Power Plants Near 24068 — Christiansburg, VA
31 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24068 (Christiansburg, Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.
Centroid: 37.1548, -80.4184 · County: Montgomery
| Distance | Plant | Fuel | Capacity | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.3 mi | Virginia Tech Power Plant Blacksburg, VA | Natural Gas | 6 MW | Virginia Polytechnic Inst And State Unv |
| 7.1 mi | Radford Army Ammunition Plant Radford, VA | Natural Gas | 18 MW | U.s. Army - Radford |
| 10.0 mi | Radford Radford, VA | Hydroelectric | 1 MW | City Of Radford - (Va) |
| 10.7 mi | Claytor Radford, VA | Hydroelectric | 75 MW | Appalachian Power Co |
| 14.9 mi | Hecate Energy Pulaski 1 Dublin, VA | Solar | — | Aes Clean Energy |
| 15.6 mi | New River Dublin, VA | Biomass | 5 MW | Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc |
| 20.9 mi | Salem Water Plant Salem, VA | Oil | 2 MW | City Of Salem - (Va) |
| 21.3 mi | Salem Electric Department Salem, VA | Oil | 1 MW | City Of Salem - (Va) |
| 22.3 mi | Salem Street Dept Salem, VA | Oil | 2 MW | City Of Salem - (Va) |
| 23.1 mi | Celanese Acetate Llc Narrows, VA | Natural Gas | 27 MW | Celanese Acetate Llc |
| 28.7 mi | Glen Lyn Glen Lyn, VA | Coal | — | Appalachian Power Co |
| 30.1 mi | Wythe County Solar Wythe County, VA | Solar | — | Consolidated Edison Development Inc. |
| 30.4 mi | Issa Solar Hillsville, VA | Battery Storage | — | Alpin Holding Llc |
| 30.7 mi | Niagara Vinton, VA | Hydroelectric | 4 MW | Appalachian Power Co |
| 33.3 mi | May Solar Wytheville, VA | Battery Storage | — | Alpin Holding Llc |
| 33.7 mi | Philpott Lake Bassett, VA | Hydroelectric | 14 MW | Usce-Wilmington District |
| 33.8 mi | Pinnacles Ararat, VA | Hydroelectric | 12 MW | Northbrook Virginia Hydro, Llc |
| 36.6 mi | Green Acres (Va) Bassett, VA | Solar | 5 MW | Madison Energy Investments Llc |
| 37.2 mi | Caden Energix Wytheville Llc Wytheville, VA | Solar | 20 MW | Caden Energix Wytheville Llc |
| 37.4 mi | Buck Hydro Ivanhoe, VA | Hydroelectric | 8 MW | Appalachian Power Co |
| 38.2 mi | Byllesby 2 Ivanhoe, VA | Hydroelectric | 22 MW | Appalachian Power Co |
| 40.1 mi | River Trail Solar, Llc Galax, VA | Solar | — | River Trail Solar, Llc |
| 43.6 mi | Fries Hydroelectric Project Fries, VA | Hydroelectric | 5 MW | Central Rivers Power Us, Llc |
| 43.8 mi | Martinsville Lfg Generator Martinsville, VA | Natural Gas | 1 MW | City Of Martinsville - (Va) |
| 45.0 mi | Martinsville Martinsville, VA | Hydroelectric | 1 MW | City Of Martinsville - (Va) |
| 47.9 mi | Mayberry Solar Llc Mt. Airy, NC | Solar | 1 MW | Oppidum Renewables Usa, Llc |
| 48.1 mi | Sunny Rock Solar, Llc Martinsville, VA | Solar | — | Sunny Rock Solar, Llc |
| 48.7 mi | Shifting Sands Solar, Llc Ridgeway, VA | Solar | — | Shifting Sands Solar, Llc |
| 49.0 mi | Ararat Rock Solar, Llc Mount Airy, NC | Solar | 4 MW | Oppidum Renewables Usa, Llc |
| 49.3 mi | Smith Mountain Penhook, VA | Hydroelectric | 548 MW | Appalachian Power Co |
| 49.7 mi | Caden Energix Axton Llc Axton, VA | Solar | 66 MW | Caden Energix Axton Llc |
Power generation near this area
There are 31 power plants within 50 miles of Christiansburg, Virginia (ZIP 24068), with a combined 848 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 31 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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