Power Plants Near 25920 — Slab Fork, WV

13 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 25920 (Slab Fork, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.6871, -81.3340 · County: Raleigh

Hydroelectric 55%Natural Gas 29%Wind 14%Biomass 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
12.9 mi	New River Clean Energy Beckley, WV	Biomass	3 MW	Cox Enterprises
32.5 mi	Glen Ferris Hydro Gauley Bridge, WV	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Hawks Nest Hydro Llc
33.0 mi	Hawks Nest Hydro Gauley Bridge, WV	Hydroelectric	102 MW	Hawks Nest Hydro Llc
33.8 mi	Glen Lyn Glen Lyn, VA	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
35.1 mi	London Handley, WV	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Appalachian Power Co
36.1 mi	Kanawha River Glasgow, WV	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
39.2 mi	Celanese Acetate Llc Narrows, VA	Natural Gas	27 MW	Celanese Acetate Llc
41.1 mi	Marmet Marmet, WV	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Appalachian Power Co
44.0 mi	Gauley River Power Partners Summersville, WV	Hydroelectric	80 MW	Central Rivers Power Wv, Llc
48.9 mi	May Solar Wytheville, VA	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
49.1 mi	Beech Ridge Ii Wind Energy Center Rupert, WV	Wind	56 MW	Southern Power Co
49.3 mi	New River Dublin, VA	Biomass	5 MW	Ingenco Renewable Development, Llc
49.4 mi	Buchanan Generation Llc Keen Mountain, VA	Natural Gas	88 MW	Buchanan Generation, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 13 power plants within 50 miles of Slab Fork, West Virginia (ZIP 25920), with a combined 397 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 New River Clean Energy at 12.9 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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