Power Plants Near 25317 — Charleston, WV

17 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 25317 (Charleston, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.3356, -81.6138 · County: Kanawha

Coal 91%Natural Gas 6%Hydroelectric 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.2 mi	Marmet Marmet, WV	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Appalachian Power Co
13.8 mi	Kanawha River Glasgow, WV	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
14.8 mi	John E Amos St Albans, WV	Coal	2,933 MW	Appalachian Power Co
16.4 mi	London Handley, WV	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Appalachian Power Co
21.0 mi	Winfield Winfield, WV	Hydroelectric	25 MW	Appalachian Power Co
25.2 mi	Glen Ferris Hydro Gauley Bridge, WV	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Hawks Nest Hydro Llc
27.1 mi	Hawks Nest Hydro Gauley Bridge, WV	Hydroelectric	102 MW	Hawks Nest Hydro Llc
27.8 mi	Aep Milton Nas Milton, WV	Battery Storage	—	Appalachian Power Co
40.0 mi	Gauley River Power Partners Summersville, WV	Hydroelectric	80 MW	Central Rivers Power Wv, Llc
43.1 mi	Racine Racine, OH	Hydroelectric	47 MW	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, Llc
43.5 mi	New River Clean Energy Beckley, WV	Biomass	3 MW	Cox Enterprises
46.7 mi	Philip Sporn Graham Station, WV	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
46.9 mi	Great Bend Solar Project Portland, OH	Solar	—	Great Bend Solar Llc
47.7 mi	Mountaineer New Haven, WV	Coal	1,300 MW	Appalachian Power Co
48.7 mi	Kyger Creek Cheshire, OH	Coal	1,087 MW	Ohio Valley Electric Corp
49.5 mi	Gavin Power, Llc Cheshire, OH	Coal	2,600 MW	Gavin Power, Llc
49.9 mi	Ceredo Generating Station Huntington, WV	Natural Gas	519 MW	Appalachian Power Co

Power generation near this area

There are 17 power plants within 50 miles of Charleston, West Virginia (ZIP 25317), with a combined 8,730 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 17 nearby plants. The closest plant is Marmet at 6.2 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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