Power Plants Near 24162 — Shawsville, VA

39 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24162 (Shawsville, Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.1466, -80.2715 · County: Montgomery

Hydroelectric 63%Natural Gas 18%Solar 10%Oil 8%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.1 mi	Virginia Tech Power Plant Blacksburg, VA	Natural Gas	6 MW	Virginia Polytechnic Inst And State Unv
14.5 mi	Salem Water Plant Salem, VA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
14.8 mi	Salem Electric Department Salem, VA	Oil	1 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
15.1 mi	Radford Army Ammunition Plant Radford, VA	Natural Gas	18 MW	U.s. Army - Radford
15.5 mi	Salem Street Dept Salem, VA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
17.3 mi	Radford Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	City Of Radford - (Va)
18.0 mi	Claytor Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	75 MW	Appalachian Power Co
22.9 mi	Hecate Energy Pulaski 1 Dublin, VA	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
23.0 mi	Niagara Vinton, VA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Appalachian Power Co
23.7 mi	New River Dublin, VA	Biomass	5 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
28.7 mi	Philpott Lake Bassett, VA	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Usce-Wilmington District
30.4 mi	Celanese Acetate Llc Narrows, VA	Natural Gas	27 MW	Celanese Acetate Llc
30.9 mi	Green Acres (Va) Bassett, VA	Solar	5 MW	Madison Energy Investments Llc
34.5 mi	Pinnacles Ararat, VA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	Northbrook Virginia Hydro, Llc
35.2 mi	Issa Solar Hillsville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
36.0 mi	Glen Lyn Glen Lyn, VA	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
36.4 mi	Wythe County Solar Wythe County, VA	Solar	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
37.9 mi	Martinsville Lfg Generator Martinsville, VA	Natural Gas	1 MW	City Of Martinsville - (Va)
39.6 mi	Martinsville Martinsville, VA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	City Of Martinsville - (Va)
41.1 mi	May Solar Wytheville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
41.2 mi	Smith Mountain Penhook, VA	Hydroelectric	548 MW	Appalachian Power Co
43.0 mi	Sunny Rock Solar, Llc Martinsville, VA	Solar	—	Sunny Rock Solar, Llc
43.4 mi	Shifting Sands Solar, Llc Ridgeway, VA	Solar	—	Shifting Sands Solar, Llc
43.6 mi	Buck Hydro Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Appalachian Power Co
43.7 mi	Caden Energix Axton Llc Axton, VA	Solar	66 MW	Caden Energix Axton Llc
43.7 mi	Orange Street G1 Bedford, VA	Oil	5 MW	Town Of Bedford - (Va)
44.2 mi	Byllesby 2 Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Appalachian Power Co
44.4 mi	Energix Leatherwood, Llc Axton, VA	Solar	20 MW	Energix Leatherwood, Llc
44.7 mi	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc Wytheville, VA	Solar	20 MW	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc
45.4 mi	Bedford Solar (Oppidum) Bedford, VA	Solar	3 MW	Oppidum Renewables Usa, Llc
45.4 mi	River Trail Solar, Llc Galax, VA	Solar	—	River Trail Solar, Llc
46.1 mi	Axton Solar Axton, VA	Solar	—	Vesper Energy Development Llc
47.6 mi	Covington Facility Covington, VA	Natural Gas	161 MW	Westrock Corp
48.0 mi	Leesville Hurt, VA	Hydroelectric	40 MW	Appalachian Power Co
48.3 mi	Low Moor Covington, VA	Oil	83 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
48.6 mi	Monroe Solar Chatham, VA	Solar	2 MW	Monroe Solar Llc
49.4 mi	Rocky Forge Wind Eagle Rock, VA	Wind	—	Rocky Forge Wind, Llc
49.4 mi	Fries Hydroelectric Project Fries, VA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
49.7 mi	Mayberry Solar Llc Mt. Airy, NC	Solar	1 MW	Oppidum Renewables Usa, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 39 power plants within 50 miles of Shawsville, Virginia (ZIP 24162), with a combined 1,158 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 13 of the 39 nearby plants. The closest plant is Virginia Tech Power Plant at 10.1 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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