Power Plants Near 24867 — New Richmond, WV

11 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24867 (New Richmond, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.5701, -81.4887 · County: Wyoming

Hydroelectric 50%Natural Gas 42%Solar 7%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
24.6 mi	New River Clean Energy Beckley, WV	Biomass	3 MW	Cox Enterprises
37.0 mi	Glen Lyn Glen Lyn, VA	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
37.7 mi	Buchanan Generation Llc Keen Mountain, VA	Natural Gas	88 MW	Buchanan Generation, Llc
42.7 mi	Glen Ferris Hydro Gauley Bridge, WV	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Hawks Nest Hydro Llc
42.7 mi	Celanese Acetate Llc Narrows, VA	Natural Gas	27 MW	Celanese Acetate Llc
43.4 mi	Hawks Nest Hydro Gauley Bridge, WV	Hydroelectric	102 MW	Hawks Nest Hydro Llc
43.6 mi	London Handley, WV	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Appalachian Power Co
44.1 mi	Kanawha River Glasgow, WV	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
45.8 mi	May Solar Wytheville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
47.4 mi	Marmet Marmet, WV	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Appalachian Power Co
48.3 mi	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc Wytheville, VA	Solar	20 MW	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 11 power plants within 50 miles of New Richmond, West Virginia (ZIP 24867), with a combined 275 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 4 of the 11 nearby plants. The closest plant is New River Clean Energy at 24.6 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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