Power Plants Near 24079 — Copper Hill, VA

52 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24079 (Copper Hill, Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.0556, -80.1525 · County: Floyd

Natural Gas 38%Hydroelectric 37%Solar 20%Biomass 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
16.6 mi	Salem Water Plant Salem, VA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
16.6 mi	Salem Street Dept Salem, VA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
16.8 mi	Salem Electric Department Salem, VA	Oil	1 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
19.2 mi	Virginia Tech Power Plant Blacksburg, VA	Natural Gas	6 MW	Virginia Polytechnic Inst And State Unv
20.2 mi	Philpott Lake Bassett, VA	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Usce-Wilmington District
20.5 mi	Niagara Vinton, VA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Appalachian Power Co
22.0 mi	Green Acres (Va) Bassett, VA	Solar	5 MW	Madison Energy Investments Llc
23.2 mi	Radford Army Ammunition Plant Radford, VA	Natural Gas	18 MW	U.s. Army - Radford
23.2 mi	Radford Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	City Of Radford - (Va)
23.9 mi	Claytor Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	75 MW	Appalachian Power Co
28.9 mi	Martinsville Lfg Generator Martinsville, VA	Natural Gas	1 MW	City Of Martinsville - (Va)
30.0 mi	Hecate Energy Pulaski 1 Dublin, VA	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
30.9 mi	Martinsville Martinsville, VA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	City Of Martinsville - (Va)
31.4 mi	New River Dublin, VA	Biomass	5 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
31.4 mi	Pinnacles Ararat, VA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	Northbrook Virginia Hydro, Llc
34.0 mi	Smith Mountain Penhook, VA	Hydroelectric	548 MW	Appalachian Power Co
34.4 mi	Sunny Rock Solar, Llc Martinsville, VA	Solar	—	Sunny Rock Solar, Llc
34.6 mi	Caden Energix Axton Llc Axton, VA	Solar	66 MW	Caden Energix Axton Llc
34.7 mi	Shifting Sands Solar, Llc Ridgeway, VA	Solar	—	Shifting Sands Solar, Llc
35.3 mi	Energix Leatherwood, Llc Axton, VA	Solar	20 MW	Energix Leatherwood, Llc
36.7 mi	Issa Solar Hillsville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
37.0 mi	Axton Solar Axton, VA	Solar	—	Vesper Energy Development Llc
39.2 mi	Celanese Acetate Llc Narrows, VA	Natural Gas	27 MW	Celanese Acetate Llc
39.8 mi	Wythe County Solar Wythe County, VA	Solar	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
40.1 mi	Orange Street G1 Bedford, VA	Oil	5 MW	Town Of Bedford - (Va)
40.2 mi	Monroe Solar Chatham, VA	Solar	2 MW	Monroe Solar Llc
41.4 mi	Leesville Hurt, VA	Hydroelectric	40 MW	Appalachian Power Co
41.7 mi	Bedford Solar (Oppidum) Bedford, VA	Solar	3 MW	Oppidum Renewables Usa, Llc
42.3 mi	Tpe Irish Road Solar, Llc Chatham, VA	Solar	5 MW	Navisun Llc
42.3 mi	Tpe Whitmell Solar, Llc Chatham, VA	Solar	5 MW	Navisun Llc
44.6 mi	Edison Farm Eden, NC	Solar	2 MW	Strata Manager, Llc
44.6 mi	Whitehorn Solar Gretna, VA	Solar	50 MW	Whitehorn Solar, Llc
44.8 mi	Glen Lyn Glen Lyn, VA	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
44.8 mi	Altavista Solar Lynch Station, VA	Solar	80 MW	Altavista Solar, Llc
45.0 mi	Avalon Hydropower Mayodan, NC	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Avalon Hydropower Llc
46.0 mi	Moyer Solar Stoneville, NC	Solar	5 MW	Moyer Solar, Llc
46.0 mi	Dan River Eden, NC	Natural Gas	698 MW	Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc
46.6 mi	Double Creek Pinnacle, NC	Battery Storage	5 MW	North Carolina El Member Corp
46.7 mi	Buck Hydro Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Appalachian Power Co
46.7 mi	Hce Roark Mill Solar, Llc Hurt, VA	Solar	3 MW	Standard Solar
46.9 mi	May Solar Wytheville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
47.0 mi	Byllesby 2 Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Appalachian Power Co
47.0 mi	River Trail Solar, Llc Galax, VA	Solar	—	River Trail Solar, Llc
47.1 mi	Mayberry Solar Llc Mt. Airy, NC	Solar	1 MW	Oppidum Renewables Usa, Llc
47.4 mi	Maplewood Solar Climax, VA	Solar	120 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
48.0 mi	Ararat Rock Solar, Llc Mount Airy, NC	Solar	4 MW	Oppidum Renewables Usa, Llc
48.4 mi	Multitrade Of Pittsylvania Lp Hurt, VA	Biomass	—	Virginia Electric & Power Co
48.4 mi	Coc Surry Lfg, Llc Mount Airy, NC	Biomass	2 MW	Petra Engineering
48.6 mi	Altavista Power Station Altavista, VA	Biomass	71 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
48.9 mi	Danville Westover Plant Danville, VA	Oil	—	City Of Danville - (Va)
49.4 mi	Bear Branch Solar Walnut Cove, NC	Solar	—	Bear Branch Solar Llc
49.9 mi	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc Wytheville, VA	Solar	20 MW	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 52 power plants within 50 miles of Copper Hill, Virginia (ZIP 24079), with a combined 1,960 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 23 of the 52 nearby plants. The closest plant is Salem Water Plant at 16.6 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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