Power Plants Near 24316 — Broadford, VA

17 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24316 (Broadford, Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.9546, -81.6730 · County: Smyth

Natural Gas 50%Coal 40%Hydroelectric 8%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
22.0 mi	Buchanan Generation Llc Keen Mountain, VA	Natural Gas	88 MW	Buchanan Generation, Llc
29.1 mi	Clinch River Cleveland, VA	Natural Gas	475 MW	Appalachian Power Co
31.2 mi	Wolf Hills Energy Bristol, VA	Natural Gas	285 MW	Middle River Power Ii, Llc
34.4 mi	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc Wytheville, VA	Solar	20 MW	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc
35.6 mi	Bristol Plant Bristol, VA	Biomass	4 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
36.8 mi	Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center St. Paul, VA	Coal	668 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
37.3 mi	May Solar Wytheville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
37.7 mi	South Holston Bristol, TN	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
41.5 mi	Fries Hydroelectric Project Fries, VA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
41.8 mi	Buck Hydro Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Appalachian Power Co
41.9 mi	Flannagan Hydroelectric Project Haysi, VA	Hydroelectric	—	Jordan Hydroelectric Ltd Ptp
42.5 mi	Byllesby 2 Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Appalachian Power Co
46.5 mi	Wythe County Solar Wythe County, VA	Solar	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
46.8 mi	River Trail Solar, Llc Galax, VA	Solar	—	River Trail Solar, Llc
47.2 mi	Mineral Gap Wise, VA	Solar	3 MW	Madison Energy Investments Llc
49.2 mi	Wilbur Elizabethon, TN	Hydroelectric	11 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
49.3 mi	Watauga Elizabethton, TN	Hydroelectric	58 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority

Power generation near this area

There are 17 power plants within 50 miles of Broadford, Virginia (ZIP 24316), with a combined 1,685 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 17 nearby plants. The closest plant is Buchanan Generation Llc at 22.0 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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