Power Plants Near 24605 — Bluefield, VA

18 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24605 (Bluefield, Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.2526, -81.2712 · County: Tazewell

Natural Gas 50%Hydroelectric 40%Solar 7%Biomass 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
21.3 mi	May Solar Wytheville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
23.4 mi	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc Wytheville, VA	Solar	20 MW	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc
23.9 mi	Glen Lyn Glen Lyn, VA	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
28.5 mi	Celanese Acetate Llc Narrows, VA	Natural Gas	27 MW	Celanese Acetate Llc
31.8 mi	New River Dublin, VA	Biomass	5 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
33.1 mi	Hecate Energy Pulaski 1 Dublin, VA	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
35.4 mi	Wythe County Solar Wythe County, VA	Solar	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
35.8 mi	Buck Hydro Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Appalachian Power Co
37.3 mi	Byllesby 2 Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Appalachian Power Co
38.4 mi	Buchanan Generation Llc Keen Mountain, VA	Natural Gas	88 MW	Buchanan Generation, Llc
39.4 mi	New River Clean Energy Beckley, WV	Biomass	3 MW	Cox Enterprises
39.7 mi	Claytor Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	75 MW	Appalachian Power Co
40.3 mi	Radford Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	City Of Radford - (Va)
40.3 mi	Fries Hydroelectric Project Fries, VA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
40.4 mi	Radford Army Ammunition Plant Radford, VA	Natural Gas	18 MW	U.s. Army - Radford
43.2 mi	River Trail Solar, Llc Galax, VA	Solar	—	River Trail Solar, Llc
43.8 mi	Issa Solar Hillsville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
46.8 mi	Virginia Tech Power Plant Blacksburg, VA	Natural Gas	6 MW	Virginia Polytechnic Inst And State Unv

Power generation near this area

There are 18 power plants within 50 miles of Bluefield, Virginia (ZIP 24605), with a combined 279 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 18 nearby plants. The closest plant is May Solar at 21.3 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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