Power Plants Near 24712 — Athens, WV

16 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24712 (Athens, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.4323, -80.9974 · County: Mercer

Hydroelectric 58%Natural Gas 27%Solar 10%Biomass 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
8.5 mi	Glen Lyn Glen Lyn, VA	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
14.1 mi	Celanese Acetate Llc Narrows, VA	Natural Gas	27 MW	Celanese Acetate Llc
23.8 mi	New River Dublin, VA	Biomass	5 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
26.4 mi	Hecate Energy Pulaski 1 Dublin, VA	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
27.8 mi	May Solar Wytheville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
28.0 mi	New River Clean Energy Beckley, WV	Biomass	3 MW	Cox Enterprises
30.4 mi	Radford Army Ammunition Plant Radford, VA	Natural Gas	18 MW	U.s. Army - Radford
32.5 mi	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc Wytheville, VA	Solar	20 MW	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc
33.5 mi	Claytor Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	75 MW	Appalachian Power Co
33.8 mi	Radford Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	City Of Radford - (Va)
34.6 mi	Virginia Tech Power Plant Blacksburg, VA	Natural Gas	6 MW	Virginia Polytechnic Inst And State Unv
39.4 mi	Wythe County Solar Wythe County, VA	Solar	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
43.2 mi	Buck Hydro Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Appalachian Power Co
44.8 mi	Byllesby 2 Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Appalachian Power Co
46.8 mi	Issa Solar Hillsville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
49.6 mi	Fries Hydroelectric Project Fries, VA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 16 power plants within 50 miles of Athens, West Virginia (ZIP 24712), with a combined 191 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 16 nearby plants. The closest plant is Glen Lyn at 8.5 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 West Virginia, visit the West Virginia state page.

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