Power Plants Near 24853 — Kimball, WV

9 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24853 (Kimball, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.4421, -81.5120 · County: Mcdowell

Natural Gas 80%Solar 14%Biomass 6%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
30.8 mi	Buchanan Generation Llc Keen Mountain, VA	Natural Gas	88 MW	Buchanan Generation, Llc
32.1 mi	New River Clean Energy Beckley, WV	Biomass	3 MW	Cox Enterprises
35.9 mi	Glen Lyn Glen Lyn, VA	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
39.9 mi	May Solar Wytheville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
41.6 mi	Celanese Acetate Llc Narrows, VA	Natural Gas	27 MW	Celanese Acetate Llc
41.7 mi	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc Wytheville, VA	Solar	20 MW	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc
48.1 mi	New River Dublin, VA	Biomass	5 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
48.2 mi	Flannagan Hydroelectric Project Haysi, VA	Hydroelectric	—	Jordan Hydroelectric Ltd Ptp
49.9 mi	Hecate Energy Pulaski 1 Dublin, VA	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy

Power generation near this area

There are 9 power plants within 50 miles of Kimball, West Virginia (ZIP 24853), with a combined 144 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 2 of the 9 nearby plants. The closest plant is Buchanan Generation Llc at 30.8 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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