables Usa, Llc
44.1 mi	White Stone Ocran Solar Llc Community So White Stone, VA	Solar	5 MW	Dimension Energy Llc
44.4 mi	Rappahannock Solar, Llc White Stone, VA	Solar	2 MW	Rappahannock Solar, Llc
44.6 mi	Shawboro Pv1 Shawboro, NC	Solar	20 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
45.6 mi	Sandale Solar, Llc Irvington, VA	Solar	3 MW	Dimension Energy Llc
47.6 mi	Caden Energix New Kent, Llc Providence Forge, VA	Solar	—	Caden Energix New Kent, Llc
47.8 mi	Sebera Solar Prince George, VA	Solar	—	Dominion Renewable Energy
48.2 mi	Charles City Providence Forge, VA	Biomass	14 MW	Industrial Power Generating Company Llc
48.7 mi	King & Queen Little Plymouth, VA	Biomass	11 MW	Industrial Power Generating Company Llc
48.8 mi	Desert Wind Farm, Llc Hertford, NC	Wind	208 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
49.1 mi	Southampton Solar, Llc Newsoms, VA	Solar	100 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
49.4 mi	Keydet Solar Center Charles City, VA	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
49.4 mi	Skipjack Solar Center Wayside, VA	Solar	175 MW	Aes Distributed Energy

Power generation near this area

There are 68 power plants within 50 miles of Newport News, Virginia (ZIP 23605), with a combined 5,885 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 49 of the 68 nearby plants. The closest plant is Waste Management Bethel Lfgte at 4.2 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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