Power Plants Near 24902 — Fairlea, WV

23 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24902 (Fairlea, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.7747, -80.4615 · County: Greenbrier

Hydroelectric 86%Natural Gas 6%Wind 4%Oil 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
21.7 mi	Beech Ridge Energy Llc Rupert, WV	Wind	101 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
21.7 mi	Beech Ridge Energy Storage Rupert, WV	Other Fossil	32 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
24.7 mi	Beech Ridge Ii Wind Energy Center Rupert, WV	Wind	56 MW	Southern Power Co
25.5 mi	Covington Facility Covington, VA	Natural Gas	161 MW	Westrock Corp
31.1 mi	Low Moor Covington, VA	Oil	83 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
34.1 mi	Celanese Acetate Llc Narrows, VA	Natural Gas	27 MW	Celanese Acetate Llc
35.5 mi	Glen Lyn Glen Lyn, VA	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
37.6 mi	Virginia Tech Power Plant Blacksburg, VA	Natural Gas	6 MW	Virginia Polytechnic Inst And State Unv
38.3 mi	New River Clean Energy Beckley, WV	Biomass	3 MW	Cox Enterprises
38.6 mi	Gauley River Power Partners Summersville, WV	Hydroelectric	80 MW	Central Rivers Power Wv, Llc
39.7 mi	Salem Water Plant Salem, VA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
39.8 mi	Salem Electric Department Salem, VA	Oil	1 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
40.8 mi	Rocky Forge Wind Eagle Rock, VA	Wind	—	Rocky Forge Wind, Llc
41.1 mi	Salem Street Dept Salem, VA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
41.3 mi	Radford Army Ammunition Plant Radford, VA	Natural Gas	18 MW	U.s. Army - Radford
42.9 mi	New River Dublin, VA	Biomass	5 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
45.6 mi	Hecate Energy Pulaski 1 Dublin, VA	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
46.7 mi	Hawks Nest Hydro Gauley Bridge, WV	Hydroelectric	102 MW	Hawks Nest Hydro Llc
46.9 mi	Bath County Warm Springs, VA	Hydroelectric	2,862 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
48.2 mi	Niagara Vinton, VA	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Appalachian Power Co
48.5 mi	Glen Ferris Hydro Gauley Bridge, WV	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Hawks Nest Hydro Llc
48.5 mi	Radford Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	City Of Radford - (Va)
48.8 mi	Claytor Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	75 MW	Appalachian Power Co

Power generation near this area

There are 23 power plants within 50 miles of Fairlea, West Virginia (ZIP 24902), with a combined 3,627 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 23 nearby plants. The closest plant is Beech Ridge Energy Llc at 21.7 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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