Power Plants Near 24884 — Squire, WV

14 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24884 (Squire, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.2384, -81.6098 · County: Mcdowell

Natural Gas 55%Coal 42%Hydroelectric 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
19.8 mi	Buchanan Generation Llc Keen Mountain, VA	Natural Gas	88 MW	Buchanan Generation, Llc
36.2 mi	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc Wytheville, VA	Solar	20 MW	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc
36.4 mi	May Solar Wytheville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
38.8 mi	Clinch River Cleveland, VA	Natural Gas	475 MW	Appalachian Power Co
40.6 mi	Flannagan Hydroelectric Project Haysi, VA	Hydroelectric	—	Jordan Hydroelectric Ltd Ptp
42.0 mi	Glen Lyn Glen Lyn, VA	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
45.9 mi	Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center St. Paul, VA	Coal	668 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
46.8 mi	New River Clean Energy Beckley, WV	Biomass	3 MW	Cox Enterprises
47.0 mi	Celanese Acetate Llc Narrows, VA	Natural Gas	27 MW	Celanese Acetate Llc
47.5 mi	Buck Hydro Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Appalachian Power Co
48.2 mi	Wolf Hills Energy Bristol, VA	Natural Gas	285 MW	Middle River Power Ii, Llc
48.7 mi	Byllesby 2 Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Appalachian Power Co
49.4 mi	Wythe County Solar Wythe County, VA	Solar	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
49.9 mi	Fries Hydroelectric Project Fries, VA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 14 power plants within 50 miles of Squire, West Virginia (ZIP 24884), with a combined 1,602 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 4 of the 14 nearby plants. The closest plant is Buchanan Generation Llc at 19.8 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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