Power Plants Near 24277 — Pennington Gap, VA

24 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24277 (Pennington Gap, Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.7508, -83.0223 · County: Lee

Natural Gas 55%Coal 24%Hydroelectric 11%Other Fossil 7%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
12.2 mi	Powell Valley Kyles Ford, TN	Oil	22 MW	Powell Valley Electric Coop
22.9 mi	Greater Wise Solar Project Norton, VA	Solar	—	Bq Energy Development
26.1 mi	John Sevier Rogersville, TN	Natural Gas	997 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
28.9 mi	Domtar Kingsport Mill Kingsport, TN	Natural Gas	50 MW	Domtar Paper Co Llc Kingsport Mill
30.9 mi	Tennessee Eastman Operations Kingsport, TN	Other Fossil	194 MW	Eastman Chemical Co-Tn Ops
32.3 mi	Mineral Gap Wise, VA	Solar	3 MW	Madison Energy Investments Llc
33.4 mi	Fort Patrick Henry Kingsport, TN	Hydroelectric	59 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
35.6 mi	Sr Albany, Llc Greenville, TN	Solar	—	Sr Albany, Llc
36.3 mi	Sr Greenville I Limestone, TN	Solar	5 MW	Sr Greenville I, Llc
36.5 mi	Sr Washington I, Llc Jonesborough, TN	Solar	9 MW	Sr Washington I, Llc
37.3 mi	Sr Gray Gray, TN	Solar	—	Sr Gray, Llc
38.9 mi	Boone Dam Kingsport, TN	Hydroelectric	106 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
39.5 mi	Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center St. Paul, VA	Coal	668 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
39.9 mi	Bright Mountain Solar Hazard, KY	Solar	—	Avangrid Power Llc
41.0 mi	Pineville Four Mile, KY	Coal	—	Kentucky Utilities Co
41.8 mi	Sr Greenville Ii Greeneville, TN	Solar	5 MW	Sr Greenville Ii, Llc
44.3 mi	Sr Jonesborough Jonesborough, TN	Solar	4 MW	Sr Jonesborough Ii, Llc
45.7 mi	Sr White Pine, Llc White Pine, TN	Solar	2 MW	Sr White Pine, Llc
46.0 mi	Starfire Mountain Solar Talcum, KY	Solar	—	Brightnight Power
47.0 mi	Mountain Home Energy Center Mountain Home, TN	Oil	7 MW	Energy Systems Group Llc
47.2 mi	Clinch River Cleveland, VA	Natural Gas	475 MW	Appalachian Power Co
48.1 mi	Cherokee Dam Rudledge, TN	Hydroelectric	135 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
49.8 mi	Bristol Plant Bristol, VA	Biomass	4 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
49.9 mi	Flannagan Hydroelectric Project Haysi, VA	Hydroelectric	—	Jordan Hydroelectric Ltd Ptp

Power generation near this area

There are 24 power plants within 50 miles of Pennington Gap, Virginia (ZIP 24277), with a combined 2,745 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 11 of the 24 nearby plants. The closest plant is Powell Valley at 12.2 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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