Power Plants Near 24292 — Whitetop, VA

22 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24292 (Whitetop, Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.6106, -81.5839 · County: Grayson

Natural Gas 46%Coal 36%Hydroelectric 13%Solar 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
28.7 mi	South Holston Bristol, TN	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
29.1 mi	Wolf Hills Energy Bristol, VA	Natural Gas	285 MW	Middle River Power Ii, Llc
31.0 mi	Bristol Plant Bristol, VA	Biomass	4 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
33.9 mi	Fries Hydroelectric Project Fries, VA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
35.4 mi	Wilbur Elizabethon, TN	Hydroelectric	11 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
35.4 mi	Watauga Elizabethton, TN	Hydroelectric	58 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
38.0 mi	Byllesby 2 Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Appalachian Power Co
38.3 mi	Buck Hydro Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Appalachian Power Co
38.3 mi	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc Wytheville, VA	Solar	20 MW	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc
39.3 mi	River Trail Solar, Llc Galax, VA	Solar	—	River Trail Solar, Llc
40.7 mi	Clinch River Cleveland, VA	Natural Gas	475 MW	Appalachian Power Co
42.9 mi	Wilkes Solar, Llc Wilkesboro, NC	Solar	—	Wilkes Solar, Llc
43.3 mi	May Solar Wytheville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
44.2 mi	Buchanan Generation Llc Keen Mountain, VA	Natural Gas	88 MW	Buchanan Generation, Llc
45.2 mi	Wythe County Solar Wythe County, VA	Solar	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
46.8 mi	Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center St. Paul, VA	Coal	668 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
46.9 mi	1001 Ebenezer Church Solar Stateroad, NC	Solar	5 MW	1001 Ebenezer Church Solar, Llc
48.5 mi	Partin Solar Elkin, NC	Solar	50 MW	Partin Solar, Llc
48.8 mi	Mountain Home Energy Center Mountain Home, TN	Oil	7 MW	Energy Systems Group Llc
48.9 mi	Boone Dam Kingsport, TN	Hydroelectric	106 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
49.0 mi	Issa Solar Hillsville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
49.5 mi	Hayes Solar, Llc Dobson, NC	Solar	3 MW	Hayes Solar, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 22 power plants within 50 miles of Whitetop, Virginia (ZIP 24292), with a combined 1,852 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 22 nearby plants. The closest plant is South Holston at 28.7 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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