Power Plants Near 24061 — Blacksburg, VA

34 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24061 (Blacksburg, Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.1791, -80.3515 · County: Montgomery

Hydroelectric 62%Natural Gas 19%Solar 10%Oil 8%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.3 mi	Virginia Tech Power Plant Blacksburg, VA	Natural Gas	6 MW	Virginia Polytechnic Inst And State Unv
10.5 mi	Radford Army Ammunition Plant Radford, VA	Natural Gas	18 MW	U.s. Army - Radford
14.0 mi	Radford Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	City Of Radford - (Va)
14.7 mi	Claytor Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	75 MW	Appalachian Power Co
16.9 mi	Salem Water Plant Salem, VA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
17.3 mi	Salem Electric Department Salem, VA	Oil	1 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
18.2 mi	Salem Street Dept Salem, VA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
18.7 mi	Hecate Energy Pulaski 1 Dublin, VA	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
19.1 mi	New River Dublin, VA	Biomass	5 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
25.4 mi	Celanese Acetate Llc Narrows, VA	Natural Gas	27 MW	Celanese Acetate Llc
26.7 mi	Niagara Vinton, VA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Appalachian Power Co
31.1 mi	Glen Lyn Glen Lyn, VA	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
32.8 mi	Philpott Lake Bassett, VA	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Usce-Wilmington District
33.9 mi	Issa Solar Hillsville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
34.0 mi	Wythe County Solar Wythe County, VA	Solar	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
35.3 mi	Green Acres (Va) Bassett, VA	Solar	5 MW	Madison Energy Investments Llc
35.8 mi	Pinnacles Ararat, VA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	Northbrook Virginia Hydro, Llc
37.3 mi	May Solar Wytheville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
41.3 mi	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc Wytheville, VA	Solar	20 MW	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc
41.3 mi	Buck Hydro Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Appalachian Power Co
42.1 mi	Byllesby 2 Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Appalachian Power Co
42.4 mi	Martinsville Lfg Generator Martinsville, VA	Natural Gas	1 MW	City Of Martinsville - (Va)
43.8 mi	River Trail Solar, Llc Galax, VA	Solar	—	River Trail Solar, Llc
44.0 mi	Martinsville Martinsville, VA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	City Of Martinsville - (Va)
46.0 mi	Smith Mountain Penhook, VA	Hydroelectric	548 MW	Appalachian Power Co
47.1 mi	Covington Facility Covington, VA	Natural Gas	161 MW	Westrock Corp
47.2 mi	Sunny Rock Solar, Llc Martinsville, VA	Solar	—	Sunny Rock Solar, Llc
47.4 mi	Orange Street G1 Bedford, VA	Oil	5 MW	Town Of Bedford - (Va)
47.5 mi	Fries Hydroelectric Project Fries, VA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
47.8 mi	Shifting Sands Solar, Llc Ridgeway, VA	Solar	—	Shifting Sands Solar, Llc
48.3 mi	Caden Energix Axton Llc Axton, VA	Solar	66 MW	Caden Energix Axton Llc
48.4 mi	Low Moor Covington, VA	Oil	83 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
49.1 mi	Bedford Solar (Oppidum) Bedford, VA	Solar	3 MW	Oppidum Renewables Usa, Llc
49.1 mi	Energix Leatherwood, Llc Axton, VA	Solar	20 MW	Energix Leatherwood, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 34 power plants within 50 miles of Blacksburg, Virginia (ZIP 24061), with a combined 1,115 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 34 nearby plants. The closest plant is Virginia Tech Power Plant at 5.3 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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