Power Plants Near 25043 — Clay, WV

12 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 25043 (Clay, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.4764, -81.0696 · County: Clay

Coal 87%Hydroelectric 7%Wind 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
20.2 mi	Gauley River Power Partners Summersville, WV	Hydroelectric	80 MW	Central Rivers Power Wv, Llc
23.4 mi	Hawks Nest Hydro Gauley Bridge, WV	Hydroelectric	102 MW	Hawks Nest Hydro Llc
24.0 mi	Glen Ferris Hydro Gauley Bridge, WV	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Hawks Nest Hydro Llc
25.4 mi	London Handley, WV	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Appalachian Power Co
26.7 mi	Kanawha River Glasgow, WV	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
31.2 mi	Marmet Marmet, WV	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Appalachian Power Co
35.3 mi	Beech Ridge Ii Wind Energy Center Rupert, WV	Wind	56 MW	Southern Power Co
40.8 mi	John E Amos St Albans, WV	Coal	2,933 MW	Appalachian Power Co
41.2 mi	Beech Ridge Energy Llc Rupert, WV	Wind	101 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
41.2 mi	Beech Ridge Energy Storage Rupert, WV	Other Fossil	32 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
45.8 mi	Winfield Winfield, WV	Hydroelectric	25 MW	Appalachian Power Co
45.9 mi	New River Clean Energy Beckley, WV	Biomass	3 MW	Cox Enterprises

Power generation near this area

There are 12 power plants within 50 miles of Clay, West Virginia (ZIP 25043), with a combined 3,365 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 12 nearby plants. The closest plant is Gauley River Power Partners at 20.2 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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