Power Plants Near 24834 — Fanrock, WV

12 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24834 (Fanrock, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.5532, -81.6305 · County: Wyoming

Hydroelectric 37%Natural Gas 31%Solar 30%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
31.4 mi	New River Clean Energy Beckley, WV	Biomass	3 MW	Cox Enterprises
31.8 mi	Buchanan Generation Llc Keen Mountain, VA	Natural Gas	88 MW	Buchanan Generation, Llc
43.9 mi	Glen Lyn Glen Lyn, VA	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
45.2 mi	Flannagan Hydroelectric Project Haysi, VA	Hydroelectric	—	Jordan Hydroelectric Ltd Ptp
46.5 mi	Kanawha River Glasgow, WV	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
46.5 mi	London Handley, WV	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Appalachian Power Co
47.0 mi	Glen Ferris Hydro Gauley Bridge, WV	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Hawks Nest Hydro Llc
48.0 mi	Hawks Nest Hydro Gauley Bridge, WV	Hydroelectric	102 MW	Hawks Nest Hydro Llc
48.4 mi	Martin County Solar Project, Llc Pilgrim, KY	Solar	111 MW	Martin County Solar Project, Llc
48.4 mi	Marmet Marmet, WV	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Appalachian Power Co
49.6 mi	Celanese Acetate Llc Narrows, VA	Natural Gas	27 MW	Celanese Acetate Llc
49.9 mi	May Solar Wytheville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 12 power plants within 50 miles of Fanrock, West Virginia (ZIP 24834), with a combined 366 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 12 nearby plants. The closest plant is New River Clean Energy at 31.4 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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