Power Plants Near 24719 — Covel, WV

14 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24719 (Covel, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.4909, -81.3226 · County: Wyoming

Hydroelectric 55%Natural Gas 37%Solar 6%Biomass 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
24.1 mi	New River Clean Energy Beckley, WV	Biomass	3 MW	Cox Enterprises
26.5 mi	Glen Lyn Glen Lyn, VA	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
32.2 mi	Celanese Acetate Llc Narrows, VA	Natural Gas	27 MW	Celanese Acetate Llc
36.3 mi	May Solar Wytheville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
39.4 mi	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc Wytheville, VA	Solar	20 MW	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc
40.3 mi	New River Dublin, VA	Biomass	5 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
41.3 mi	Buchanan Generation Llc Keen Mountain, VA	Natural Gas	88 MW	Buchanan Generation, Llc
42.5 mi	Hecate Energy Pulaski 1 Dublin, VA	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
45.8 mi	Glen Ferris Hydro Gauley Bridge, WV	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Hawks Nest Hydro Llc
46.1 mi	Hawks Nest Hydro Gauley Bridge, WV	Hydroelectric	102 MW	Hawks Nest Hydro Llc
47.9 mi	Radford Army Ammunition Plant Radford, VA	Natural Gas	18 MW	U.s. Army - Radford
48.7 mi	London Handley, WV	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Appalachian Power Co
49.7 mi	Kanawha River Glasgow, WV	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
49.7 mi	Claytor Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	75 MW	Appalachian Power Co

Power generation near this area

There are 14 power plants within 50 miles of Covel, West Virginia (ZIP 24719), with a combined 359 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 4 of the 14 nearby plants. The closest plant is New River Clean Energy at 24.1 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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