Power Plants Near 24018 — Roanoke, VA

45 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24018 (Roanoke, Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.2503, -80.0525 · County: Roanoke

Hydroelectric 49%Solar 24%Natural Gas 15%Oil 6%Biomass 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.1 mi	Salem Street Dept Salem, VA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
2.9 mi	Salem Electric Department Salem, VA	Oil	1 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
2.9 mi	Salem Water Plant Salem, VA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
9.7 mi	Niagara Vinton, VA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Appalachian Power Co
20.3 mi	Virginia Tech Power Plant Blacksburg, VA	Natural Gas	6 MW	Virginia Polytechnic Inst And State Unv
27.4 mi	Radford Army Ammunition Plant Radford, VA	Natural Gas	18 MW	U.s. Army - Radford
30.3 mi	Orange Street G1 Bedford, VA	Oil	5 MW	Town Of Bedford - (Va)
31.0 mi	Radford Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	City Of Radford - (Va)
31.7 mi	Claytor Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	75 MW	Appalachian Power Co
31.9 mi	Smith Mountain Penhook, VA	Hydroelectric	548 MW	Appalachian Power Co
32.0 mi	Bedford Solar (Oppidum) Bedford, VA	Solar	3 MW	Oppidum Renewables Usa, Llc
32.5 mi	Philpott Lake Bassett, VA	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Usce-Wilmington District
32.9 mi	Green Acres (Va) Bassett, VA	Solar	5 MW	Madison Energy Investments Llc
35.8 mi	Hecate Energy Pulaski 1 Dublin, VA	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
35.9 mi	New River Dublin, VA	Biomass	5 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
36.7 mi	Rocky Forge Wind Eagle Rock, VA	Wind	—	Rocky Forge Wind, Llc
37.4 mi	Leesville Hurt, VA	Hydroelectric	40 MW	Appalachian Power Co
37.4 mi	Low Moor Covington, VA	Oil	83 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
38.1 mi	Covington Facility Covington, VA	Natural Gas	161 MW	Westrock Corp
38.6 mi	Martinsville Lfg Generator Martinsville, VA	Natural Gas	1 MW	City Of Martinsville - (Va)
39.4 mi	Altavista Solar Lynch Station, VA	Solar	80 MW	Altavista Solar, Llc
39.7 mi	Celanese Acetate Llc Narrows, VA	Natural Gas	27 MW	Celanese Acetate Llc
41.6 mi	Martinsville Martinsville, VA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	City Of Martinsville - (Va)
42.2 mi	Monroe Solar Chatham, VA	Solar	2 MW	Monroe Solar Llc
42.9 mi	Georgia-Pacific Big Island Big Island, VA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Gp Big Island Llc
43.3 mi	Energix Leatherwood, Llc Axton, VA	Solar	20 MW	Energix Leatherwood, Llc
43.3 mi	Hce Roark Mill Solar, Llc Hurt, VA	Solar	3 MW	Standard Solar
43.5 mi	Caden Energix Axton Llc Axton, VA	Solar	66 MW	Caden Energix Axton Llc
43.5 mi	Snowden Big Island, VA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Town Of Bedford - (Va)
43.8 mi	Cushaw Warm Springs, VA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Cushaw Hydro Llc
43.8 mi	Altavista Power Station Altavista, VA	Biomass	71 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
43.9 mi	Multitrade Of Pittsylvania Lp Hurt, VA	Biomass	—	Virginia Electric & Power Co
44.1 mi	Whitehorn Solar Gretna, VA	Solar	50 MW	Whitehorn Solar, Llc
44.8 mi	Axton Solar Axton, VA	Solar	—	Vesper Energy Development Llc
44.8 mi	Coleman Falls Coleman Falls, VA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Holcomb Rock Company
44.8 mi	Holcomb Rock Holcomb Rock, VA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Holcomb Rock Company
45.2 mi	Shifting Sands Solar, Llc Ridgeway, VA	Solar	—	Shifting Sands Solar, Llc
45.3 mi	Glen Lyn Glen Lyn, VA	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
45.3 mi	Sunny Rock Solar, Llc Martinsville, VA	Solar	—	Sunny Rock Solar, Llc
45.8 mi	Pinnacles Ararat, VA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	Northbrook Virginia Hydro, Llc
47.1 mi	Tpe Irish Road Solar, Llc Chatham, VA	Solar	5 MW	Navisun Llc
47.1 mi	Tpe Whitmell Solar, Llc Chatham, VA	Solar	5 MW	Navisun Llc
47.4 mi	Maplewood Solar Climax, VA	Solar	120 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
48.9 mi	Issa Solar Hillsville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
49.8 mi	Reusens Lynchburg, VA	Hydroelectric	13 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 45 power plants within 50 miles of Roanoke, Virginia (ZIP 24018), with a combined 1,472 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 15 of the 45 nearby plants. The closest plant is Salem Street Dept at 2.1 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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