Power Plants Near 24935 — Forest Hill, WV

22 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24935 (Forest Hill, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.5608, -80.8111 · County: Summers

Hydroelectric 38%Natural Gas 30%Wind 22%Other Fossil 5%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
13.4 mi	Glen Lyn Glen Lyn, VA	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
15.2 mi	Celanese Acetate Llc Narrows, VA	Natural Gas	27 MW	Celanese Acetate Llc
26.0 mi	New River Clean Energy Beckley, WV	Biomass	3 MW	Cox Enterprises
26.8 mi	New River Dublin, VA	Biomass	5 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
29.9 mi	Hecate Energy Pulaski 1 Dublin, VA	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
30.1 mi	Radford Army Ammunition Plant Radford, VA	Natural Gas	18 MW	U.s. Army - Radford
31.2 mi	Virginia Tech Power Plant Blacksburg, VA	Natural Gas	6 MW	Virginia Polytechnic Inst And State Unv
35.8 mi	Claytor Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	75 MW	Appalachian Power Co
35.8 mi	Radford Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	City Of Radford - (Va)
38.1 mi	May Solar Wytheville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
39.6 mi	Beech Ridge Ii Wind Energy Center Rupert, WV	Wind	56 MW	Southern Power Co
40.4 mi	Beech Ridge Energy Llc Rupert, WV	Wind	101 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
40.4 mi	Beech Ridge Energy Storage Rupert, WV	Other Fossil	32 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
43.3 mi	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc Wytheville, VA	Solar	20 MW	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc
44.5 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)
45.2 mi	Hawks Nest Hydro Gauley Bridge, WV	Hydroelectric	102 MW	Hawks Nest Hydro Llc
45.7 mi	Gauley River Power Partners Summersville, WV	Hydroelectric	80 MW	Central Rivers Power Wv, Llc
46.2 mi	Glen Ferris Hydro Gauley Bridge, WV	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Hawks Nest Hydro Llc
46.3 mi	Salem Street Dept Salem, VA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
47.3 mi	Wythe County Solar Wythe County, VA	Solar	—	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
47.6 mi	Covington Facility Covington, VA	Natural Gas	161 MW	Westrock Corp

Power generation near this area

There are 22 power plants within 50 miles of Forest Hill, West Virginia (ZIP 24935), with a combined 698 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 22 nearby plants. The closest plant is Glen Lyn at 13.4 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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