Power Plants Near 24946 — Hillsboro, WV

13 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24946 (Hillsboro, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.1109, -80.2641 · County: Pocahontas

Hydroelectric 87%Natural Gas 5%Wind 4%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
12.5 mi	Beech Ridge Energy Llc Rupert, WV	Wind	101 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
12.5 mi	Beech Ridge Energy Storage Rupert, WV	Other Fossil	32 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
19.0 mi	Beech Ridge Ii Wind Energy Center Rupert, WV	Wind	56 MW	Southern Power Co
26.0 mi	Covington Facility Covington, VA	Natural Gas	161 MW	Westrock Corp
26.1 mi	Bath County Warm Springs, VA	Hydroelectric	2,862 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
30.7 mi	Low Moor Covington, VA	Oil	83 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
34.8 mi	Gauley River Power Partners Summersville, WV	Hydroelectric	80 MW	Central Rivers Power Wv, Llc
38.6 mi	Hce Millboro Springs Solar, Llc Millboro, VA	Solar	5 MW	Standard Solar
40.6 mi	Rocky Forge Wind Eagle Rock, VA	Wind	—	Rocky Forge Wind, Llc
42.3 mi	Monterey Diesel Generation Facility Monterey, VA	Oil	6 MW	Old Dominion Electric Coop
48.9 mi	Small Mouth Bass Solar Rockbridge Baths, VA	Solar	3 MW	Small Mouth Bass Solar Partners Llc
49.6 mi	Hawks Nest Hydro Gauley Bridge, WV	Hydroelectric	102 MW	Hawks Nest Hydro Llc
49.9 mi	Fairfield Lee Solar, Llc Community Solar Fairfield, VA	Solar	5 MW	Dimension Energy Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 13 power plants within 50 miles of Hillsboro, West Virginia (ZIP 24946), with a combined 3,494 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 3 of the 13 nearby plants. The closest plant is Beech Ridge Energy Llc at 12.5 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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