Power Plants Near 24271 — Nickelsville, VA

24 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24271 (Nickelsville, Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.7502, -82.4202 · County: Scott

Natural Gas 61%Coal 22%Hydroelectric 9%Other Fossil 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
12.3 mi	Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center St. Paul, VA	Coal	668 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
16.1 mi	Domtar Kingsport Mill Kingsport, TN	Natural Gas	50 MW	Domtar Paper Co Llc Kingsport Mill
17.2 mi	Tennessee Eastman Operations Kingsport, TN	Other Fossil	194 MW	Eastman Chemical Co-Tn Ops
17.6 mi	Clinch River Cleveland, VA	Natural Gas	475 MW	Appalachian Power Co
18.0 mi	Mineral Gap Wise, VA	Solar	3 MW	Madison Energy Investments Llc
18.1 mi	Fort Patrick Henry Kingsport, TN	Hydroelectric	59 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
18.5 mi	Bristol Plant Bristol, VA	Biomass	4 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
18.5 mi	Wolf Hills Energy Bristol, VA	Natural Gas	285 MW	Middle River Power Ii, Llc
19.0 mi	Greater Wise Solar Project Norton, VA	Solar	—	Bq Energy Development
21.4 mi	Boone Dam Kingsport, TN	Hydroelectric	106 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
21.7 mi	Sr Gray Gray, TN	Solar	—	Sr Gray, Llc
24.1 mi	South Holston Bristol, TN	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
29.5 mi	Sr Washington I, Llc Jonesborough, TN	Solar	9 MW	Sr Washington I, Llc
30.5 mi	Mountain Home Energy Center Mountain Home, TN	Oil	7 MW	Energy Systems Group Llc
32.6 mi	Wilbur Elizabethon, TN	Hydroelectric	11 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
32.6 mi	Watauga Elizabethton, TN	Hydroelectric	58 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
33.6 mi	Flannagan Hydroelectric Project Haysi, VA	Hydroelectric	—	Jordan Hydroelectric Ltd Ptp
34.9 mi	Sr Jonesborough Jonesborough, TN	Solar	4 MW	Sr Jonesborough Ii, Llc
35.1 mi	Sr Greenville I Limestone, TN	Solar	5 MW	Sr Greenville I, Llc
36.0 mi	Powell Valley Kyles Ford, TN	Oil	22 MW	Powell Valley Electric Coop
38.8 mi	Buchanan Generation Llc Keen Mountain, VA	Natural Gas	88 MW	Buchanan Generation, Llc
39.7 mi	John Sevier Rogersville, TN	Natural Gas	997 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
42.6 mi	Sr Greenville Ii Greeneville, TN	Solar	5 MW	Sr Greenville Ii, Llc
44.3 mi	Sr Albany, Llc Greenville, TN	Solar	—	Sr Albany, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 24 power plants within 50 miles of Nickelsville, Virginia (ZIP 24271), with a combined 3,088 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 24 nearby plants. The closest plant is Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center at 12.3 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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