Power Plants Near 24060 — Blacksburg, VA

26 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24060 (Blacksburg, Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.2563, -80.4347 · County: Montgomery

Natural Gas 45%Hydroelectric 30%Oil 19%Solar 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.8 mi	Virginia Tech Power Plant Blacksburg, VA	Natural Gas	6 MW	Virginia Polytechnic Inst And State Unv
7.9 mi	Radford Army Ammunition Plant Radford, VA	Natural Gas	18 MW	U.s. Army - Radford
14.5 mi	Radford Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	City Of Radford - (Va)
15.0 mi	Claytor Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	75 MW	Appalachian Power Co
15.4 mi	New River Dublin, VA	Biomass	5 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
16.1 mi	Hecate Energy Pulaski 1 Dublin, VA	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
19.1 mi	Celanese Acetate Llc Narrows, VA	Natural Gas	27 MW	Celanese Acetate Llc
19.8 mi	Salem Water Plant Salem, VA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
20.2 mi	Salem Electric Department Salem, VA	Oil	1 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
21.5 mi	Salem Street Dept Salem, VA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
24.8 mi	Glen Lyn Glen Lyn, VA	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
30.7 mi	Niagara Vinton, VA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Appalachian Power Co
34.4 mi	Wythe County Solar Wythe County, VA	Solar	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
35.0 mi	May Solar Wytheville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
36.0 mi	Issa Solar Hillsville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
39.4 mi	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc Wytheville, VA	Solar	20 MW	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc
39.8 mi	Philpott Lake Bassett, VA	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Usce-Wilmington District
40.7 mi	Pinnacles Ararat, VA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	Northbrook Virginia Hydro, Llc
41.6 mi	Buck Hydro Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Appalachian Power Co
42.4 mi	Green Acres (Va) Bassett, VA	Solar	5 MW	Madison Energy Investments Llc
42.6 mi	Byllesby 2 Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Appalachian Power Co
44.6 mi	Covington Facility Covington, VA	Natural Gas	161 MW	Westrock Corp
45.2 mi	River Trail Solar, Llc Galax, VA	Solar	—	River Trail Solar, Llc
46.7 mi	Low Moor Covington, VA	Oil	83 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
48.2 mi	Fries Hydroelectric Project Fries, VA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
49.5 mi	Martinsville Lfg Generator Martinsville, VA	Natural Gas	1 MW	City Of Martinsville - (Va)

Power generation near this area

There are 26 power plants within 50 miles of Blacksburg, Virginia (ZIP 24060), with a combined 472 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 26 nearby plants. The closest plant is Virginia Tech Power Plant at 1.8 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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