Power Plants Near 24012 — Roanoke, VA

47 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24012 (Roanoke, Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.3029, -79.9322 · County: Roanoke (City)

Hydroelectric 47%Solar 28%Natural Gas 15%Oil 6%Biomass 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.6 mi	Niagara Vinton, VA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Appalachian Power Co
6.4 mi	Salem Street Dept Salem, VA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
7.6 mi	Salem Electric Department Salem, VA	Oil	1 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
8.0 mi	Salem Water Plant Salem, VA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
23.2 mi	Orange Street G1 Bedford, VA	Oil	5 MW	Town Of Bedford - (Va)
24.9 mi	Bedford Solar (Oppidum) Bedford, VA	Solar	3 MW	Oppidum Renewables Usa, Llc
27.3 mi	Virginia Tech Power Plant Blacksburg, VA	Natural Gas	6 MW	Virginia Polytechnic Inst And State Unv
28.3 mi	Smith Mountain Penhook, VA	Hydroelectric	548 MW	Appalachian Power Co
30.5 mi	Rocky Forge Wind Eagle Rock, VA	Wind	—	Rocky Forge Wind, Llc
32.6 mi	Leesville Hurt, VA	Hydroelectric	40 MW	Appalachian Power Co
32.8 mi	Low Moor Covington, VA	Oil	83 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
33.9 mi	Altavista Solar Lynch Station, VA	Solar	80 MW	Altavista Solar, Llc
34.5 mi	Covington Facility Covington, VA	Natural Gas	161 MW	Westrock Corp
34.6 mi	Radford Army Ammunition Plant Radford, VA	Natural Gas	18 MW	U.s. Army - Radford
35.4 mi	Georgia-Pacific Big Island Big Island, VA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Gp Big Island Llc
36.0 mi	Green Acres (Va) Bassett, VA	Solar	5 MW	Madison Energy Investments Llc
36.0 mi	Snowden Big Island, VA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Town Of Bedford - (Va)
36.3 mi	Cushaw Warm Springs, VA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Cushaw Hydro Llc
36.5 mi	Philpott Lake Bassett, VA	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Usce-Wilmington District
37.3 mi	Coleman Falls Coleman Falls, VA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Holcomb Rock Company
37.3 mi	Holcomb Rock Holcomb Rock, VA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Holcomb Rock Company
38.4 mi	Altavista Power Station Altavista, VA	Biomass	71 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
38.5 mi	Hce Roark Mill Solar, Llc Hurt, VA	Solar	3 MW	Standard Solar
38.5 mi	Radford Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	City Of Radford - (Va)
38.6 mi	Multitrade Of Pittsylvania Lp Hurt, VA	Biomass	—	Virginia Electric & Power Co
39.2 mi	Claytor Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	75 MW	Appalachian Power Co
40.2 mi	Monroe Solar Chatham, VA	Solar	2 MW	Monroe Solar Llc
40.7 mi	Whitehorn Solar Gretna, VA	Solar	50 MW	Whitehorn Solar, Llc
40.8 mi	Martinsville Lfg Generator Martinsville, VA	Natural Gas	1 MW	City Of Martinsville - (Va)
42.5 mi	Reusens Lynchburg, VA	Hydroelectric	13 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
43.0 mi	New River Dublin, VA	Biomass	5 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
43.1 mi	Hecate Energy Pulaski 1 Dublin, VA	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
44.2 mi	Maplewood Solar Climax, VA	Solar	120 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
44.2 mi	Martinsville Martinsville, VA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	City Of Martinsville - (Va)
44.3 mi	Energix Leatherwood, Llc Axton, VA	Solar	20 MW	Energix Leatherwood, Llc
44.8 mi	Gladys Solar Llc Gladys, VA	Solar	—	Gladys Solar Llc
44.9 mi	Depot Solar Center, Llc Rustburg, VA	Solar	15 MW	Emerald Hills Holding I, Llc
45.0 mi	Caden Energix Axton Llc Axton, VA	Solar	66 MW	Caden Energix Axton Llc
45.7 mi	Axton Solar Axton, VA	Solar	—	Vesper Energy Development Llc
45.8 mi	Celanese Acetate Llc Narrows, VA	Natural Gas	27 MW	Celanese Acetate Llc
46.2 mi	Tpe Irish Road Solar, Llc Chatham, VA	Solar	5 MW	Navisun Llc
46.2 mi	Tpe Whitmell Solar, Llc Chatham, VA	Solar	5 MW	Navisun Llc
47.7 mi	Shifting Sands Solar, Llc Ridgeway, VA	Solar	—	Shifting Sands Solar, Llc
47.7 mi	Sycamore Solar Gretna, VA	Solar	42 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
48.1 mi	Sunny Rock Solar, Llc Martinsville, VA	Solar	—	Sunny Rock Solar, Llc
49.2 mi	Pigeon Run Solar Project Gladys, VA	Solar	—	Pigeon Run Solar, Llc
49.4 mi	Fairfield Lee Solar, Llc Community Solar Fairfield, VA	Solar	5 MW	Dimension Energy Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 47 power plants within 50 miles of Roanoke, Virginia (ZIP 24012), with a combined 1,522 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 20 of the 47 nearby plants. The closest plant is Niagara at 4.6 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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