Power Plants Near 24368 — Rural Retreat, VA

23 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24368 (Rural Retreat, Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 36.8836, -81.2879 · County: Wythe

Natural Gas 66%Hydroelectric 20%Solar 13%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
14.3 mi	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc Wytheville, VA	Solar	20 MW	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc
18.7 mi	May Solar Wytheville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
20.0 mi	Buck Hydro Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Appalachian Power Co
20.4 mi	Fries Hydroelectric Project Fries, VA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
20.7 mi	Byllesby 2 Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Appalachian Power Co
24.9 mi	Wythe County Solar Wythe County, VA	Solar	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
25.3 mi	River Trail Solar, Llc Galax, VA	Solar	—	River Trail Solar, Llc
31.6 mi	Issa Solar Hillsville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
37.6 mi	Hecate Energy Pulaski 1 Dublin, VA	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
38.5 mi	New River Dublin, VA	Biomass	5 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
41.0 mi	Glen Lyn Glen Lyn, VA	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
41.0 mi	Claytor Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	75 MW	Appalachian Power Co
41.7 mi	Radford Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	City Of Radford - (Va)
42.3 mi	Buchanan Generation Llc Keen Mountain, VA	Natural Gas	88 MW	Buchanan Generation, Llc
42.9 mi	Celanese Acetate Llc Narrows, VA	Natural Gas	27 MW	Celanese Acetate Llc
45.9 mi	Hayes Solar, Llc Dobson, NC	Solar	3 MW	Hayes Solar, Llc
45.9 mi	Radford Army Ammunition Plant Radford, VA	Natural Gas	18 MW	U.s. Army - Radford
47.3 mi	Mayberry Solar Llc Mt. Airy, NC	Solar	1 MW	Oppidum Renewables Usa, Llc
47.7 mi	Wolf Hills Energy Bristol, VA	Natural Gas	285 MW	Middle River Power Ii, Llc
48.0 mi	Ararat Rock Solar, Llc Mount Airy, NC	Solar	4 MW	Oppidum Renewables Usa, Llc
48.2 mi	1001 Ebenezer Church Solar Stateroad, NC	Solar	5 MW	1001 Ebenezer Church Solar, Llc
48.8 mi	Pinnacles Ararat, VA	Hydroelectric	12 MW	Northbrook Virginia Hydro, Llc
49.8 mi	Partin Solar Elkin, NC	Solar	50 MW	Partin Solar, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 23 power plants within 50 miles of Rural Retreat, Virginia (ZIP 24368), with a combined 629 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 9 of the 23 nearby plants. The closest plant is Caden Energix Wytheville Llc at 14.3 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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