Power Plants Near 24910 — Alderson, WV

21 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24910 (Alderson, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.7371, -80.6610 · County: Greenbrier

Hydroelectric 36%Natural Gas 27%Wind 20%Oil 11%Other Fossil 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
25.9 mi	Beech Ridge Energy Llc Rupert, WV	Wind	101 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
25.9 mi	Beech Ridge Energy Storage Rupert, WV	Other Fossil	32 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
26.1 mi	Beech Ridge Ii Wind Energy Center Rupert, WV	Wind	56 MW	Southern Power Co
27.6 mi	Glen Lyn Glen Lyn, VA	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
27.8 mi	Celanese Acetate Llc Narrows, VA	Natural Gas	27 MW	Celanese Acetate Llc
27.9 mi	New River Clean Energy Beckley, WV	Biomass	3 MW	Cox Enterprises
35.6 mi	Gauley River Power Partners Summersville, WV	Hydroelectric	80 MW	Central Rivers Power Wv, Llc
36.6 mi	Covington Facility Covington, VA	Natural Gas	161 MW	Westrock Corp
37.3 mi	Virginia Tech Power Plant Blacksburg, VA	Natural Gas	6 MW	Virginia Polytechnic Inst And State Unv
38.3 mi	New River Dublin, VA	Biomass	5 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
39.0 mi	Radford Army Ammunition Plant Radford, VA	Natural Gas	18 MW	U.s. Army - Radford
39.9 mi	Hawks Nest Hydro Gauley Bridge, WV	Hydroelectric	102 MW	Hawks Nest Hydro Llc
41.3 mi	Hecate Energy Pulaski 1 Dublin, VA	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
41.4 mi	Glen Ferris Hydro Gauley Bridge, WV	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Hawks Nest Hydro Llc
42.1 mi	Low Moor Covington, VA	Oil	83 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
44.6 mi	Salem Water Plant Salem, VA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
44.8 mi	Salem Electric Department Salem, VA	Oil	1 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
45.8 mi	Radford Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	City Of Radford - (Va)
45.9 mi	Claytor Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	75 MW	Appalachian Power Co
46.3 mi	Salem Street Dept Salem, VA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
49.9 mi	London Handley, WV	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Appalachian Power Co

Power generation near this area

There are 21 power plants within 50 miles of Alderson, West Virginia (ZIP 24910), with a combined 775 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 21 nearby plants. The closest plant is Beech Ridge Energy Llc at 25.9 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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