Power Plants Near 24043 — Roanoke, VA

47 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24043 (Roanoke, Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.2692, -79.9399 · County: Roanoke (City)

Hydroelectric 47%Solar 27%Natural Gas 15%Oil 6%Biomass 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.7 mi	Niagara Vinton, VA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Appalachian Power Co
5.8 mi	Salem Street Dept Salem, VA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
7.3 mi	Salem Electric Department Salem, VA	Oil	1 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
7.6 mi	Salem Water Plant Salem, VA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
24.0 mi	Orange Street G1 Bedford, VA	Oil	5 MW	Town Of Bedford - (Va)
25.6 mi	Bedford Solar (Oppidum) Bedford, VA	Solar	3 MW	Oppidum Renewables Usa, Llc
26.6 mi	Virginia Tech Power Plant Blacksburg, VA	Natural Gas	6 MW	Virginia Polytechnic Inst And State Unv
27.3 mi	Smith Mountain Penhook, VA	Hydroelectric	548 MW	Appalachian Power Co
32.0 mi	Leesville Hurt, VA	Hydroelectric	40 MW	Appalachian Power Co
32.8 mi	Rocky Forge Wind Eagle Rock, VA	Wind	—	Rocky Forge Wind, Llc
33.7 mi	Green Acres (Va) Bassett, VA	Solar	5 MW	Madison Energy Investments Llc
33.7 mi	Altavista Solar Lynch Station, VA	Solar	80 MW	Altavista Solar, Llc
33.7 mi	Radford Army Ammunition Plant Radford, VA	Natural Gas	18 MW	U.s. Army - Radford
34.1 mi	Philpott Lake Bassett, VA	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Usce-Wilmington District
35.2 mi	Low Moor Covington, VA	Oil	83 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
36.8 mi	Covington Facility Covington, VA	Natural Gas	161 MW	Westrock Corp
36.9 mi	Georgia-Pacific Big Island Big Island, VA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Gp Big Island Llc
37.3 mi	Radford Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	City Of Radford - (Va)
37.6 mi	Snowden Big Island, VA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Town Of Bedford - (Va)
37.9 mi	Hce Roark Mill Solar, Llc Hurt, VA	Solar	3 MW	Standard Solar
38.0 mi	Claytor Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	75 MW	Appalachian Power Co
38.0 mi	Cushaw Warm Springs, VA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Cushaw Hydro Llc
38.1 mi	Altavista Power Station Altavista, VA	Biomass	71 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
38.2 mi	Multitrade Of Pittsylvania Lp Hurt, VA	Biomass	—	Virginia Electric & Power Co
38.5 mi	Martinsville Lfg Generator Martinsville, VA	Natural Gas	1 MW	City Of Martinsville - (Va)
38.7 mi	Coleman Falls Coleman Falls, VA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Holcomb Rock Company
38.7 mi	Holcomb Rock Holcomb Rock, VA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Holcomb Rock Company
38.7 mi	Monroe Solar Chatham, VA	Solar	2 MW	Monroe Solar Llc
39.6 mi	Whitehorn Solar Gretna, VA	Solar	50 MW	Whitehorn Solar, Llc
41.9 mi	Martinsville Martinsville, VA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	City Of Martinsville - (Va)
42.1 mi	Hecate Energy Pulaski 1 Dublin, VA	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
42.2 mi	Energix Leatherwood, Llc Axton, VA	Solar	20 MW	Energix Leatherwood, Llc
42.2 mi	New River Dublin, VA	Biomass	5 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
42.8 mi	Caden Energix Axton Llc Axton, VA	Solar	66 MW	Caden Energix Axton Llc
43.1 mi	Maplewood Solar Climax, VA	Solar	120 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
43.6 mi	Reusens Lynchburg, VA	Hydroelectric	13 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
43.6 mi	Axton Solar Axton, VA	Solar	—	Vesper Energy Development Llc
44.4 mi	Tpe Irish Road Solar, Llc Chatham, VA	Solar	5 MW	Navisun Llc
44.4 mi	Tpe Whitmell Solar, Llc Chatham, VA	Solar	5 MW	Navisun Llc
44.8 mi	Gladys Solar Llc Gladys, VA	Solar	—	Gladys Solar Llc
45.3 mi	Depot Solar Center, Llc Rustburg, VA	Solar	15 MW	Emerald Hills Holding I, Llc
45.4 mi	Shifting Sands Solar, Llc Ridgeway, VA	Solar	—	Shifting Sands Solar, Llc
45.6 mi	Celanese Acetate Llc Narrows, VA	Natural Gas	27 MW	Celanese Acetate Llc
45.8 mi	Sunny Rock Solar, Llc Martinsville, VA	Solar	—	Sunny Rock Solar, Llc
46.9 mi	Sycamore Solar Gretna, VA	Solar	42 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
49.3 mi	Pigeon Run Solar Project Gladys, VA	Solar	—	Pigeon Run Solar, Llc
49.9 mi	Zenith Solar Chatham, VA	Solar	—	Zenith Solar, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 47 power plants within 50 miles of Roanoke, Virginia (ZIP 24043), with a combined 1,517 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 3.7 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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