Power Plants Near 26224 — Helvetia, WV

9 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 26224 (Helvetia, West Virginia). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.7713, -80.1382 · County: Randolph

Hydroelectric 56%Coal 40%Wind 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
21.2 mi	Laurel Mountain Hybrid Belington, WV	Wind	114 MW	Aes Distributed Energy
35.8 mi	Tygart Hydropower Grafton, WV	Hydroelectric	—	Tygart Llc
37.0 mi	Wolf Summit Energy Clarksburg, WV	Natural Gas	—	Wolf Summit Energy Llc
38.2 mi	Monterey Diesel Generation Facility Monterey, VA	Oil	6 MW	Old Dominion Electric Coop
42.9 mi	Bath County Warm Springs, VA	Hydroelectric	2,862 MW	Virginia Electric & Power Co
43.0 mi	Mountaineer Wind Energy Center Thomas, WV	Wind	66 MW	Sequitur Renewables, Llc
43.6 mi	Firstenergy Harrison Power Station Haywood, WV	Coal	2,052 MW	Monongahela Power Co
45.8 mi	Davis Solar (Wv) Davis, WV	Solar	—	Monongahela Power Co
49.1 mi	Roth Rock Wind Farm Llc Oakland, MD	Wind	40 MW	Roth Rock Wind Farm Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 9 power plants within 50 miles of Helvetia, West Virginia (ZIP 26224), with a combined 5,140 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 3 of the 9 nearby plants. The closest plant is Laurel Mountain Hybrid at 21.2 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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