Power Plants Near 24747 — Rock, WV

17 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24747 (Rock, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.4142, -81.1784 · County: Mercer

Natural Gas 50%Hydroelectric 40%Solar 7%Biomass 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
17.6 mi	Glen Lyn Glen Lyn, VA	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
23.2 mi	Celanese Acetate Llc Narrows, VA	Natural Gas	27 MW	Celanese Acetate Llc
27.8 mi	New River Clean Energy Beckley, WV	Biomass	3 MW	Cox Enterprises
28.2 mi	May Solar Wytheville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
30.8 mi	New River Dublin, VA	Biomass	5 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
31.9 mi	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc Wytheville, VA	Solar	20 MW	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc
33.0 mi	Hecate Energy Pulaski 1 Dublin, VA	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
38.5 mi	Radford Army Ammunition Plant Radford, VA	Natural Gas	18 MW	U.s. Army - Radford
40.2 mi	Claytor Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	75 MW	Appalachian Power Co
40.6 mi	Radford Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	City Of Radford - (Va)
41.7 mi	Wythe County Solar Wythe County, VA	Solar	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
43.5 mi	Virginia Tech Power Plant Blacksburg, VA	Natural Gas	6 MW	Virginia Polytechnic Inst And State Unv
43.9 mi	Buck Hydro Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Appalachian Power Co
45.5 mi	Byllesby 2 Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Appalachian Power Co
46.1 mi	Buchanan Generation Llc Keen Mountain, VA	Natural Gas	88 MW	Buchanan Generation, Llc
49.5 mi	Fries Hydroelectric Project Fries, VA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
49.7 mi	Issa Solar Hillsville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 17 power plants within 50 miles of Rock, West Virginia (ZIP 24747), with a combined 279 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 17 nearby plants. The closest plant is Glen Lyn at 17.6 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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