Power Plants Near 26205 — Craigsville, WV

10 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 26205 (Craigsville, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.3254, -80.6444 · County: Nicholas

Hydroelectric 94%Wind 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
14.8 mi	Beech Ridge Ii Wind Energy Center Rupert, WV	Wind	56 MW	Southern Power Co
15.2 mi	Gauley River Power Partners Summersville, WV	Hydroelectric	80 MW	Central Rivers Power Wv, Llc
18.4 mi	Beech Ridge Energy Llc Rupert, WV	Wind	101 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
18.4 mi	Beech Ridge Energy Storage Rupert, WV	Other Fossil	32 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
31.3 mi	Hawks Nest Hydro Gauley Bridge, WV	Hydroelectric	102 MW	Hawks Nest Hydro Llc
33.3 mi	Glen Ferris Hydro Gauley Bridge, WV	Hydroelectric	6 MW	Hawks Nest Hydro Llc
40.4 mi	London Handley, WV	Hydroelectric	14 MW	Appalachian Power Co
42.9 mi	Kanawha River Glasgow, WV	Coal	—	Appalachian Power Co
45.1 mi	New River Clean Energy Beckley, WV	Biomass	3 MW	Cox Enterprises
46.5 mi	Bath County Warm Springs, VA	Hydroelectric	2,862 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co

Power generation near this area

There are 10 power plants within 50 miles of Craigsville, West Virginia (ZIP 26205), with a combined 3,256 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 10 nearby plants. The closest plant is Beech Ridge Ii Wind Energy Center at 14.8 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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