Power Plants Near 24131 — Paint Bank, VA

24 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24131 (Paint Bank, Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.5745, -80.2544 · County: Craig

Natural Gas 36%Wind 26%Oil 15%Hydroelectric 15%Other Fossil 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
21.1 mi	Covington Facility Covington, VA	Natural Gas	161 MW	Westrock Corp
22.1 mi	Salem Water Plant Salem, VA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
22.1 mi	Salem Electric Department Salem, VA	Oil	1 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
23.4 mi	Salem Street Dept Salem, VA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
24.3 mi	Low Moor Covington, VA	Oil	83 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
25.4 mi	Virginia Tech Power Plant Blacksburg, VA	Natural Gas	6 MW	Virginia Polytechnic Inst And State Unv
30.4 mi	Niagara Vinton, VA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Appalachian Power Co
30.7 mi	Rocky Forge Wind Eagle Rock, VA	Wind	—	Rocky Forge Wind, Llc
31.5 mi	Radford Army Ammunition Plant Radford, VA	Natural Gas	18 MW	U.s. Army - Radford
32.2 mi	Celanese Acetate Llc Narrows, VA	Natural Gas	27 MW	Celanese Acetate Llc
36.2 mi	Glen Lyn Glen Lyn, VA	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
36.4 mi	New River Dublin, VA	Biomass	5 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
37.8 mi	Beech Ridge Energy Llc Rupert, WV	Wind	101 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
37.8 mi	Beech Ridge Energy Storage Rupert, WV	Other Fossil	32 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
38.3 mi	Hecate Energy Pulaski 1 Dublin, VA	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
38.5 mi	Radford Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	City Of Radford - (Va)
39.0 mi	Claytor Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	75 MW	Appalachian Power Co
42.0 mi	Beech Ridge Ii Wind Energy Center Rupert, WV	Wind	56 MW	Southern Power Co
44.1 mi	Orange Street G1 Bedford, VA	Oil	5 MW	Town Of Bedford - (Va)
45.5 mi	Bedford Solar (Oppidum) Bedford, VA	Solar	3 MW	Oppidum Renewables Usa, Llc
47.6 mi	Hce Millboro Springs Solar, Llc Millboro, VA	Solar	5 MW	Standard Solar
47.8 mi	Cushaw Warm Springs, VA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Cushaw Hydro Llc
48.3 mi	Snowden Big Island, VA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Town Of Bedford - (Va)
49.2 mi	Georgia-Pacific Big Island Big Island, VA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Gp Big Island Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 24 power plants within 50 miles of Paint Bank, Virginia (ZIP 24131), with a combined 607 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 24 nearby plants. The closest plant is Covington Facility at 21.1 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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