Power Plants Near 24887 — Switchback, WV

14 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24887 (Switchback, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.3712, -81.3857 · County: Mcdowell

Natural Gas 50%Hydroelectric 40%Solar 7%Biomass 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
28.7 mi	Glen Lyn Glen Lyn, VA	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
31.6 mi	May Solar Wytheville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
33.1 mi	New River Clean Energy Beckley, WV	Biomass	3 MW	Cox Enterprises
33.7 mi	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc Wytheville, VA	Solar	20 MW	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc
34.1 mi	Celanese Acetate Llc Narrows, VA	Natural Gas	27 MW	Celanese Acetate Llc
34.4 mi	Buchanan Generation Llc Keen Mountain, VA	Natural Gas	88 MW	Buchanan Generation, Llc
39.9 mi	New River Dublin, VA	Biomass	5 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
41.6 mi	Hecate Energy Pulaski 1 Dublin, VA	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
45.7 mi	Wythe County Solar Wythe County, VA	Solar	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
46.0 mi	Buck Hydro Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Appalachian Power Co
47.5 mi	Byllesby 2 Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	22 MW	Appalachian Power Co
48.2 mi	Radford Army Ammunition Plant Radford, VA	Natural Gas	18 MW	U.s. Army - Radford
48.6 mi	Claytor Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	75 MW	Appalachian Power Co
49.1 mi	Radford Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	City Of Radford - (Va)

Power generation near this area

There are 14 power plants within 50 miles of Switchback, West Virginia (ZIP 24887), with a combined 268 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 4 of the 14 nearby plants. The closest plant is Glen Lyn at 28.7 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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