Power Plants Near 24179 — Vinton, VA

48 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24179 (Vinton, Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.2757, -79.8775 · County: Roanoke

Hydroelectric 47%Solar 28%Natural Gas 15%Oil 6%Biomass 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.5 mi	Niagara Vinton, VA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Appalachian Power Co
9.2 mi	Salem Street Dept Salem, VA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
10.6 mi	Salem Electric Department Salem, VA	Oil	1 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
11.0 mi	Salem Water Plant Salem, VA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
20.5 mi	Orange Street G1 Bedford, VA	Oil	5 MW	Town Of Bedford - (Va)
22.2 mi	Bedford Solar (Oppidum) Bedford, VA	Solar	3 MW	Oppidum Renewables Usa, Llc
24.8 mi	Smith Mountain Penhook, VA	Hydroelectric	548 MW	Appalachian Power Co
29.0 mi	Leesville Hurt, VA	Hydroelectric	40 MW	Appalachian Power Co
30.0 mi	Virginia Tech Power Plant Blacksburg, VA	Natural Gas	6 MW	Virginia Polytechnic Inst And State Unv
30.5 mi	Altavista Solar Lynch Station, VA	Solar	80 MW	Altavista Solar, Llc
31.3 mi	Rocky Forge Wind Eagle Rock, VA	Wind	—	Rocky Forge Wind, Llc
33.7 mi	Georgia-Pacific Big Island Big Island, VA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Gp Big Island Llc
34.3 mi	Green Acres (Va) Bassett, VA	Solar	5 MW	Madison Energy Investments Llc
34.6 mi	Snowden Big Island, VA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Town Of Bedford - (Va)
34.6 mi	Low Moor Covington, VA	Oil	83 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
35.0 mi	Altavista Power Station Altavista, VA	Biomass	71 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
35.0 mi	Cushaw Warm Springs, VA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Cushaw Hydro Llc
35.0 mi	Hce Roark Mill Solar, Llc Hurt, VA	Solar	3 MW	Standard Solar
35.1 mi	Multitrade Of Pittsylvania Lp Hurt, VA	Biomass	—	Virginia Electric & Power Co
35.2 mi	Philpott Lake Bassett, VA	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Usce-Wilmington District
35.4 mi	Coleman Falls Coleman Falls, VA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Holcomb Rock Company
35.4 mi	Holcomb Rock Holcomb Rock, VA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Holcomb Rock Company
36.8 mi	Covington Facility Covington, VA	Natural Gas	161 MW	Westrock Corp
36.8 mi	Monroe Solar Chatham, VA	Solar	2 MW	Monroe Solar Llc
37.2 mi	Radford Army Ammunition Plant Radford, VA	Natural Gas	18 MW	U.s. Army - Radford
37.2 mi	Whitehorn Solar Gretna, VA	Solar	50 MW	Whitehorn Solar, Llc
38.6 mi	Martinsville Lfg Generator Martinsville, VA	Natural Gas	1 MW	City Of Martinsville - (Va)
40.2 mi	Reusens Lynchburg, VA	Hydroelectric	13 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
40.6 mi	Radford Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	City Of Radford - (Va)
40.7 mi	Maplewood Solar Climax, VA	Solar	120 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
41.3 mi	Claytor Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	75 MW	Appalachian Power Co
41.5 mi	Gladys Solar Llc Gladys, VA	Solar	—	Gladys Solar Llc
41.7 mi	Energix Leatherwood, Llc Axton, VA	Solar	20 MW	Energix Leatherwood, Llc
41.8 mi	Depot Solar Center, Llc Rustburg, VA	Solar	15 MW	Emerald Hills Holding I, Llc
42.3 mi	Martinsville Martinsville, VA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	City Of Martinsville - (Va)
42.5 mi	Caden Energix Axton Llc Axton, VA	Solar	66 MW	Caden Energix Axton Llc
43.1 mi	Axton Solar Axton, VA	Solar	—	Vesper Energy Development Llc
43.1 mi	Tpe Irish Road Solar, Llc Chatham, VA	Solar	5 MW	Navisun Llc
43.1 mi	Tpe Whitmell Solar, Llc Chatham, VA	Solar	5 MW	Navisun Llc
44.2 mi	Sycamore Solar Gretna, VA	Solar	42 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
45.6 mi	Hecate Energy Pulaski 1 Dublin, VA	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
45.6 mi	Shifting Sands Solar, Llc Ridgeway, VA	Solar	—	Shifting Sands Solar, Llc
45.6 mi	New River Dublin, VA	Biomass	5 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
45.9 mi	Pigeon Run Solar Project Gladys, VA	Solar	—	Pigeon Run Solar, Llc
46.1 mi	Sunny Rock Solar, Llc Martinsville, VA	Solar	—	Sunny Rock Solar, Llc
47.6 mi	Zenith Solar Chatham, VA	Solar	—	Zenith Solar, Llc
49.0 mi	Celanese Acetate Llc Narrows, VA	Natural Gas	27 MW	Celanese Acetate Llc
49.2 mi	Fairfield Lee Solar, Llc Community Solar Fairfield, VA	Solar	5 MW	Dimension Energy Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 48 power plants within 50 miles of Vinton, Virginia (ZIP 24179), with a combined 1,523 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 21 of the 48 nearby plants. The closest plant is Niagara at 1.5 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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