Power Plants Near 24526 — Big Island, VA

46 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24526 (Big Island, Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.5306, -79.3827 · County: Bedford

Hydroelectric 44%Solar 32%Natural Gas 12%Oil 7%Biomass 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.4 mi	Georgia-Pacific Big Island Big Island, VA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Gp Big Island Llc
3.0 mi	Snowden Big Island, VA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Town Of Bedford - (Va)
4.3 mi	Cushaw Warm Springs, VA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Cushaw Hydro Llc
4.9 mi	Coleman Falls Coleman Falls, VA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Holcomb Rock Company
4.9 mi	Holcomb Rock Holcomb Rock, VA	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Holcomb Rock Company
11.7 mi	Reusens Lynchburg, VA	Hydroelectric	13 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
14.5 mi	Bedford Solar (Oppidum) Bedford, VA	Solar	3 MW	Oppidum Renewables Usa, Llc
15.4 mi	Orange Street G1 Bedford, VA	Oil	5 MW	Town Of Bedford - (Va)
20.1 mi	Amherst Solar Facility (Va) Amherst, VA	Solar	5 MW	Appalachian Power Co
22.2 mi	Rocky Forge Wind Eagle Rock, VA	Wind	—	Rocky Forge Wind, Llc
22.8 mi	Caden Energix Piney River Llc Arrington, VA	Solar	—	Caden Energix Piney River Llc
22.9 mi	Depot Solar Center, Llc Rustburg, VA	Solar	15 MW	Emerald Hills Holding I, Llc
24.0 mi	Fairfield Lee Solar, Llc Community Solar Fairfield, VA	Solar	5 MW	Dimension Energy Llc
25.4 mi	Sunday Solar Fairfield, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
26.0 mi	Small Mouth Bass Solar Rockbridge Baths, VA	Solar	3 MW	Small Mouth Bass Solar Partners Llc
26.5 mi	Altavista Solar Lynch Station, VA	Solar	80 MW	Altavista Solar, Llc
29.1 mi	Altavista Power Station Altavista, VA	Biomass	71 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
29.8 mi	Gladys Solar Llc Gladys, VA	Solar	—	Gladys Solar Llc
30.0 mi	Multitrade Of Pittsylvania Lp Hurt, VA	Biomass	—	Virginia Electric & Power Co
30.2 mi	Leesville Hurt, VA	Hydroelectric	40 MW	Appalachian Power Co
31.4 mi	Pigeon Run Solar Project Gladys, VA	Solar	—	Pigeon Run Solar, Llc
31.4 mi	Spout Spring Solar Appomattox, VA	Solar	—	Spout Spring Solar, Llc
32.7 mi	Low Moor Covington, VA	Oil	83 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
33.1 mi	Hce Roark Mill Solar, Llc Hurt, VA	Solar	3 MW	Standard Solar
33.1 mi	Niagara Vinton, VA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Appalachian Power Co
34.0 mi	Hce Millboro Springs Solar, Llc Millboro, VA	Solar	5 MW	Standard Solar
34.8 mi	Smith Mountain Penhook, VA	Hydroelectric	548 MW	Appalachian Power Co
36.6 mi	Caden Energix Pamplin Llc Appomattox, VA	Solar	16 MW	Caden Energix Pamplin Llc
38.3 mi	Covington Facility Covington, VA	Natural Gas	161 MW	Westrock Corp
39.1 mi	Shenvalee Solar Stuarts Draft, VA	Solar	—	Antares Group Inc
39.4 mi	Hce Red House Solar, Llc Red House, VA	Solar	—	Standard Solar
40.3 mi	Salem Street Dept Salem, VA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
40.6 mi	Water Strider Solar Nathalie, VA	Solar	80 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
41.2 mi	Salem Electric Department Salem, VA	Oil	1 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
41.4 mi	Whitehorn Solar Gretna, VA	Solar	50 MW	Whitehorn Solar, Llc
41.6 mi	Salem Water Plant Salem, VA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
41.9 mi	Sycamore Solar Gretna, VA	Solar	42 MW	Dominion Energy Inc.
43.6 mi	Prince Edward Csg Llc Pamplin, VA	Solar	4 MW	Dimension Energy Llc
44.4 mi	Maplewood Solar Climax, VA	Solar	120 MW	Dominion Renewable Energy
45.3 mi	Elm Spring Solar 1 Fishersville, VA	Solar	—	Antares Group Inc
45.5 mi	Elam Road Solar, Llc Pamplin, VA	Solar	3 MW	Dimension Energy Llc
45.5 mi	Augusta Csg, Llc Fishersville, VA	Solar	3 MW	Dimension Energy Llc
46.8 mi	Waynesboro Bridge Solar, Llc Community S Waynesboro, VA	Solar	5 MW	Dimension Energy Llc
47.0 mi	Monroe Solar Chatham, VA	Solar	2 MW	Monroe Solar Llc
48.4 mi	Pineside Solar Tbd, VA	Solar	—	Dominion Renewable Energy
49.9 mi	Zenith Solar Chatham, VA	Solar	—	Zenith Solar, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 46 power plants within 50 miles of Big Island, Virginia (ZIP 24526), with a combined 1,395 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 27 of the 46 nearby plants. The closest plant is Georgia-Pacific Big Island at 1.4 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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