Power Plants Near 24070 — Catawba, VA

28 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24070 (Catawba, Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.3696, -80.1284 · County: Roanoke

Hydroelectric 63%Natural Gas 20%Oil 8%Solar 8%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.3 mi	Salem Water Plant Salem, VA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
6.4 mi	Salem Electric Department Salem, VA	Oil	1 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
7.7 mi	Salem Street Dept Salem, VA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
16.0 mi	Niagara Vinton, VA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Appalachian Power Co
18.7 mi	Virginia Tech Power Plant Blacksburg, VA	Natural Gas	6 MW	Virginia Polytechnic Inst And State Unv
26.3 mi	Radford Army Ammunition Plant Radford, VA	Natural Gas	18 MW	U.s. Army - Radford
30.6 mi	Covington Facility Covington, VA	Natural Gas	161 MW	Westrock Corp
31.0 mi	Low Moor Covington, VA	Oil	83 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
31.7 mi	Radford Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	City Of Radford - (Va)
32.3 mi	Claytor Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	75 MW	Appalachian Power Co
32.5 mi	Rocky Forge Wind Eagle Rock, VA	Wind	—	Rocky Forge Wind, Llc
33.9 mi	New River Dublin, VA	Biomass	5 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
34.0 mi	Orange Street G1 Bedford, VA	Oil	5 MW	Town Of Bedford - (Va)
34.6 mi	Hecate Energy Pulaski 1 Dublin, VA	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
35.0 mi	Celanese Acetate Llc Narrows, VA	Natural Gas	27 MW	Celanese Acetate Llc
35.6 mi	Bedford Solar (Oppidum) Bedford, VA	Solar	3 MW	Oppidum Renewables Usa, Llc
39.7 mi	Smith Mountain Penhook, VA	Hydroelectric	548 MW	Appalachian Power Co
40.4 mi	Glen Lyn Glen Lyn, VA	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
41.1 mi	Philpott Lake Bassett, VA	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Usce-Wilmington District
41.8 mi	Green Acres (Va) Bassett, VA	Solar	5 MW	Madison Energy Investments Llc
43.8 mi	Cushaw Warm Springs, VA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Cushaw Hydro Llc
43.8 mi	Georgia-Pacific Big Island Big Island, VA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Gp Big Island Llc
43.8 mi	Snowden Big Island, VA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Town Of Bedford - (Va)
44.3 mi	Leesville Hurt, VA	Hydroelectric	40 MW	Appalachian Power Co
45.6 mi	Altavista Solar Lynch Station, VA	Solar	80 MW	Altavista Solar, Llc
46.3 mi	Coleman Falls Coleman Falls, VA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Holcomb Rock Company
46.3 mi	Holcomb Rock Holcomb Rock, VA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Holcomb Rock Company
47.7 mi	Martinsville Lfg Generator Martinsville, VA	Natural Gas	1 MW	City Of Martinsville - (Va)

Power generation near this area

There are 28 power plants within 50 miles of Catawba, Virginia (ZIP 24070), with a combined 1,104 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 28 nearby plants. The closest plant is Salem Water Plant at 6.3 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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