Power Plants Near 26062 — Weirton, WV

45 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 26062 (Weirton, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.4137, -80.5683 · County: Hancock

Natural Gas 55%Coal 29%Nuclear 15%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.7 mi	Wylie Ridge Solar Weirton, WV	Solar	—	Monongahela Power Co
6.9 mi	Steubenville Solar Steubenville, OH	Solar	—	Bq Energy Development
6.9 mi	Nottingham Solar Cadiz, OH	Solar	—	Bq Energy Development
11.9 mi	Cardinal Brillant, OH	Coal	1,880 MW	Cardinal Operating Company
14.9 mi	Pine 2 Solar Hookstown, PA	Solar	17 MW	Be-Pine2 Llc
15.0 mi	Gaucho Solar Clinton, PA	Solar	20 MW	Gaucho Solar
15.2 mi	Pine 1 Solar Hookstown, PA	Solar	17 MW	Be-Pine1 Llc
16.0 mi	Beaver Valley Shippingport, PA	Nuclear	1,847 MW	Energy Harbor Nuclear Generation Llc
16.4 mi	South Field Energy Wellsville, OH	Natural Gas	1,210 MW	South Field Energy, Llc
17.2 mi	Pg Solar 1 Findlay Township, PA	Solar	3 MW	Img Energy Solutions
18.5 mi	Pittsburgh Airport Gas Plant Coraopolis, PA	Natural Gas	22 MW	Img Energy Solutions
19.1 mi	Montgomery L&d Hydroelectric Project Monaca, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
21.6 mi	Shell Chemical Appalachia Llc Monaca, PA	Natural Gas	310 MW	Shell Chemical Appalachia Llc
21.6 mi	Waste Management Arden Lfgte Washington, PA	Biomass	5 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
23.1 mi	Beaver Solar Llc Beaver, PA	Solar	1 MW	Laurel Capital Partners
25.2 mi	Emsworth Bc Hydroelectric Project Pittsburgh, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
25.8 mi	Townsend Hydro New Brighton, PA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Beaver Falls Municipal Auth
25.9 mi	Emsworth L&d Hydroelectric Project Pittsburgh, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
26.3 mi	Beaver Valley Patterson Dam Beaver Falls, PA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
27.8 mi	Brunot Island Pittsburg, PA	Natural Gas	365 MW	Brunot Island Power, Llc
29.0 mi	Carroll County Energy Carrollton, OH	Natural Gas	832 MW	Carroll County Energy Llc
30.6 mi	Ecp Uptown Campus Pittsburgh, PA	Natural Gas	6 MW	Ecp Uptown Campus Llc
32.7 mi	Echelon Solar Pettersonville, OH	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
34.6 mi	Mahoning New Springfield, OH	Biomass	4 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
36.4 mi	Firefly Solar Pa New Castle, PA	Solar	—	Vesper Energy Development Llc
36.8 mi	Clairton Works Clairton, PA	Coal	31 MW	United States Steel- Clairton
37.4 mi	Braddock Lock And Dam Braddock, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Lock+ Hydro Friends Fund Xlii, Llc
37.5 mi	Mon Valley Works Dravosburg, PA	Other Fossil	53 MW	United States Steel-Mon Valley
37.7 mi	New Castle Plant West Pittsburg, PA	Natural Gas	354 MW	New Castle Power, Llc
39.7 mi	Monongahela L&d4 Hydroelectric Project Charleroi, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
40.0 mi	Matador Solar Canfield, OH	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
40.4 mi	Carbon Limestone Lowellville, OH	Natural Gas	—	Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl
40.8 mi	Hickory Run Energy Station New Castle, PA	Natural Gas	1,034 MW	Hickory Run Energy, Llc
42.4 mi	Mitchell (Wv) Captina, WV	Coal	1,633 MW	Kentucky Power Co
42.9 mi	Maxwell L&d Hydroelectric Project Luzerne, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
43.0 mi	Allegheny Energy Units 3 4 & 5 Springdale, PA	Natural Gas	556 MW	Springdale Energy Llc
43.0 mi	Springdale 1 & 2 Springdale, PA	Natural Gas	88 MW	Springdale Energy Llc
43.3 mi	Stark Solar, Llc Alliance, OH	Solar	—	Samsung C&t Renewables, Llc
44.1 mi	Ppg Monroeville Chemicals Center Monroeville, PA	Oil	1 MW	Ppg Monroeville Chemicals Center
47.8 mi	Allegheny L&d2 Hydroelectric Project Pittsburgh, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
47.9 mi	Dover (Oh) Dover, OH	Coal	50 MW	City Of Dover - (Oh)
48.5 mi	Axiall Natrium Plant New Martinsville, WV	Natural Gas	116 MW	Westlake Chemical Natrium Plant
48.8 mi	Tenaska Westmoreland Generating Station Smithton, PA	Natural Gas	1,134 MW	Tenaska Pennsylvania Partners, Llc
48.9 mi	Hill Top Energy Center, Llc Carmichaels, PA	Natural Gas	665 MW	Hill Top Energy Center, Llc
49.7 mi	Dover Peaking Dover, OH	Oil	11 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc

Power generation near this area

There are 45 power plants within 50 miles of Weirton, West Virginia (ZIP 26062), with a combined 12,270 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 14 of the 45 nearby plants. The closest plant is Wylie Ridge Solar at 2.7 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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