Power Plants Near 24726 — Herndon, WV

13 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24726 (Herndon, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.5054, -81.3404 · County: Wyoming

Natural Gas 47%Hydroelectric 43%Solar 7%Biomass 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
23.6 mi	New River Clean Energy Beckley, WV	Biomass	3 MW	Cox Enterprises
27.8 mi	Glen Lyn Glen Lyn, VA	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
33.5 mi	Celanese Acetate Llc Narrows, VA	Natural Gas	27 MW	Celanese Acetate Llc
37.7 mi	May Solar Wytheville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
40.7 mi	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc Wytheville, VA	Solar	20 MW	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc
41.0 mi	Buchanan Generation Llc Keen Mountain, VA	Natural Gas	88 MW	Buchanan Generation, Llc
41.7 mi	New River Dublin, VA	Biomass	5 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
43.9 mi	Hecate Energy Pulaski 1 Dublin, VA	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
44.9 mi	Glen Ferris Hydro Gauley Bridge, WV	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Hawks Nest Hydro Llc
45.3 mi	Hawks Nest Hydro Gauley Bridge, WV	Hydroelectric	102 MW	Hawks Nest Hydro Llc
47.6 mi	London Handley, WV	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Appalachian Power Co
48.6 mi	Kanawha River Glasgow, WV	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
49.2 mi	Radford Army Ammunition Plant Radford, VA	Natural Gas	18 MW	U.s. Army - Radford

Power generation near this area

There are 13 power plants within 50 miles of Herndon, West Virginia (ZIP 24726), with a combined 284 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 3 of the 13 nearby plants. The closest plant is New River Clean Energy at 23.6 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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