Power Plants Near 24601 — Amonate, VA

14 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24601 (Amonate, Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.1909, -81.6387 · County: Tazewell

Natural Gas 55%Coal 42%Hydroelectric 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
17.8 mi	Buchanan Generation Llc Keen Mountain, VA	Natural Gas	88 MW	Buchanan Generation, Llc
35.7 mi	Clinch River Cleveland, VA	Natural Gas	475 MW	Appalachian Power Co
36.0 mi	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc Wytheville, VA	Solar	20 MW	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc
36.7 mi	May Solar Wytheville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
39.2 mi	Flannagan Hydroelectric Project Haysi, VA	Hydroelectric	—	Jordan Hydroelectric Ltd Ptp
43.0 mi	Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center St. Paul, VA	Coal	668 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
44.4 mi	Glen Lyn Glen Lyn, VA	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
44.6 mi	Wolf Hills Energy Bristol, VA	Natural Gas	285 MW	Middle River Power Ii, Llc
46.8 mi	Buck Hydro Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Appalachian Power Co
47.9 mi	Byllesby 2 Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Appalachian Power Co
48.8 mi	Fries Hydroelectric Project Fries, VA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
49.2 mi	Celanese Acetate Llc Narrows, VA	Natural Gas	27 MW	Celanese Acetate Llc
49.3 mi	Wythe County Solar Wythe County, VA	Solar	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
49.3 mi	Bristol Plant Bristol, VA	Biomass	4 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 14 power plants within 50 miles of Amonate, Virginia (ZIP 24601), with a combined 1,602 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 4 of the 14 nearby plants. The closest plant is Buchanan Generation Llc at 17.8 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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