Power Plants Near 25183 — Sharples, WV

13 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 25183 (Sharples, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.9204, -81.8293 · County: Logan

Coal 57%Natural Gas 38%Hydroelectric 3%Solar 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
27.0 mi	Marmet Marmet, WV	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Appalachian Power Co
29.7 mi	Kanawha River Glasgow, WV	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
31.3 mi	London Handley, WV	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Appalachian Power Co
34.5 mi	Aep Milton Nas Milton, WV	Battery Storage	—	Appalachian Power Co
36.8 mi	Martin County Solar Project, Llc Pilgrim, KY	Solar	111 MW	Martin County Solar Project, Llc
37.0 mi	Glen Ferris Hydro Gauley Bridge, WV	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Hawks Nest Hydro Llc
37.1 mi	New River Clean Energy Beckley, WV	Biomass	3 MW	Cox Enterprises
38.2 mi	John E Amos St Albans, WV	Coal	2,933 MW	Appalachian Power Co
38.9 mi	Hawks Nest Hydro Gauley Bridge, WV	Hydroelectric	102 MW	Hawks Nest Hydro Llc
42.2 mi	Winfield Winfield, WV	Hydroelectric	25 MW	Appalachian Power Co
46.2 mi	Riverside Generating Llc Catlettsburg, KY	Natural Gas	1,150 MW	Riverside Generating Co Llc
46.2 mi	Big Sandy Louisa, KY	Natural Gas	281 MW	Kentucky Power Co
49.2 mi	Ceredo Generating Station Huntington, WV	Natural Gas	519 MW	Appalachian Power Co

Power generation near this area

There are 13 power plants within 50 miles of Sharples, West Virginia (ZIP 25183), with a combined 5,158 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 13 nearby plants. The closest plant is Marmet at 27.0 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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