Power Plants Near 25853 — Helen, WV

14 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 25853 (Helen, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.6375, -81.3138 · County: Raleigh

Hydroelectric 60%Natural Gas 32%Solar 6%Biomass 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
14.9 mi	New River Clean Energy Beckley, WV	Biomass	3 MW	Cox Enterprises
30.8 mi	Glen Lyn Glen Lyn, VA	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
35.7 mi	Glen Ferris Hydro Gauley Bridge, WV	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Hawks Nest Hydro Llc
36.1 mi	Hawks Nest Hydro Gauley Bridge, WV	Hydroelectric	102 MW	Hawks Nest Hydro Llc
36.3 mi	Celanese Acetate Llc Narrows, VA	Natural Gas	27 MW	Celanese Acetate Llc
38.6 mi	London Handley, WV	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Appalachian Power Co
39.7 mi	Kanawha River Glasgow, WV	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
44.7 mi	Marmet Marmet, WV	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Appalachian Power Co
45.3 mi	May Solar Wytheville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
46.1 mi	New River Dublin, VA	Biomass	5 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
46.3 mi	Gauley River Power Partners Summersville, WV	Hydroelectric	80 MW	Central Rivers Power Wv, Llc
47.8 mi	Buchanan Generation Llc Keen Mountain, VA	Natural Gas	88 MW	Buchanan Generation, Llc
48.6 mi	Hecate Energy Pulaski 1 Dublin, VA	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
48.7 mi	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc Wytheville, VA	Solar	20 MW	Caden Energix Wytheville Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 14 power plants within 50 miles of Helen, West Virginia (ZIP 25853), with a combined 361 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 14 nearby plants. The closest plant is New River Clean Energy at 14.9 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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