Power Plants Near 24637 — Pounding Mill, VA

13 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24637 (Pounding Mill, Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.0596, -81.7301 · County: Tazewell

Natural Gas 52%Coal 41%Hydroelectric 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
15.0 mi	Buchanan Generation Llc Keen Mountain, VA	Natural Gas	88 MW	Buchanan Generation, Llc
27.3 mi	Clinch River Cleveland, VA	Natural Gas	475 MW	Appalachian Power Co
34.3 mi	Wolf Hills Energy Bristol, VA	Natural Gas	285 MW	Middle River Power Ii, Llc
35.0 mi	Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center St. Paul, VA	Coal	668 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
36.1 mi	Flannagan Hydroelectric Project Haysi, VA	Hydroelectric	—	Jordan Hydroelectric Ltd Ptp
38.1 mi	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc Wytheville, VA	Solar	20 MW	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc
39.0 mi	Bristol Plant Bristol, VA	Biomass	4 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
40.1 mi	May Solar Wytheville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
42.1 mi	South Holston Bristol, TN	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
44.1 mi	Mineral Gap Wise, VA	Solar	3 MW	Madison Energy Investments Llc
47.0 mi	Buck Hydro Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Appalachian Power Co
47.5 mi	Fries Hydroelectric Project Fries, VA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
47.9 mi	Byllesby 2 Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Appalachian Power Co

Power generation near this area

There are 13 power plants within 50 miles of Pounding Mill, Virginia (ZIP 24637), with a combined 1,617 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 13 nearby plants. The closest plant is Buchanan Generation Llc at 15.0 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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