Power Plants Near 23705 — Portsmouth, VA

78 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 23705 (Portsmouth, Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.8686, -76.3552 · County: Portsmouth (City)

Solar 32%Nuclear 30%Oil 18%Natural Gas 14%Wind 4%Biomass 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.2 mi	Western Branch High School Chesapeake, VA	Solar	1 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
5.0 mi	Wheelabrator Portsmouth Portsmouth, VA	Oil	60 MW	Wheelabrator Environmental Systems
7.0 mi	Elizabeth River Power Station Chesapeake, VA	Natural Gas	389 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
7.4 mi	Chesapeake Chesapeake, VA	Oil	51 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
8.5 mi	Ikea Norfolk Rooftop Pv System Norfolk, VA	Solar	1 MW	Ikea Property Inc
10.2 mi	Virginia Beach Virginia Beach, VA	Biomass	11 MW	Industrial Power Generating Company Llc
13.1 mi	Chesapeake Solar Project Chesapeake, VA	Solar	132 MW	Chesapeake Solar Project, Llc
14.1 mi	Prairie Solar (Va) Windsor, VA	Solar	—	Prairie Solar, Llc (Va)
14.2 mi	Woodland Solar Farm Smithfield, VA	Solar	19 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
15.1 mi	Grassfield Solar Chesapeake, VA	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
15.2 mi	Waste Management Bethel Lfgte Hampton, VA	Biomass	5 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
15.7 mi	Bedford Solar (Dominion) Chesapeake, VA	Solar	70 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
17.4 mi	Pleasant Hill Solar Suffolk, VA	Solar	20 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
17.7 mi	Oceana Solar Virginia Beach, VA	Solar	18 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
18.2 mi	Twe Myrtle Solar Farm, Llc Suffolk, VA	Solar	15 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
18.3 mi	Stratford Solar Center, Llc Suffolk, VA	Solar	15 MW	Stratford Solar Center, Llc
18.4 mi	Switchgrass Solar, Llc Suffolk, VA	Solar	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
18.6 mi	Nuby Run Solar, Llc Windsor, VA	Solar	2 MW	Dimension Energy Llc
19.1 mi	Caden Energix Hickory Llc Chesapeake, VA	Solar	32 MW	Caden Energix Hickory Llc
19.7 mi	Solidago Solar Windsor, VA	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
23.4 mi	Cavalier Solar Smithfield, VA	Solar	156 MW	Aes Clean Energy
23.4 mi	Cavalier Solar A2 Smithfield, VA	Solar	84 MW	Aes Clean Energy
23.8 mi	Sycamore Cross Solar Smithfield, VA	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
24.6 mi	Yorktown Yorktown, VA	Oil	882 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
25.9 mi	Suffolk Csg, Llc Suffolk, VA	Solar	4 MW	Dimension Energy Llc
26.8 mi	Oak Trail Solar, Llc Moyock, NC	Solar	100 MW	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
27.2 mi	Gravel Neck Surry, VA	Natural Gas	408 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
28.0 mi	Surry Surry, VA	Nuclear	1,695 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
29.5 mi	Ranchland Solar, Llc Moyock, NC	Solar	60 MW	Ranchland Solar, Llc
29.7 mi	Summit Farms Solar Moyock, NC	Solar	62 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
30.9 mi	Morgan's Corner Elizabeth City, NC	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
32.0 mi	Soincpower6, Llc Sunbury, NC	Solar	5 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
32.1 mi	Ho-Fel Solar Franklin, VA	Solar	—	Ho-Fel Solar Llc
32.7 mi	Sugar Run Solar Sunbury, NC	Solar	5 MW	Sugar Run Solar, Llc
33.5 mi	International Paper Franklin Mill Franklin, VA	Biomass	83 MW	International Paper
33.5 mi	Shawboro Pv1 Shawboro, NC	Solar	20 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
34.0 mi	Downtown Franklin, VA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Franklin - (Va)
34.8 mi	Pretlow Franklin, VA	Oil	3 MW	City Of Franklin - (Va)
35.1 mi	Bayview Bayview, VA	Oil	12 MW	Calpine Mid-Atlantic Generation Llc
35.3 mi	Winterberry Solar Gloucester, VA	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
