Power Plants Near 24918 — Ballard, WV

21 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24918 (Ballard, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.4980, -80.7614 · County: Monroe

Natural Gas 41%Wind 30%Hydroelectric 16%Other Fossil 6%Solar 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.4 mi	Glen Lyn Glen Lyn, VA	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
10.6 mi	Celanese Acetate Llc Narrows, VA	Natural Gas	27 MW	Celanese Acetate Llc
22.0 mi	New River Dublin, VA	Biomass	5 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
25.0 mi	Radford Army Ammunition Plant Radford, VA	Natural Gas	18 MW	U.s. Army - Radford
25.1 mi	Hecate Energy Pulaski 1 Dublin, VA	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
26.2 mi	Virginia Tech Power Plant Blacksburg, VA	Natural Gas	6 MW	Virginia Polytechnic Inst And State Unv
30.8 mi	Radford Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	City Of Radford - (Va)
30.8 mi	Claytor Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	75 MW	Appalachian Power Co
31.0 mi	New River Clean Energy Beckley, WV	Biomass	3 MW	Cox Enterprises
34.9 mi	May Solar Wytheville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
40.1 mi	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc Wytheville, VA	Solar	20 MW	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc
40.3 mi	Salem Water Plant Salem, VA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
40.6 mi	Salem Electric Department Salem, VA	Oil	1 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
42.1 mi	Salem Street Dept Salem, VA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
43.2 mi	Wythe County Solar Wythe County, VA	Solar	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
43.2 mi	Beech Ridge Ii Wind Energy Center Rupert, WV	Wind	56 MW	Southern Power Co
43.3 mi	Beech Ridge Energy Llc Rupert, WV	Wind	101 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
43.3 mi	Beech Ridge Energy Storage Rupert, WV	Other Fossil	32 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
46.8 mi	Covington Facility Covington, VA	Natural Gas	161 MW	Westrock Corp
48.6 mi	Buck Hydro Ivanhoe, VA	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Appalachian Power Co
48.9 mi	Issa Solar Hillsville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 21 power plants within 50 miles of Ballard, West Virginia (ZIP 24918), with a combined 519 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 4 of the 21 nearby plants. The closest plant is Glen Lyn at 10.4 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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