Power Plants Near 24073 — Christiansburg, VA

34 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24073 (Christiansburg, Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.1353, -80.4188 · County: Montgomery

Hydroelectric 79%Solar 13%Natural Gas 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.7 mi	Virginia Tech Power Plant Blacksburg, VA	Natural Gas	6 MW	Virginia Polytechnic Inst And State Unv
7.5 mi	Radford Army Ammunition Plant Radford, VA	Natural Gas	18 MW	U.s. Army - Radford
9.3 mi	Radford Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	City Of Radford - (Va)
10.0 mi	Claytor Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	75 MW	Appalachian Power Co
14.8 mi	Hecate Energy Pulaski 1 Dublin, VA	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
15.8 mi	New River Dublin, VA	Biomass	5 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
21.5 mi	Salem Water Plant Salem, VA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
21.9 mi	Salem Electric Department Salem, VA	Oil	1 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
22.9 mi	Salem Street Dept Salem, VA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
23.9 mi	Celanese Acetate Llc Narrows, VA	Natural Gas	27 MW	Celanese Acetate Llc
29.2 mi	Wythe County Solar Wythe County, VA	Solar	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
29.3 mi	Issa Solar Hillsville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
29.4 mi	Glen Lyn Glen Lyn, VA	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
31.0 mi	Niagara Vinton, VA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Appalachian Power Co
32.4 mi	Pinnacles Ararat, VA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	Northbrook Virginia Hydro, Llc
32.7 mi	Philpott Lake Bassett, VA	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Usce-Wilmington District
33.0 mi	May Solar Wytheville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
35.7 mi	Green Acres (Va) Bassett, VA	Solar	5 MW	Madison Energy Investments Llc
36.5 mi	Buck Hydro Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Appalachian Power Co
36.8 mi	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc Wytheville, VA	Solar	20 MW	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc
37.3 mi	Byllesby 2 Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Appalachian Power Co
39.1 mi	River Trail Solar, Llc Galax, VA	Solar	—	River Trail Solar, Llc
42.7 mi	Fries Hydroelectric Project Fries, VA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
42.9 mi	Martinsville Lfg Generator Martinsville, VA	Natural Gas	1 MW	City Of Martinsville - (Va)
44.0 mi	Martinsville Martinsville, VA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	City Of Martinsville - (Va)
46.6 mi	Mayberry Solar Llc Mt. Airy, NC	Solar	1 MW	Oppidum Renewables Usa, Llc
47.0 mi	Sunny Rock Solar, Llc Martinsville, VA	Solar	—	Sunny Rock Solar, Llc
47.7 mi	Ararat Rock Solar, Llc Mount Airy, NC	Solar	4 MW	Oppidum Renewables Usa, Llc
47.7 mi	Shifting Sands Solar, Llc Ridgeway, VA	Solar	—	Shifting Sands Solar, Llc
48.8 mi	Coc Surry Lfg, Llc Mount Airy, NC	Biomass	2 MW	Petra Engineering
48.9 mi	Caden Energix Axton Llc Axton, VA	Solar	66 MW	Caden Energix Axton Llc
49.1 mi	Smith Mountain Penhook, VA	Hydroelectric	548 MW	Appalachian Power Co
49.8 mi	Double Creek Pinnacle, NC	Battery Storage	5 MW	North Carolina El Member Corp
49.9 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 Christiansburg, Virginia (ZIP 24073), with a combined 875 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 11 of the 34 nearby plants. The closest plant is Virginia Tech Power Plant at 6.7 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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