Power Plants Near 26070 — Wellsburg, WV

44 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 26070 (Wellsburg, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 40.2548, -80.5961 · County: Brooke

Natural Gas 55%Coal 29%Nuclear 15%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.8 mi	Cardinal Brillant, OH	Coal	1,880 MW	Cardinal Operating Company
7.8 mi	Steubenville Solar Steubenville, OH	Solar	—	Bq Energy Development
7.8 mi	Nottingham Solar Cadiz, OH	Solar	—	Bq Energy Development
13.7 mi	Wylie Ridge Solar Weirton, WV	Solar	—	Monongahela Power Co
18.0 mi	Waste Management Arden Lfgte Washington, PA	Biomass	5 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
23.2 mi	Gaucho Solar Clinton, PA	Solar	20 MW	Gaucho Solar
23.9 mi	Pg Solar 1 Findlay Township, PA	Solar	3 MW	Img Energy Solutions
25.3 mi	Pittsburgh Airport Gas Plant Coraopolis, PA	Natural Gas	22 MW	Img Energy Solutions
25.8 mi	Pine 2 Solar Hookstown, PA	Solar	17 MW	Be-Pine2 Llc
26.0 mi	Pine 1 Solar Hookstown, PA	Solar	17 MW	Be-Pine1 Llc
26.6 mi	South Field Energy Wellsville, OH	Natural Gas	1,210 MW	South Field Energy, Llc
26.8 mi	Beaver Valley Shippingport, PA	Nuclear	1,847 MW	Energy Harbor Nuclear Generation Llc
29.6 mi	Montgomery L&d Hydroelectric Project Monaca, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
31.0 mi	Emsworth Bc Hydroelectric Project Pittsburgh, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
31.6 mi	Mitchell (Wv) Captina, WV	Coal	1,633 MW	Kentucky Power Co
31.7 mi	Emsworth L&d Hydroelectric Project Pittsburgh, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
31.9 mi	Shell Chemical Appalachia Llc Monaca, PA	Natural Gas	310 MW	Shell Chemical Appalachia Llc
32.5 mi	Brunot Island Pittsburg, PA	Natural Gas	365 MW	Brunot Island Power, Llc
33.4 mi	Beaver Solar Llc Beaver, PA	Solar	1 MW	Laurel Capital Partners
34.3 mi	Carroll County Energy Carrollton, OH	Natural Gas	832 MW	Carroll County Energy Llc
34.4 mi	Ecp Uptown Campus Pittsburgh, PA	Natural Gas	6 MW	Ecp Uptown Campus Llc
36.2 mi	Townsend Hydro New Brighton, PA	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Beaver Falls Municipal Auth
36.8 mi	Beaver Valley Patterson Dam Beaver Falls, PA	Hydroelectric	1 MW	Central Rivers Power Us, Llc
37.4 mi	Monongahela L&d4 Hydroelectric Project Charleroi, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
37.6 mi	Axiall Natrium Plant New Martinsville, WV	Natural Gas	116 MW	Westlake Chemical Natrium Plant
37.8 mi	Clairton Works Clairton, PA	Coal	31 MW	United States Steel- Clairton
37.9 mi	Maxwell L&d Hydroelectric Project Luzerne, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
39.1 mi	Echelon Solar Pettersonville, OH	Battery Storage	—	Alpin Holding Llc
39.9 mi	Braddock Lock And Dam Braddock, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Lock+ Hydro Friends Fund Xlii, Llc
40.1 mi	Mon Valley Works Dravosburg, PA	Other Fossil	53 MW	United States Steel-Mon Valley
40.4 mi	Long Ridge Energy Generation Hannibal, OH	Natural Gas	522 MW	Long Ridge Energy Generation Llc
42.8 mi	Hill Top Energy Center, Llc Carmichaels, PA	Natural Gas	665 MW	Hill Top Energy Center, Llc
43.0 mi	New Martinsville Hannibal Hydro New Martinsville, WV	Hydroelectric	37 MW	New Martinsville Hannibal Hydro
44.0 mi	Anadarko Woodsfield, OH	Oil	8 MW	City Of Woodsfield - (Oh)
45.1 mi	Fayette Energy Facility Masontown, PA	Natural Gas	715 MW	Fayette Power Company, Llc
45.6 mi	Mahoning New Springfield, OH	Biomass	4 MW	Wm Renewable Energy Llc
46.4 mi	Grays Landing L&d Hydroelectric Project Masontown, PA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
47.4 mi	Ppg Monroeville Chemicals Center Monroeville, PA	Oil	1 MW	Ppg Monroeville Chemicals Center
47.5 mi	Firefly Solar Pa New Castle, PA	Solar	—	Vesper Energy Development Llc
47.8 mi	Tenaska Westmoreland Generating Station Smithton, PA	Natural Gas	1,134 MW	Tenaska Pennsylvania Partners, Llc
47.9 mi	Allegheny Energy Units 3 4 & 5 Springdale, PA	Natural Gas	556 MW	Springdale Energy Llc
48.0 mi	Springdale 1 & 2 Springdale, PA	Natural Gas	88 MW	Springdale Energy Llc
48.7 mi	New Castle Plant West Pittsburg, PA	Natural Gas	354 MW	New Castle Power, Llc
49.4 mi	Dover (Oh) Dover, OH	Coal	50 MW	City Of Dover - (Oh)

Power generation near this area

There are 44 power plants within 50 miles of Wellsburg, West Virginia (ZIP 26070), with a combined 12,507 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 14 of the 44 nearby plants. The closest plant is Cardinal at 2.8 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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