Power Plants Near 24072 — Check, VA

48 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24072 (Check, Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.0446, -80.2280 · County: Floyd

Natural Gas 42%Hydroelectric 41%Solar 15%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
16.8 mi	Virginia Tech Power Plant Blacksburg, VA	Natural Gas	6 MW	Virginia Polytechnic Inst And State Unv
18.7 mi	Salem Water Plant Salem, VA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
19.0 mi	Salem Electric Department Salem, VA	Oil	1 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
19.1 mi	Salem Street Dept Salem, VA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
19.1 mi	Radford Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	City Of Radford - (Va)
19.7 mi	Radford Army Ammunition Plant Radford, VA	Natural Gas	18 MW	U.s. Army - Radford
19.8 mi	Claytor Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	75 MW	Appalachian Power Co
21.3 mi	Philpott Lake Bassett, VA	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Usce-Wilmington District
23.8 mi	Green Acres (Va) Bassett, VA	Solar	5 MW	Madison Energy Investments Llc
24.2 mi	Niagara Vinton, VA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Appalachian Power Co
26.2 mi	Hecate Energy Pulaski 1 Dublin, VA	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
27.7 mi	New River Dublin, VA	Biomass	5 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
28.8 mi	Pinnacles Ararat, VA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	Northbrook Virginia Hydro, Llc
31.0 mi	Martinsville Lfg Generator Martinsville, VA	Natural Gas	1 MW	City Of Martinsville - (Va)
32.5 mi	Martinsville Martinsville, VA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	City Of Martinsville - (Va)
32.7 mi	Issa Solar Hillsville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
35.6 mi	Wythe County Solar Wythe County, VA	Solar	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
35.7 mi	Sunny Rock Solar, Llc Martinsville, VA	Solar	—	Sunny Rock Solar, Llc
36.1 mi	Celanese Acetate Llc Narrows, VA	Natural Gas	27 MW	Celanese Acetate Llc
36.3 mi	Shifting Sands Solar, Llc Ridgeway, VA	Solar	—	Shifting Sands Solar, Llc
36.9 mi	Caden Energix Axton Llc Axton, VA	Solar	66 MW	Caden Energix Axton Llc
37.8 mi	Energix Leatherwood, Llc Axton, VA	Solar	20 MW	Energix Leatherwood, Llc
38.2 mi	Smith Mountain Penhook, VA	Hydroelectric	548 MW	Appalachian Power Co
39.5 mi	Axton Solar Axton, VA	Solar	—	Vesper Energy Development Llc
41.6 mi	Glen Lyn Glen Lyn, VA	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
42.5 mi	Buck Hydro Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Appalachian Power Co
42.8 mi	May Solar Wytheville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
42.9 mi	Byllesby 2 Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Appalachian Power Co
43.1 mi	River Trail Solar, Llc Galax, VA	Solar	—	River Trail Solar, Llc
43.9 mi	Monroe Solar Chatham, VA	Solar	2 MW	Monroe Solar Llc
44.2 mi	Orange Street G1 Bedford, VA	Oil	5 MW	Town Of Bedford - (Va)
44.3 mi	Mayberry Solar Llc Mt. Airy, NC	Solar	1 MW	Oppidum Renewables Usa, Llc
44.7 mi	Double Creek Pinnacle, NC	Battery Storage	5 MW	North Carolina El Member Corp
45.3 mi	Ararat Rock Solar, Llc Mount Airy, NC	Solar	4 MW	Oppidum Renewables Usa, Llc
45.5 mi	Tpe Irish Road Solar, Llc Chatham, VA	Solar	5 MW	Navisun Llc
45.5 mi	Tpe Whitmell Solar, Llc Chatham, VA	Solar	5 MW	Navisun Llc
45.5 mi	Avalon Hydropower Mayodan, NC	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Avalon Hydropower Llc
45.6 mi	Leesville Hurt, VA	Hydroelectric	40 MW	Appalachian Power Co
45.7 mi	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc Wytheville, VA	Solar	20 MW	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc
45.8 mi	Bedford Solar (Oppidum) Bedford, VA	Solar	3 MW	Oppidum Renewables Usa, Llc
45.9 mi	Coc Surry Lfg, Llc Mount Airy, NC	Biomass	2 MW	Petra Engineering
46.4 mi	Edison Farm Eden, NC	Solar	2 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
46.7 mi	Moyer Solar Stoneville, NC	Solar	5 MW	Moyer Solar, Llc
47.7 mi	Fries Hydroelectric Project Fries, VA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
47.7 mi	Dan River Eden, NC	Natural Gas	698 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
48.6 mi	Whitehorn Solar Gretna, VA	Solar	50 MW	Whitehorn Solar, Llc
49.0 mi	Bear Branch Solar Walnut Cove, NC	Solar	—	Bear Branch Solar Llc
49.1 mi	Altavista Solar Lynch Station, VA	Solar	80 MW	Altavista Solar, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 48 power plants within 50 miles of Check, Virginia (ZIP 24072), with a combined 1,771 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 21 of the 48 nearby plants. The closest plant is Virginia Tech Power Plant at 16.8 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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