Power Plants Near 24438 — Glen Wilton, VA

29 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24438 (Glen Wilton, Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.7529, -79.8189 · County: Botetourt

Hydroelectric 84%Natural Gas 5%Wind 5%Solar 3%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.3 mi	Low Moor Covington, VA	Oil	83 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
6.2 mi	Rocky Forge Wind Eagle Rock, VA	Wind	—	Rocky Forge Wind, Llc
10.1 mi	Covington Facility Covington, VA	Natural Gas	161 MW	Westrock Corp
21.9 mi	Hce Millboro Springs Solar, Llc Millboro, VA	Solar	5 MW	Standard Solar
24.6 mi	Fairfield Lee Solar, Llc Community Solar Fairfield, VA	Solar	5 MW	Dimension Energy Llc
25.0 mi	Small Mouth Bass Solar Rockbridge Baths, VA	Solar	3 MW	Small Mouth Bass Solar Partners Llc
26.4 mi	Cushaw Warm Springs, VA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Cushaw Hydro Llc
27.4 mi	Snowden Big Island, VA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Town Of Bedford - (Va)
28.2 mi	Sunday Solar Fairfield, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
29.5 mi	Georgia-Pacific Big Island Big Island, VA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Gp Big Island Llc
31.5 mi	Bath County Warm Springs, VA	Hydroelectric	2,862 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
33.2 mi	Coleman Falls Coleman Falls, VA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Holcomb Rock Company
33.2 mi	Holcomb Rock Holcomb Rock, VA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Holcomb Rock Company
33.6 mi	Orange Street G1 Bedford, VA	Oil	5 MW	Town Of Bedford - (Va)
34.3 mi	Bedford Solar (Oppidum) Bedford, VA	Solar	3 MW	Oppidum Renewables Usa, Llc
34.6 mi	Niagara Vinton, VA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Appalachian Power Co
34.9 mi	Salem Electric Department Salem, VA	Oil	1 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
35.0 mi	Salem Street Dept Salem, VA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
35.1 mi	Salem Water Plant Salem, VA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
40.0 mi	Reusens Lynchburg, VA	Hydroelectric	13 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
43.4 mi	Beech Ridge Energy Llc Rupert, WV	Wind	101 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
43.4 mi	Beech Ridge Energy Storage Rupert, WV	Other Fossil	32 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
43.7 mi	Caden Energix Piney River Llc Arrington, VA	Solar	—	Caden Energix Piney River Llc
46.0 mi	Amherst Solar Facility (Va) Amherst, VA	Solar	5 MW	Appalachian Power Co
46.8 mi	Shenvalee Solar Stuarts Draft, VA	Solar	—	Antares Group Inc
47.8 mi	Monterey Diesel Generation Facility Monterey, VA	Oil	6 MW	Old Dominion Electric Coop
48.8 mi	Virginia Tech Power Plant Blacksburg, VA	Natural Gas	6 MW	Virginia Polytechnic Inst And State Unv
49.1 mi	Altavista Solar Lynch Station, VA	Solar	80 MW	Altavista Solar, Llc
49.9 mi	Beech Ridge Ii Wind Energy Center Rupert, WV	Wind	56 MW	Southern Power Co

Power generation near this area

There are 29 power plants within 50 miles of Glen Wilton, Virginia (ZIP 24438), with a combined 3,456 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 29 nearby plants. The closest plant is Low Moor at 4.3 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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