Power Plants Near 24147 — Rich Creek, VA
20 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24147 (Rich Creek, Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.
Centroid: 37.3850, -80.8227 · County: Giles
| Distance | Plant | Fuel | Capacity | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.4 mi | Glen Lyn Glen Lyn, VA | Coal | — | Appalachian Power Co |
| 4.3 mi | Celanese Acetate Llc Narrows, VA | Natural Gas | 27 MW | Celanese Acetate Llc |
| 15.5 mi | New River Dublin, VA | Biomass | 5 MW | Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc |
| 18.5 mi | Hecate Energy Pulaski 1 Dublin, VA | Solar | — | Aes Clean Energy |
| 20.9 mi | Radford Army Ammunition Plant Radford, VA | Natural Gas | 18 MW | U.s. Army - Radford |
| 24.5 mi | Virginia Tech Power Plant Blacksburg, VA | Natural Gas | 6 MW | Virginia Polytechnic Inst And State Unv |
| 25.1 mi | Claytor Radford, VA | Hydroelectric | 75 MW | Appalachian Power Co |
| 25.3 mi | Radford Radford, VA | Hydroelectric | 1 MW | City Of Radford - (Va) |
| 26.4 mi | May Solar Wytheville, VA | Battery Storage | — | Alpin Holding Llc |
| 31.6 mi | Caden Energix Wytheville Llc Wytheville, VA | Solar | 20 MW | Caden Energix Wytheville Llc |
| 35.1 mi | New River Clean Energy Beckley, WV | Biomass | 3 MW | Cox Enterprises |
| 35.2 mi | Wythe County Solar Wythe County, VA | Solar | — | Consolidated Edison Development Inc. |
| 40.4 mi | Buck Hydro Ivanhoe, VA | Hydroelectric | 8 MW | Appalachian Power Co |
| 41.4 mi | Issa Solar Hillsville, VA | Battery Storage | — | Alpin Holding Llc |
| 41.5 mi | Salem Water Plant Salem, VA | Oil | 2 MW | City Of Salem - (Va) |
| 41.8 mi | Byllesby 2 Ivanhoe, VA | Hydroelectric | 22 MW | Appalachian Power Co |
| 41.9 mi | Salem Electric Department Salem, VA | Oil | 1 MW | City Of Salem - (Va) |
| 43.4 mi | Salem Street Dept Salem, VA | Oil | 2 MW | City Of Salem - (Va) |
| 46.8 mi | River Trail Solar, Llc Galax, VA | Solar | — | River Trail Solar, Llc |
| 47.1 mi | Fries Hydroelectric Project Fries, VA | Hydroelectric | 5 MW | Central Rivers Power Us, Llc |
Power generation near this area
There are 20 power plants within 50 miles of Rich Creek, Virginia (ZIP 24147), with a combined 196 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 20 nearby plants. The closest plant is Glen Lyn at 2.4 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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