Power Plants Near 24714 — Beeson, WV

17 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24714 (Beeson, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.4909, -81.2062 · County: Mercer

Hydroelectric 55%Natural Gas 37%Solar 5%Biomass 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
20.6 mi	Glen Lyn Glen Lyn, VA	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
22.6 mi	New River Clean Energy Beckley, WV	Biomass	3 MW	Cox Enterprises
26.3 mi	Celanese Acetate Llc Narrows, VA	Natural Gas	27 MW	Celanese Acetate Llc
33.7 mi	May Solar Wytheville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
35.1 mi	New River Dublin, VA	Biomass	5 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
37.4 mi	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc Wytheville, VA	Solar	20 MW	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc
37.4 mi	Hecate Energy Pulaski 1 Dublin, VA	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
42.3 mi	Radford Army Ammunition Plant Radford, VA	Natural Gas	18 MW	U.s. Army - Radford
44.6 mi	Claytor Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	75 MW	Appalachian Power Co
45.0 mi	Radford Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	City Of Radford - (Va)
45.4 mi	Hawks Nest Hydro Gauley Bridge, WV	Hydroelectric	102 MW	Hawks Nest Hydro Llc
45.4 mi	Glen Ferris Hydro Gauley Bridge, WV	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Hawks Nest Hydro Llc
46.7 mi	Virginia Tech Power Plant Blacksburg, VA	Natural Gas	6 MW	Virginia Polytechnic Inst And State Unv
46.9 mi	Buchanan Generation Llc Keen Mountain, VA	Natural Gas	88 MW	Buchanan Generation, Llc
47.1 mi	Wythe County Solar Wythe County, VA	Solar	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
49.4 mi	Buck Hydro Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Appalachian Power Co
49.4 mi	London Handley, WV	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Appalachian Power Co

Power generation near this area

There are 17 power plants within 50 miles of Beeson, West Virginia (ZIP 24714), with a combined 375 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 17 nearby plants. The closest plant is Glen Lyn at 20.6 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 West Virginia, visit the West Virginia state page.

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