Power Plants Near 24448 — Iron Gate, VA

28 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24448 (Iron Gate, Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.7965, -79.7860 · County: Alleghany

Hydroelectric 87%Natural Gas 5%Wind 3%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.9 mi	Low Moor Covington, VA	Oil	83 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
6.9 mi	Rocky Forge Wind Eagle Rock, VA	Wind	—	Rocky Forge Wind, Llc
11.4 mi	Covington Facility Covington, VA	Natural Gas	161 MW	Westrock Corp
18.4 mi	Hce Millboro Springs Solar, Llc Millboro, VA	Solar	5 MW	Standard Solar
22.0 mi	Fairfield Lee Solar, Llc Community Solar Fairfield, VA	Solar	5 MW	Dimension Energy Llc
22.2 mi	Small Mouth Bass Solar Rockbridge Baths, VA	Solar	3 MW	Small Mouth Bass Solar Partners Llc
25.5 mi	Sunday Solar Fairfield, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
26.2 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)
28.5 mi	Bath County Warm Springs, VA	Hydroelectric	2,862 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
29.7 mi	Georgia-Pacific Big Island Big Island, VA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Gp Big Island Llc
33.4 mi	Coleman Falls Coleman Falls, VA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Holcomb Rock Company
33.4 mi	Holcomb Rock Holcomb Rock, VA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Holcomb Rock Company
35.4 mi	Orange Street G1 Bedford, VA	Oil	5 MW	Town Of Bedford - (Va)
36.0 mi	Bedford Solar (Oppidum) Bedford, VA	Solar	3 MW	Oppidum Renewables Usa, Llc
37.8 mi	Niagara Vinton, VA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Appalachian Power Co
38.3 mi	Salem Electric Department Salem, VA	Oil	1 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
38.4 mi	Salem Street Dept Salem, VA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
38.6 mi	Salem Water Plant Salem, VA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
40.1 mi	Reusens Lynchburg, VA	Hydroelectric	13 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
42.2 mi	Caden Energix Piney River Llc Arrington, VA	Solar	—	Caden Energix Piney River 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
44.0 mi	Shenvalee Solar Stuarts Draft, VA	Solar	—	Antares Group Inc
44.5 mi	Monterey Diesel Generation Facility Monterey, VA	Oil	6 MW	Old Dominion Electric Coop
45.3 mi	Amherst Solar Facility (Va) Amherst, VA	Solar	5 MW	Appalachian Power Co
49.4 mi	Augusta Csg, Llc Fishersville, VA	Solar	3 MW	Dimension Energy Llc
49.5 mi	Elm Spring Solar 1 Fishersville, VA	Solar	—	Antares Group Inc

Power generation near this area

There are 28 power plants within 50 miles of Iron Gate, Virginia (ZIP 24448), with a combined 3,317 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 9 of the 28 nearby plants. The closest plant is Low Moor at 5.9 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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