Power Plants Near 24957 — Maxwelton, WV

19 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 24957 (Maxwelton, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.8765, -80.4192 · County: Greenbrier

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

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
15.1 mi	Beech Ridge Energy Llc Rupert, WV	Wind	101 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
15.1 mi	Beech Ridge Energy Storage Rupert, WV	Other Fossil	32 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
19.4 mi	Beech Ridge Ii Wind Energy Center Rupert, WV	Wind	56 MW	Southern Power Co
23.8 mi	Covington Facility Covington, VA	Natural Gas	161 MW	Westrock Corp
29.6 mi	Low Moor Covington, VA	Oil	83 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
34.9 mi	Gauley River Power Partners Summersville, WV	Hydroelectric	80 MW	Central Rivers Power Wv, Llc
39.9 mi	Rocky Forge Wind Eagle Rock, VA	Wind	—	Rocky Forge Wind, Llc
40.7 mi	New River Clean Energy Beckley, WV	Biomass	3 MW	Cox Enterprises
40.8 mi	Bath County Warm Springs, VA	Hydroelectric	2,862 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
41.4 mi	Celanese Acetate Llc Narrows, VA	Natural Gas	27 MW	Celanese Acetate Llc
42.6 mi	Glen Lyn Glen Lyn, VA	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
44.5 mi	Virginia Tech Power Plant Blacksburg, VA	Natural Gas	6 MW	Virginia Polytechnic Inst And State Unv
44.8 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
46.1 mi	Salem Street Dept Salem, VA	Oil	2 MW	City Of Salem - (Va)
47.1 mi	Hce Millboro Springs Solar, Llc Millboro, VA	Solar	5 MW	Standard Solar
47.2 mi	Glen Ferris Hydro Gauley Bridge, WV	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Hawks Nest Hydro Llc
48.6 mi	Radford Army Ammunition Plant Radford, VA	Natural Gas	18 MW	U.s. Army - Radford

Power generation near this area

There are 19 power plants within 50 miles of Maxwelton, West Virginia (ZIP 24957), with a combined 3,547 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 4 of the 19 nearby plants. The closest plant is Beech Ridge Energy Llc at 15.1 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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