Power Plants Near 25825 — Cool Ridge, WV

20 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 25825 (Cool Ridge, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.6655, -81.0933 · County: Raleigh

Hydroelectric 52%Wind 28%Natural Gas 9%Other Fossil 6%Solar 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.0 mi	New River Clean Energy Beckley, WV	Biomass	3 MW	Cox Enterprises
24.0 mi	Glen Lyn Glen Lyn, VA	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
28.6 mi	Celanese Acetate Llc Narrows, VA	Natural Gas	27 MW	Celanese Acetate Llc
33.6 mi	Hawks Nest Hydro Gauley Bridge, WV	Hydroelectric	102 MW	Hawks Nest Hydro Llc
34.0 mi	Glen Ferris Hydro Gauley Bridge, WV	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Hawks Nest Hydro Llc
39.5 mi	London Handley, WV	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Appalachian Power Co
39.7 mi	New River Dublin, VA	Biomass	5 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
39.8 mi	Gauley River Power Partners Summersville, WV	Hydroelectric	80 MW	Central Rivers Power Wv, Llc
40.5 mi	Beech Ridge Ii Wind Energy Center Rupert, WV	Wind	56 MW	Southern Power Co
41.4 mi	Kanawha River Glasgow, WV	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
42.6 mi	Hecate Energy Pulaski 1 Dublin, VA	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
43.9 mi	Beech Ridge Energy Llc Rupert, WV	Wind	101 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
43.9 mi	Beech Ridge Energy Storage Rupert, WV	Other Fossil	32 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
44.1 mi	May Solar Wytheville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
45.1 mi	Radford Army Ammunition Plant Radford, VA	Natural Gas	18 MW	U.s. Army - Radford
47.5 mi	Virginia Tech Power Plant Blacksburg, VA	Natural Gas	6 MW	Virginia Polytechnic Inst And State Unv
48.2 mi	Marmet Marmet, WV	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Appalachian Power Co
48.5 mi	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc Wytheville, VA	Solar	20 MW	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc
49.4 mi	Claytor Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	75 MW	Appalachian Power Co
49.6 mi	Radford Radford, VA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	City Of Radford - (Va)

Power generation near this area

There are 20 power plants within 50 miles of Cool Ridge, West Virginia (ZIP 25825), with a combined 561 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 20 nearby plants. The closest plant is New River Clean Energy at 11.0 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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