Power Plants Near 24142 — Radford, VA

28 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24142 (Radford, Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.1387, -80.5480 · County: Radford (City)

Hydroelectric 60%Natural Gas 22%Solar 13%Biomass 3%Oil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.9 mi	Radford Army Ammunition Plant Radford, VA	Natural Gas	18 MW	U.s. Army - Radford
4.4 mi	Radford Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	City Of Radford - (Va)
4.8 mi	Claytor Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	75 MW	Appalachian Power Co
7.7 mi	Hecate Energy Pulaski 1 Dublin, VA	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
8.9 mi	New River Dublin, VA	Biomass	5 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
9.5 mi	Virginia Tech Power Plant Blacksburg, VA	Natural Gas	6 MW	Virginia Polytechnic Inst And State Unv
18.5 mi	Celanese Acetate Llc Narrows, VA	Natural Gas	27 MW	Celanese Acetate Llc
23.6 mi	Glen Lyn Glen Lyn, VA	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
24.2 mi	Wythe County Solar Wythe County, VA	Solar	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
26.0 mi	Issa Solar Hillsville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
26.2 mi	May Solar Wytheville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
27.9 mi	Salem Water Plant Salem, VA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
28.3 mi	Salem Electric Department Salem, VA	Oil	1 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
29.4 mi	Salem Street Dept Salem, VA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
30.2 mi	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc Wytheville, VA	Solar	20 MW	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc
31.4 mi	Buck Hydro Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Appalachian Power Co
32.4 mi	Byllesby 2 Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Appalachian Power Co
33.1 mi	Pinnacles Ararat, VA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	Northbrook Virginia Hydro, Llc
35.0 mi	River Trail Solar, Llc Galax, VA	Solar	—	River Trail Solar, Llc
37.9 mi	Niagara Vinton, VA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Appalachian Power Co
37.9 mi	Philpott Lake Bassett, VA	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Usce-Wilmington District
38.0 mi	Fries Hydroelectric Project Fries, VA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
41.3 mi	Green Acres (Va) Bassett, VA	Solar	5 MW	Madison Energy Investments Llc
45.8 mi	Mayberry Solar Llc Mt. Airy, NC	Solar	1 MW	Oppidum Renewables Usa, Llc
46.9 mi	Ararat Rock Solar, Llc Mount Airy, NC	Solar	4 MW	Oppidum Renewables Usa, Llc
48.4 mi	Coc Surry Lfg, Llc Mount Airy, NC	Biomass	2 MW	Petra Engineering
48.5 mi	Martinsville Lfg Generator Martinsville, VA	Natural Gas	1 MW	City Of Martinsville - (Va)
49.2 mi	Martinsville Martinsville, VA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	City Of Martinsville - (Va)

Power generation near this area

There are 28 power plants within 50 miles of Radford, Virginia (ZIP 24142), with a combined 236 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 Radford Army Ammunition Plant at 2.9 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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