Power Plants Near 24062 — Blacksburg, VA

27 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24062 (Blacksburg, Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.2296, -80.4139 · County: Montgomery

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

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
0.4 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
13.6 mi	Radford Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	City Of Radford - (Va)
14.2 mi	Claytor Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	75 MW	Appalachian Power Co
16.0 mi	New River Dublin, VA	Biomass	5 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
16.3 mi	Hecate Energy Pulaski 1 Dublin, VA	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
18.9 mi	Salem Water Plant Salem, VA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
19.4 mi	Salem Electric Department Salem, VA	Oil	1 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
20.6 mi	Salem Street Dept Salem, VA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
20.9 mi	Celanese Acetate Llc Narrows, VA	Natural Gas	27 MW	Celanese Acetate Llc
26.6 mi	Glen Lyn Glen Lyn, VA	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
29.7 mi	Niagara Vinton, VA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Appalachian Power Co
33.8 mi	Wythe County Solar Wythe County, VA	Solar	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
34.9 mi	Issa Solar Hillsville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
35.2 mi	May Solar Wytheville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
37.6 mi	Philpott Lake Bassett, VA	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Usce-Wilmington District
38.9 mi	Pinnacles Ararat, VA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	Northbrook Virginia Hydro, Llc
39.6 mi	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc Wytheville, VA	Solar	20 MW	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc
40.2 mi	Green Acres (Va) Bassett, VA	Solar	5 MW	Madison Energy Investments Llc
41.1 mi	Buck Hydro Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Appalachian Power Co
42.0 mi	Byllesby 2 Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Appalachian Power Co
44.4 mi	River Trail Solar, Llc Galax, VA	Solar	—	River Trail Solar, Llc
45.6 mi	Covington Facility Covington, VA	Natural Gas	161 MW	Westrock Corp
47.3 mi	Martinsville Lfg Generator Martinsville, VA	Natural Gas	1 MW	City Of Martinsville - (Va)
47.4 mi	Low Moor Covington, VA	Oil	83 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
47.5 mi	Fries Hydroelectric Project Fries, VA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
48.8 mi	Martinsville Martinsville, VA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	City Of Martinsville - (Va)

Power generation near this area

There are 27 power plants within 50 miles of Blacksburg, Virginia (ZIP 24062), with a combined 474 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 9 of the 27 nearby plants. The closest plant is Virginia Tech Power Plant at 0.4 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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