35.5 mi	Colonial Trail West Spring Grove, VA	Solar	142 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
37.6 mi	Spring Grove Solar 2 Spring Grove, VA	Solar	—	Urban Grid Solar
37.6 mi	Spring Grove I Spring Grove, VA	Solar	98 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
38.1 mi	Gates Solar Llc Eure, NC	Solar	5 MW	Oppidum Renewables Usa, Llc
38.4 mi	Southampton Power Station Franklin, VA	Biomass	71 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
38.8 mi	Desert Wind Farm, Llc Hertford, NC	Wind	208 MW	Avangrid Power Llc
40.0 mi	Rochambeau Solar Williamsburg, VA	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
40.5 mi	Camden Solar Llc South Camden, NC	Solar	20 MW	Camden Solar Llc
40.5 mi	Gloucester Solar Gloucester, VA	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
40.5 mi	Camden Dam Solar, Llc Camden, NC	Solar	5 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
40.7 mi	Sandy Solar Shiloh Township, NC	Solar	5 MW	Sandy Solar, Llc
41.4 mi	Norge Solar Farm Williamsburg, VA	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
41.5 mi	Gliden (Op Zone) Tyner, NC	Solar	5 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
41.5 mi	Barnhill Road Solar, Llc Elizabeth City, NC	Solar	3 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
41.8 mi	Pasquotank Elizabeth City, NC	Solar	20 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
42.2 mi	Hecate Energy Cherrydale Llc Cape Charles, VA	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
42.7 mi	Chowan Jehu Solar Tyner, NC	Solar	5 MW	Chowan Jehu Road Solar, Llc
43.1 mi	Nottoway Diesel Generating Facility Courtland, VA	Oil	4 MW	Old Dominion Electric Coop
43.6 mi	Gks Solar Belvidere, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
43.7 mi	Waverly Solar, Llc Waverly, VA	Solar	118 MW	Waverly Solar, Llc
44.1 mi	Ryland Road Solar Tyner, NC	Solar	5 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
44.8 mi	River Road Solar, Llc Cofield, NC	Solar	5 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
45.0 mi	Two Mile Solar Winfall, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
45.1 mi	Shiloh Hwy Solar Shiloh, NC	Solar	5 MW	Shiloh Hwy 1108 Solar, Llc
45.2 mi	Two Mile Desert Project Hertford, NC	Solar	16 MW	Citizens Enterprises Corporation
46.9 mi	Downs Farm Solar Cofield, NC	Solar	5 MW	Cypress Creek Renewables
47.0 mi	Winton Solar Winton, NC	Solar	5 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
47.4 mi	Waste Management Middle Peninsula Lfgte Glenns, VA	Biomass	6 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
47.8 mi	Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (Cvow) Pi Virginia Beach, VA	Wind	12 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
48.2 mi	Southampton Solar, Llc Newsoms, VA	Solar	100 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
48.3 mi	Fort Powhatan Solar Disputanta, VA	Solar	150 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
49.0 mi	Puller Solar Topping, VA	Solar	15 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
49.4 mi	Underwood Pv2 Murfreesboro, NC	Solar	16 MW	Ecoplexus, Inc
49.5 mi	Sun Farm V, Llc Hertford, NC	Solar	5 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
49.6 mi	Correctional Solar Llc Barhamsville, VA	Solar	20 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
49.7 mi	Alpha Value Solar Hertford, NC	Solar	5 MW	Alpha Value Solar, Llc
49.8 mi	Solar Star North Carolina Ii Llc Murfreesboro, NC	Solar	7 MW	Duke Energy Renewables Services
49.8 mi	Carvers Creek Solar Gloucester, VA	Solar	55 MW	Carvers Creek, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 78 power plants within 50 miles of Portsmouth, Virginia (ZIP 23705), with a combined 5,733 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 61 of the 78 nearby plants. The closest plant is Western Branch High School at 3.2 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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