Power Plants Near 24155 — Salem, VA

44 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24155 (Salem, Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.2884, -80.0671 · County: Salem (City)

Hydroelectric 49%Solar 24%Natural Gas 15%Oil 6%Biomass 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
0.2 mi	Salem Electric Department Salem, VA	Oil	1 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
0.6 mi	Salem Water Plant Salem, VA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
1.4 mi	Salem Street Dept Salem, VA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
10.8 mi	Niagara Vinton, VA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Appalachian Power Co
19.9 mi	Virginia Tech Power Plant Blacksburg, VA	Natural Gas	6 MW	Virginia Polytechnic Inst And State Unv
27.2 mi	Radford Army Ammunition Plant Radford, VA	Natural Gas	18 MW	U.s. Army - Radford
30.7 mi	Orange Street G1 Bedford, VA	Oil	5 MW	Town Of Bedford - (Va)
31.4 mi	Radford Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	City Of Radford - (Va)
32.1 mi	Claytor Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	75 MW	Appalachian Power Co
32.4 mi	Bedford Solar (Oppidum) Bedford, VA	Solar	3 MW	Oppidum Renewables Usa, Llc
33.9 mi	Smith Mountain Penhook, VA	Hydroelectric	548 MW	Appalachian Power Co
34.9 mi	Rocky Forge Wind Eagle Rock, VA	Wind	—	Rocky Forge Wind, Llc
35.1 mi	Low Moor Covington, VA	Oil	83 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
35.2 mi	Philpott Lake Bassett, VA	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Usce-Wilmington District
35.5 mi	New River Dublin, VA	Biomass	5 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
35.6 mi	Covington Facility Covington, VA	Natural Gas	161 MW	Westrock Corp
35.6 mi	Green Acres (Va) Bassett, VA	Solar	5 MW	Madison Energy Investments Llc
35.6 mi	Hecate Energy Pulaski 1 Dublin, VA	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
38.5 mi	Celanese Acetate Llc Narrows, VA	Natural Gas	27 MW	Celanese Acetate Llc
39.0 mi	Leesville Hurt, VA	Hydroelectric	40 MW	Appalachian Power Co
40.8 mi	Altavista Solar Lynch Station, VA	Solar	80 MW	Altavista Solar, Llc
41.3 mi	Martinsville Lfg Generator Martinsville, VA	Natural Gas	1 MW	City Of Martinsville - (Va)
42.5 mi	Georgia-Pacific Big Island Big Island, VA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Gp Big Island Llc
43.0 mi	Snowden Big Island, VA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Town Of Bedford - (Va)
43.1 mi	Cushaw Warm Springs, VA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Cushaw Hydro Llc
44.1 mi	Glen Lyn Glen Lyn, VA	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
44.3 mi	Martinsville Martinsville, VA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	City Of Martinsville - (Va)
44.6 mi	Monroe Solar Chatham, VA	Solar	2 MW	Monroe Solar Llc
44.6 mi	Coleman Falls Coleman Falls, VA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Holcomb Rock Company
44.6 mi	Holcomb Rock Holcomb Rock, VA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Holcomb Rock Company
44.9 mi	Hce Roark Mill Solar, Llc Hurt, VA	Solar	3 MW	Standard Solar
45.2 mi	Altavista Power Station Altavista, VA	Biomass	71 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
45.3 mi	Multitrade Of Pittsylvania Lp Hurt, VA	Biomass	—	Virginia Electric & Power Co
46.0 mi	Energix Leatherwood, Llc Axton, VA	Solar	20 MW	Energix Leatherwood, Llc
46.2 mi	Whitehorn Solar Gretna, VA	Solar	50 MW	Whitehorn Solar, Llc
46.2 mi	Caden Energix Axton Llc Axton, VA	Solar	66 MW	Caden Energix Axton Llc
47.5 mi	Axton Solar Axton, VA	Solar	—	Vesper Energy Development Llc
47.8 mi	Pinnacles Ararat, VA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	Northbrook Virginia Hydro, Llc
48.0 mi	Shifting Sands Solar, Llc Ridgeway, VA	Solar	—	Shifting Sands Solar, Llc
48.1 mi	Sunny Rock Solar, Llc Martinsville, VA	Solar	—	Sunny Rock Solar, Llc
49.5 mi	Maplewood Solar Climax, VA	Solar	120 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
49.6 mi	Tpe Irish Road Solar, Llc Chatham, VA	Solar	5 MW	Navisun Llc
49.6 mi	Tpe Whitmell Solar, Llc Chatham, VA	Solar	5 MW	Navisun Llc
49.9 mi	Reusens Lynchburg, VA	Hydroelectric	13 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 44 power plants within 50 miles of Salem, Virginia (ZIP 24155), with a combined 1,472 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 15 of the 44 nearby plants. The closest plant is Salem Electric Department at 0.2 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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