Power Plants Near 24150 — Ripplemead, VA

23 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24150 (Ripplemead, Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.3665, -80.6717 · County: Giles

Natural Gas 57%Hydroelectric 34%Solar 5%Biomass 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.4 mi	Celanese Acetate Llc Narrows, VA	Natural Gas	27 MW	Celanese Acetate Llc
10.5 mi	Glen Lyn Glen Lyn, VA	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
12.8 mi	New River Dublin, VA	Biomass	5 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
14.7 mi	Radford Army Ammunition Plant Radford, VA	Natural Gas	18 MW	U.s. Army - Radford
15.7 mi	Hecate Energy Pulaski 1 Dublin, VA	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
16.6 mi	Virginia Tech Power Plant Blacksburg, VA	Natural Gas	6 MW	Virginia Polytechnic Inst And State Unv
20.6 mi	Radford Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	City Of Radford - (Va)
20.7 mi	Claytor Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	75 MW	Appalachian Power Co
29.5 mi	May Solar Wytheville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
33.1 mi	Salem Water Plant Salem, VA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
33.5 mi	Salem Electric Department Salem, VA	Oil	1 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
34.7 mi	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc Wytheville, VA	Solar	20 MW	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc
35.0 mi	Salem Street Dept Salem, VA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
35.1 mi	Wythe County Solar Wythe County, VA	Solar	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
39.9 mi	Issa Solar Hillsville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
41.0 mi	New River Clean Energy Beckley, WV	Biomass	3 MW	Cox Enterprises
41.3 mi	Buck Hydro Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Appalachian Power Co
42.6 mi	Byllesby 2 Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Appalachian Power Co
44.4 mi	Niagara Vinton, VA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Appalachian Power Co
46.9 mi	River Trail Solar, Llc Galax, VA	Solar	—	River Trail Solar, Llc
47.6 mi	Covington Facility Covington, VA	Natural Gas	161 MW	Westrock Corp
48.2 mi	Fries Hydroelectric Project Fries, VA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
49.9 mi	Pinnacles Ararat, VA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	Northbrook Virginia Hydro, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 23 power plants within 50 miles of Ripplemead, Virginia (ZIP 24150), with a combined 373 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 23 nearby plants. The closest plant is Celanese Acetate Llc at 5.4 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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