Power Plants Near 24831 — Elkhorn, WV

12 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24831 (Elkhorn, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.3857, -81.4109 · County: Mcdowell

Natural Gas 69%Hydroelectric 16%Solar 10%Biomass 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
30.1 mi	Glen Lyn Glen Lyn, VA	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
32.7 mi	New River Clean Energy Beckley, WV	Biomass	3 MW	Cox Enterprises
33.3 mi	May Solar Wytheville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
33.6 mi	Buchanan Generation Llc Keen Mountain, VA	Natural Gas	88 MW	Buchanan Generation, Llc
35.3 mi	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc Wytheville, VA	Solar	20 MW	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc
35.6 mi	Celanese Acetate Llc Narrows, VA	Natural Gas	27 MW	Celanese Acetate Llc
41.6 mi	New River Dublin, VA	Biomass	5 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
43.3 mi	Hecate Energy Pulaski 1 Dublin, VA	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
47.3 mi	Wythe County Solar Wythe County, VA	Solar	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
47.6 mi	Buck Hydro Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Appalachian Power Co
49.1 mi	Byllesby 2 Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Appalachian Power Co
49.8 mi	Radford Army Ammunition Plant Radford, VA	Natural Gas	18 MW	U.s. Army - Radford

Power generation near this area

There are 12 power plants within 50 miles of Elkhorn, West Virginia (ZIP 24831), with a combined 192 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 3 of the 12 nearby plants. The closest plant is Glen Lyn at 30.1 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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