Power Plants Near 24604 — Bishop, VA

16 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24604 (Bishop, Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.2033, -81.5575 · County: Tazewell

Natural Gas 54%Coal 42%Hydroelectric 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
22.3 mi	Buchanan Generation Llc Keen Mountain, VA	Natural Gas	88 MW	Buchanan Generation, Llc
32.5 mi	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc Wytheville, VA	Solar	20 MW	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc
32.8 mi	May Solar Wytheville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
39.9 mi	Glen Lyn Glen Lyn, VA	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
40.0 mi	Clinch River Cleveland, VA	Natural Gas	475 MW	Appalachian Power Co
43.6 mi	Flannagan Hydroelectric Project Haysi, VA	Hydroelectric	—	Jordan Hydroelectric Ltd Ptp
43.7 mi	Buck Hydro Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Appalachian Power Co
44.6 mi	Celanese Acetate Llc Narrows, VA	Natural Gas	27 MW	Celanese Acetate Llc
44.9 mi	Byllesby 2 Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Appalachian Power Co
45.7 mi	Wythe County Solar Wythe County, VA	Solar	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
46.2 mi	Fries Hydroelectric Project Fries, VA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
47.3 mi	New River Dublin, VA	Biomass	5 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
47.4 mi	Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center St. Paul, VA	Coal	668 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
47.5 mi	New River Clean Energy Beckley, WV	Biomass	3 MW	Cox Enterprises
47.9 mi	Wolf Hills Energy Bristol, VA	Natural Gas	285 MW	Middle River Power Ii, Llc
48.1 mi	Hecate Energy Pulaski 1 Dublin, VA	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy

Power generation near this area

There are 16 power plants within 50 miles of Bishop, Virginia (ZIP 24604), with a combined 1,607 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 4 of the 16 nearby plants. The closest plant is Buchanan Generation Llc at 22.3 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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