Power Plants Near 24649 — Swords Creek, VA

10 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24649 (Swords Creek, Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.0738, -81.9084 · County: Russell

Natural Gas 54%Coal 42%Hydroelectric 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.6 mi	Buchanan Generation Llc Keen Mountain, VA	Natural Gas	88 MW	Buchanan Generation, Llc
18.8 mi	Clinch River Cleveland, VA	Natural Gas	475 MW	Appalachian Power Co
26.1 mi	Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center St. Paul, VA	Coal	668 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
26.6 mi	Flannagan Hydroelectric Project Haysi, VA	Hydroelectric	—	Jordan Hydroelectric Ltd Ptp
30.3 mi	Wolf Hills Energy Bristol, VA	Natural Gas	285 MW	Middle River Power Ii, Llc
34.5 mi	Mineral Gap Wise, VA	Solar	3 MW	Madison Energy Investments Llc
35.1 mi	Bristol Plant Bristol, VA	Biomass	4 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
39.4 mi	South Holston Bristol, TN	Hydroelectric	39 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
43.5 mi	Greater Wise Solar Project Norton, VA	Solar	—	Bq Energy Development
48.0 mi	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc Wytheville, VA	Solar	20 MW	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 10 power plants within 50 miles of Swords Creek, Virginia (ZIP 24649), with a combined 1,581 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 3 of the 10 nearby plants. The closest plant is Buchanan Generation Llc at 7.6 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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