Power Plants Near 24127 — New Castle, VA

28 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24127 (New Castle, Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.4871, -80.1704 · County: Craig

Hydroelectric 56%Natural Gas 19%Wind 13%Oil 8%Other Fossil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
14.7 mi	Salem Water Plant Salem, VA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
14.7 mi	Salem Electric Department Salem, VA	Oil	1 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
15.9 mi	Salem Street Dept Salem, VA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
22.4 mi	Virginia Tech Power Plant Blacksburg, VA	Natural Gas	6 MW	Virginia Polytechnic Inst And State Unv
22.8 mi	Niagara Vinton, VA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Appalachian Power Co
23.6 mi	Covington Facility Covington, VA	Natural Gas	161 MW	Westrock Corp
25.2 mi	Low Moor Covington, VA	Oil	83 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
29.1 mi	Rocky Forge Wind Eagle Rock, VA	Wind	—	Rocky Forge Wind, Llc
29.5 mi	Radford Army Ammunition Plant Radford, VA	Natural Gas	18 MW	U.s. Army - Radford
34.1 mi	Celanese Acetate Llc Narrows, VA	Natural Gas	27 MW	Celanese Acetate Llc
35.8 mi	New River Dublin, VA	Biomass	5 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
35.9 mi	Radford Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	City Of Radford - (Va)
36.5 mi	Claytor Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	75 MW	Appalachian Power Co
37.2 mi	Hecate Energy Pulaski 1 Dublin, VA	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
37.7 mi	Orange Street G1 Bedford, VA	Oil	5 MW	Town Of Bedford - (Va)
38.9 mi	Glen Lyn Glen Lyn, VA	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
39.3 mi	Bedford Solar (Oppidum) Bedford, VA	Solar	3 MW	Oppidum Renewables Usa, Llc
43.9 mi	Cushaw Warm Springs, VA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Cushaw Hydro Llc
44.2 mi	Snowden Big Island, VA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Town Of Bedford - (Va)
44.7 mi	Georgia-Pacific Big Island Big Island, VA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Gp Big Island Llc
45.1 mi	Beech Ridge Energy Llc Rupert, WV	Wind	101 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
45.1 mi	Beech Ridge Energy Storage Rupert, WV	Other Fossil	32 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
46.6 mi	Smith Mountain Penhook, VA	Hydroelectric	548 MW	Appalachian Power Co
47.7 mi	Coleman Falls Coleman Falls, VA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Holcomb Rock Company
47.7 mi	Holcomb Rock Holcomb Rock, VA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Holcomb Rock Company
48.3 mi	Hce Millboro Springs Solar, Llc Millboro, VA	Solar	5 MW	Standard Solar
49.5 mi	Philpott Lake Bassett, VA	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Usce-Wilmington District
49.5 mi	Beech Ridge Ii Wind Energy Center Rupert, WV	Wind	56 MW	Southern Power Co

Power generation near this area

There are 28 power plants within 50 miles of New Castle, Virginia (ZIP 24127), with a combined 1,171 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 9 of the 28 nearby plants. The closest plant is Salem Water Plant at 14.7 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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